Please note that the data for Scotland in 2019 cover the full-year 2019 and not only the period after Bakkafrost’s acquisition of The Scottish Salmon Company on 8 October 2019.
| Western Europe | North America | Asia | Eastern Europe | |
| 2017 | 44% | 18% | 17% | 21% |
| 2018 | 31% | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| 2019 | 37% | 22% | 29% | 12% |
| 2020 | 67% | 18% | 8% | 5% |
| 2021 | 61% | 19% | 11% | 9% |
| 2022 | 67% | 18% | 9% | 5% (excl. Russia) |
| 2023 | 69% | 19% | 9% | 3% (excl. Russia) |
| 2024 | 65% | 19% | 13% | 3% (excl. Russia) |
| 2025 | 56% | 24% | 15% | 4% (excl. Russia) |
This is calculated based on the average customer score.
| Customer net promoter score | Average customer rating | |
| 2017 | 39 | 8.4/10 |
| 2018 | 32 | 8.2/10 |
| 2019 | 56 | 8.8/10 |
| 2020 | 53 | 8.9/10 |
| 2021 | 51 | 8.6/10 |
| 2022 | 43 | 8.4/10 |
| 2023 | 36 | 8.3/10 |
| 2024 | 43 | 8.5/10 |
| 2025 | 53 | 8.7/10 |
Please note: this data includes data from the Bakkafrost Group from the Faroe Islands, Scotland, the UK and US operations, and from 2022 data also includes Denmark and France operations.
| Region | Unit | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Female | Full time equivalent | 402 | 375 | 427.74 | 449.41 | 401.50 |
Male | Full time equivalent | 1,233 | 1,192 | 1,257.88 | 1,328.27 | 1,251.50 |
| Total | Full time equivalent | 1,635 | 1,567 | 1,685.62 | 1,777.68 | 1,653 |
Only employees with a fixed end date are included in temporary employment.
In this report, employee numbers for Faroe Islands include our smaller operations in Bakkafrost UK and Bakkafrost USA.
Calculated as FTE
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
Permanent employment - Female | 395 | 367.34 | 425.67 | 445.85 | 393.50 |
Permanent employment - Male | 1,231 | 1,186.77 | 1,256.75 | 1,324.58 | 1,242.50 |
| Total | 1,626 | 1,554 | 1,682.42 | 1,770.4 | 1,636 |
| Region | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Temporary employment - Female, Faroe Islands | 2 | 3.81 | 1.79 | 1 | 3 (including US & UK) |
Temporary employment - Male, Faroe Islands | 1 | 0.34 | 0.73 | 0.02 | 0 (including US & UK) |
Temporary employment - Female, Scotland | 3 | 2.41 | 0.42 | 2.56 | 5 |
Temporary employment - Male, Scotland | 2 | 5.15 | 0.17 | 3.67 | 9 |
Temporary employment - Female, USA | 1 | 1.21 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Temporary employment - Male, USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Temporary employment - Female, Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Temporary employment - Male, Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Temporary employment - Female, France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Temporary employment - Male, France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Total | 9 | 12.92 | 3.11 | 7.25 | 17 |
Faroe Islands: Part time employment is calculated using data for employees on a monthly salary working fewer than 40 hours, or employees hourly paid working fewer than 35 hours (on average).
Scotland: All staff are salaried with guaranteed hours and part-time is calculated as less than 40 hrs per week. Processing & Harvesting Operative are guaranteed 30 hrs but expected to work 40 hrs if required, therefore calculated as full time FTE.
