Guaranteeing animal welfare and promoting the sustainability of farms
Providing our animals with comfortable living conditions, respecting their natural behaviour, and ensuring their health and proper nutrition is a commitment made by the more than 2,300 families behind our affiliated farms, and also by our veterinarians, haulage companies and meat processing plant staff.
Strategic lines of the pillar
- Guaranteeing and certifying animal welfare.
- Support for the development of farms and rural areas.
- Establishing solid relationships with affiliated farms.
2030 Objectives
Pillar 2: Animal welfare
100% on our audited farms
At present all our industries and production systems are certified by recognised animal welfarebodies, such as organic husbandry, Interporc Animal Welfare Spain (IAWS), Welfare Qualityand Global GAP.
In order to ensure the optimum welfare of our animals, the Vall Companys Group includes animal welfare in its research, development and innovation processes, and we have set ourselves the objective for 2030 of auditing 100% of the farms in all our audited divisions, thus reaching the entire livestock production system.
The Vall Companys Group has also developed an organic pork production system in line with the European Green Deal. The Group is committed to promoting this line of business in accordance with consumer demand.
-60% of use
Microbial resistance due to the use of antibiotics is one of the big threats to animal health on a global basis. In view of this challenge, we need to adopt a system of preventive management and biosafety that is capable of reliably protecting our animals from external pathogens while at the same time ensuring a reduction in the use of antibiotic compounds.
The Group’s strategy to reduce the use of antibiotics includes the application of biosafety measures in every phase in which there is interaction with live animals: from genetic cores to birth, weaning, fattening and transport, along with the implementation of preventive programmes: new vaccination programmes, the use of nutraceuticals, and new digital technologies to analyse animal behaviour.
The implementation of this strategy will enable us to reduce the use of antibiotics by 60% by2030 compared to 2015, leaving them to be used exclusively in cases in which, under strictveterinary supervision, they are the last resort to ensure the animal’s health.