Elanco Joins Newly-Formed Consortium Advancing Climate-Neutral Cattle Innovation
November 08 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Greener Cattle Initiative brings together
industries to provide funding for disruptive, methane-reducing
innovation in beef and dairy production
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN)
today announces its position as a founding member of the Greener
Cattle Initiative, a research consortium that expects to award
approximately $5 million over the next five years to support
research into tangible, actionable solutions for potentially
reducing enteric methane emissions from cattle, a key opportunity
to help mitigate climate change.
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Led by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
(FFAR), each member of the consortium will review applications,
commit funding to research ideas that show promise, and hold the
option to further fund and develop individual projects, a
collaborative effort that will speed innovation in an area where
every second matters. According to the United Nations1, the world
must begin significantly reducing emissions in this decade to
prevent irreversible damage to the planet.
“We as an industry have a unique opportunity to be a solution to
climate change while delivering nutrition to people who desperately
need it,” said Ellen de Brabander, Elanco executive vice president
of Innovation and Regulatory Affairs. “We believe the Global
Methane Pledge signed by world leaders last week at COP26 shows we
are on the right track, and I’m excited to help nurture the science
that will propel us down it swiftly and with purpose.”
Most greenhouse gas emissions from cattle production are non-CO2
gases including methane, which is short-lived, staying in the
atmosphere for roughly just 12 years. Reducing methane emissions
should therefore have a more immediate impact on temperature than
gases like carbon dioxide, which stay in the environment for
upwards of 1,000 years.
Elanco’s backing of the GCI represents an important next step
for the company’s climate-focused work. In September, Elanco – in
partnership with Agri-Pulse – hosted the Sustainable Solutions for
Zero Hunger by 2030 Forum which brought together 600 global
industry leaders and livestock producers to reimagine the way
animal protein gets to tables, reducing its environmental impact
and building a more resilient global food system.
To learn more about what Elanco is doing to further the
conversation on climate change, the company’s 2030 Healthy Purpose™
Sustainability/Environmental Social Governance Pledges, including
removing 21 million tons of emissions from customers’ farms, and
the importance of animals as a solution to climate change, please
visit
https://www.elanco.com/en-us/sustainability/animals-are-the-answer.
ABOUT ELANCO Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:
ELAN) is a global leader in animal health dedicated to innovating
and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease
in farm animals and pets, creating value for farmers, pet owners,
veterinarians, stakeholders, and society as a whole. With nearly 70
years of animal health heritage, we are committed to helping our
customers improve the health of animals in their care, while also
making a meaningful impact on our local and global communities. At
Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship
Enriching Life and our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ Sustainability/ESG
Pledges –all to advance the health of animals, people, and the
planet. Learn more at elanco.com.
1 https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/08/1097362
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