| Region | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Full-time employment - Female, Faroe Islands | 268 | 234.53 | 158.62 | 312.85 | 152 (including US & UK) |
Full-time employment - Male, Faroe Islands | 758 | 709.39 | 569.68 | 1,157.5 | 570 (including US & UK) |
Full-time employment - Female, Scotland | 72 | 73.65 | 83.07 | 96.66 | 101 |
Full-time employment - Male, Scotland | 352 | 373.5 | 448.17 | 491.23 | 504 |
Full-time employment - Female, USA | 8 | 8.51 | 3 | 5 | n/a |
Full-time employment - Male, USA | 65 | 60.35 | 10.81 | 58 | n/a |
Full-time employment - Female, Denmark | 25 | 28.51 | 37 | 26 | n/a |
Full-time employment - Male, Denmark | 14 | 11.34 | 12.09 | 10 | n/a |
Full-time employment - Female, France | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | n/a |
Full-time employment - Male, France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | n/a |
Full-time employment - Female, UK | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 | n/a |
Full-time employment - Male, UK
| n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Total | 1,566 | 1,503 | 1,325 | 1,470.35 | 1,327 |
| Region | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Part-time employment - Female, Faroe Islands | 22 | 22.52 | 137.28 | 129.4 | 142 (including US & UK) |
Part-time employment - Male, Faroe Islands | 42 | 33.23 | 184.83 | 165.42 | 170 (including US & UK) |
Part-time employment - Female, Scotland | 2 | 2.71 | 3.89 | 4.99 | 5 |
Part-time employment - Male, Scotland | 1 | 1.91 | 3.2 | 5.18 | 8 |
Part-time employment - Female, USA | 0 | 0 | 2.06 | 0 | n/a |
Part-time employment - Male, USA | 0 | 0 | 26.63 | 0 | n/a |
Part-time employment - Female, Denmark | 2 | 2.34 | 0.96 | 2 | n/a |
Part-time employment - Male, Denmark | 0 | 1.54 | 1.26 | 0 | n/a |
Part-time employment - Female, France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Part-time employment - Male, France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Part-time employment - Female, UK | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.17 | n/a |
Part-time employment - Male, UK
| n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Total | 69 | 64 | 360 | 307.16 | 325 |
| Gender | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Non-guaranteed hours employees, Female | 243 | 208 | 252 | 245.69 |
| Non-guaranteed hours employees, Male | 500 | 438 | 403 | 487.8 |
| Total | 743 | 646 | 655 | 733.49 |
| % | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Under 30 years old | 22% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 27% |
30-50 years old | 47% | 48% | 48% | 47% | 44% |
Over 50 years old | 31% | 32% | 30% | 29% | 29% |
Gender | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Female | 33.3% | 28.57% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 16.6% |
Male | 66.6% | 71.43% | 66.6% | 66.6% | 83.3% |
Gender | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Female | 15.4% | 12% | 15.4% | 25% | n/a |
Male | 84.6% | 88% | 84.6% | 75% | n/a |
Gender | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Female | 19.1% | 21.1% | 19.3% | 19.9% | n/a |
Male | 80.9% | 78.9% | 80.7% | 80.1% | n/a |
This includes all employees hired throughout the year, with the exception of seasonal temporary hires who have worked fewer than 173 hours (equal to one month), who have been excluded from this data.
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Female | 122 | 133 | 144 | 98 | 85 | 78 |
Male | 273 | 333 | 453 | 221 | 230 | 324 |
Total | 395 | 466 | 597 | 319 | 315 | 402 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Under 30 years old | 221 | 249 | 299 | 170 | 171 | 206 |
30-50 years old | 130 | 164 | 207 | 111 | 103 | 150 |
Over 50 | 44 | 53 | 91 | 38 | 41 | 46 |
Total | 395 | 466 | 597 | 319 | 315 | 402 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Female | 189 | 152 | 135 | 160 | 85 | 55 |
Male | 342 | 412 | 399 | 368 | 297 | 235 |
Total | 531 | 564 | 534 | 528 | 382 | 290 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Under 30 years old | 304 | 322 | 274 | 221 | 135 | 129 |
30-50 years old | 149 | 151 | 170 | 188 | 149 | 112 |
Over 50 | 78 | 91 | 90 | 120 | 98 | 49 |
Total | 531 | 564 | 534 | 528 | 382 | 290 |
The data includes internal registered training hours, but excludes all training from external suppliers, and not organised by Bakkafrost.
