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Our Ingredients businesses create products from a range of agricultural commodities and support the adoption of more responsible farming practices.
A harvested rice field, California, United States
Our Ingredients businesses source agricultural ingredients that are linked with potential risks related to deforestation and biodiversity loss, such as palm oil. AB Mauri and ABFI’s purchasing practices are informed by awareness of these risks.
AB Mauri has identified palm oil as a high-risk commodity due to its association with deforestation. As part of the Group membership of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the division is committed to sourcing palm oil that is physically certified to RSPO standards. Where possible, AB Mauri will purchase RSPO certified palm oil from local markets. However, in instances where certified palm oil is not purchased, the business will acquire RSPO credits. These credits are purchased through AB Mauri's sourcing partner AchieveNow, which maintains direct relationships with RSPO certified producers globally and conducts due diligence. More than 95% of the palm oil purchased for the AB Mauri UK and Ireland business was certified through Identity Preserved, Segregated and Mass Balance RSPO supply chains.
AB Mauri’s UK and Ireland business operates to the standards set out in its responsible soya sourcing policy and is a signatory to the UK Soy Manifesto, an industry commitment to ensuring all soya entering the UK is deforestation and conversion free by 2025. The policy includes commitments to sourcing deforestation and conversion free, non-GMO, fully traceable soya, requiring direct suppliers to adopt and cascade the same commitment, and integrating these requirements into supplier contracts. More than 99% of the business’s soya products were sourced from a crop grown in Canada in 2025, which can be traced and verified as deforestation and conversion free. The business submits a progress report to the UK Soy Manifesto, detailing progress against the Manifesto commitments on an annual basis.
Some of ABFI’s businesses utilise Sphera Risk, an online risk management procurement tool to evaluate the environmental risk associated with the materials they purchase and the locations they source from in their supply chains.
ABFI recognises the risk of deforestation linked to global palm oil supply chains. Since 2016, ABITEC, which sources a limited amount of palm-related raw materials, has been using RSPO certified palm oil ingredients through a book and claim supply chain model.
Another ABFI business, PGPI International, procures rice and rice flour from California and the southern states of the US. The business participates in the USA Rice Millers’ Association, an organisation advocating for environmental responsibility, biodiversity preservation and conservation efforts as a part of the USA Rice Group.
