Al Dahra Shifts Focus to Scaled Sustainability in 2025 Report

Group CEO Arnoud van den Berg noted that the company is moving toward advanced governance and data-driven farming. A primary shift involves transitioning from general reporting to specific carbon intensity metrics per crop and hectare. To facilitate this, the firm adopted the Sandy by Trinity AgTech platform, establishing 2025 as a new baseline year for greenhouse gas inventories across all emission scopes.

Operational improvements are most visible in land management. In Romania, 76% of cultivated acreage now utilizes reduced tillage, while Egypt has expanded no-till practices to enhance water efficiency in arid conditions. These efforts are supported by a newly appointed ecologist tasked with embedding biodiversity considerations into daily operations. The logistics division also contributed to these goals, expanding biofuel-powered shipping routes fourfold and cutting 200 truck movements weekly through barge transport in Romania.

Human capital metrics saw similar growth. Al Dahra reported an 80% participation rate in its first Global Employee Engagement Survey, with an engagement score of 76%. Safety protocols also tightened, with training compliance jumping from 38% to 65% and total training hours increasing to 59,000. These internal initiatives are paired with a community investment of over AED 2 million, as the company works toward a 2030 target of positively impacting 100,000 lives.