Gender | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Female | 2.4 | 5.2 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 13.93 | 15.1 |
Male | 10.0 | 15.3 | 19.58 | 27.9 | 19.16 | 22.5 |
Gender | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Female | 1.67% | 1% | 10% | 13% |
Male | 13% | 10% | 15% | 16% |
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Ratio of annual total compensation, highest-paid / median employee - Faroe Islands | 7.24 | 8.6 | 7.52 | 7.25 |
Ratio of annual total compensation, highest paid / median employee - Scotland | n/a | 9.2 | 8.67 | 8.06 |
Percentage increase, highest-paid / median employee - Faroe Islands | 0 / 9.43% | 28% / 9.84% | -0.86% / 10.56% | 5.25% / 8.65% |
Percentage increase, highest-paid / median employee - Scotland | n/a | 18.36% / 4.43% | 4% / 4.5% | 4.5% / 3.5% |
Country | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Faroe Islands | 92.97% | 93.2% | 91.49% | 85.9% |
Scotland | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Denmark | 78% | 85.71% | 100% | 89.06% |
US | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
France | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
Country | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Faroe Islands | 7.03% | 6.77% | 8.51% | 14.1% |
Scotland | - | - | 3% | 9% |
Denmark | 0% | 14.29% | 0% | 10.94% |
US | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
France | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
LTI | 49 | 44 | 39 | 49 | |
Lost days rate | 56.77 | 26.55 | 20.18 | 24 | |
Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) | 14.88 | 13.98 | 12.90 | 15.6 | |
Fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Absence rate | 4.53% | 3.93% | 3.54% | 3.6% | |
Faroe Islands (incl. US & UK) (HISTORICAL DATA)
| Year | Lost time injuries | Lost days rate | Lost time injury rate | Fatalities | Absence rate | ||||
2017 | 45 | - | 28.74 | 0 | --- | ||||
2018 | 19 | 19.8 | 13.07 | 0 | --- | ||||
2019 | 18 | 21.8 | 10.23 | 0 | 4.83% | ||||
2020 | 18 | 31.28 | 9.63 | 0 | 3.9% | ||||
2021 | 21 | 37.93 | 10.68 | 0 | 4.11% | ||||
Scotland (HISTORICAL DATA)
| Year | Lost time injuries | Lost days rate | Lost time injury rate | Fatalities | Absence rate | ||||
2019 | 34 | 120.5 | 30.92 | 0 | 6% | ||||
2020 | 28 | 90.3 | 24.19 | 0 | 6% | ||||
2021 | 23 | 266 | 22.7 | 0 | 4.9% | ||||
Where applicable, data has been calculated according to industry standard GSI formulas.
NB this data is now restated for the whole company, not only the farming division, as has been previously reported to the Global Salmon Initiative.
In calculating ‘lost days’, Bakkafrost includes only scheduled work days, beginning the day after the accident or injury.
In calculation 'lost day rate', Bakkafrost includes the number of 'lost days' due to injury. Calculated as: (Total number of lost days/total number of working hours)x 180,000.
In calculating 'lost time injury rate', Bakkafrost includes the number of injuries at work and work-related, including fatalities, leading to unfitness for work and absence from the next working day or working shift between January – December. Calculated as: (Total number of lost time injuries/total number of working hours) x 1,000,000.
Number of fatalities of workers and contractors working at company premises between January – December.
All absence related to one's own personal health. Calculated as: Total number of absent days/Total work days
Occupational disease rate is not available.
Faroe Islands / USA / DK
| Employee category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 (only Faroe Islands) | 2023 (Faroe Islands) | 2024 (Faroe Islands) | 2025 |
Seafarers (Faroe Islands) | 0 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 | - | 7.5 | 3.0 | 16.3 |
Sea farmers (Faroe Islands) | 14.5 | 111.6 | 151.24 | 0 | 137.43 | 21.8 | 9.90 | 33.5 |
Hatchery farmers (Faroe Islands) | 28.9 | 0 | 16.84 | 21.93 | 7.15 | 12 | 17.0 | 23.5 |
Processing (factory workers) | 37.8 | 10.7 | 13.05 | 64.23 | 81.83 | 53.8 | 59.50 | 31.7 |
Havsbrún | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.44 | - | 10 | 3.50 | 5 |
Administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.73 | 22.37 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
USA | - | - | 279.24 | 38.53 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Total | 19.8 | 21.8 | 31.28 | 37.93 | 55.54 | 25.24 | 21.70 | 33.2 |
Scotland
Employee category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Sea farmers | 182.3 | 510.6 | 32.3 | 43.8 | 13.2 | 4.5 |
Hatchery farmers | 45.4 | 0 | 26.4 | 5 | 35.5 | 4 |
Processing (factory workers) | 57.6 | 192.83 | 19.1 | 9.5 | 22.4 | 6.2 |
Administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 6.9 | 0 | 23.4 | - | 0 | - |
Total | 90.3 | 266 | 23.96 | 36.7 | 22.9 | 5 |
Faroe Islands / USA / DK
Employee category | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 (only Faroe Islands) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Seafarers (Faroe Islands) | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | - | 16.5 | 4.2 | 17 |
Sea farmers (Faroe Islands) | 11 | 35.7 | 23.76 | 0 | 26.72 | 29.4 | 25 | 21.9 |
Hatchery farmers (Faroe Islands) | 19.2 | 0 | 10.40 | 4.97 | 13.24 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 8.9 |
Processing (factory workers) | 23.3 | 8.0 | 8.44 | 19.58 | 13.64 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 16.4 |
Havsbrún | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 5.38 | - | 14.3 | 9.4 | 4.6 |
Administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.45 | 16.57 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
USA | - | - | - | 9.31 | - | - | - | - |
Total | 12.8 | 10.2 | 9.63 | 10.68 | 12.22 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 14.16 |
Scotland
Employee category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Sea farmers | 30.7 | 32.2 | 26.6 | 30.2 | 12.1 | 21.7 |
Hatchery farmers | 21.9 | 0 | 31.5 | 6.35 | 42 | 16 |
Processing (factory workers) | 30.2 | 30.6 | 12.9 | 9.7 | 25.2 | 32.6 |
Administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 9.5 | 0 | 14.4 | - | - | - |
Total | 24.19 | 22.7 | 19.43 | 17.9 | 14.6 | 19.65 |
Faroe Islands / USA / DK
| Employee Category | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 (only Faroe Islands) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Seafarers | 2.7% | 2.3% | 1.9% | - | 1.93 | 1.1 | 2.78% |
| Sea farmers | 4.4% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 3.67% | 3.84 | 3.16 | 3.61% |
| Hatchery farmers | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 4.24% | 3.65 | 3.38 | 3.76% |
| Processing (factory workers) | 7.4% | 6.1% | 6.7% | 6.99% | 5.85 | 5.33 | FO: 5.38% |
| Havsbrún | 2.7% | 1.1% | 2.9% | - | 2.69 | 2.71 | 2.35% |
| Administration | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.26% | 0.80 | 1.16 | FO: 1.48% USA: 2.09% Denmark: 1.2% |
| USA | - | 1.2% | 1.5% | - | - | 1.76 | - |
| Packaging | - | - | 4.5% | - | - | - | - |
| FØRKA | - | - | 0.1% | - | 0.14 | 0 | 1.23% |
| Total | 4.83% | 3.9% | 4.11% | 4.47% | 3.95 | 3.41 | FO: 3.82% USA 2.35% DK: 8.8% |
Scotland
| Employee Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Sea farmers | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.05% | 2.98% | 3.19% | 2.6% |
| Hatchery farmers | 3.6% | 2.6% | 5.26% | 1.43% | 3.51% | 2.1% |
| Processing (factory workers) | 11.3% | 7.5% | 8.7% | 4.19% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Administration | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.47% | 1.03% | 0.89% | 0.7% |
| Other | 6.6% | 3.6% | 3.7% | - | - | - |
| Total | 6.4% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 2.96% | 4.15% |
| Not satisfied | Somewhat satisfied | Satisfied | More than or very satisfied | Reflecting views of customers representing share of total revenue |
| 2016 | 0% | 8% | 30% | 62% | - |
| 2017 | 0% | 4% | 19% | 77% | 42% |
| 2018 | 0% | 3% | 38% | 59% | 32% |
| 2019 | 0% | 2% | 38% | 60% | 69% |
| 2020 | 0% | 4% | 25% | 71% | 72% |
| 2021 | 0% | 2% | 33% | 65% | 57% |
| 2022 | 0% | 8% | 31% | 62% | 47% |
| 2023 | 1% | 4% | 36% | 59% | 55% |
2024 | 2% | 2% | 26% | 70% | 53% |
2025 | 0% | 5% | 30% | 65% | 44% |
Year | Omega 3 level | Omega 3 to 6 ratio |
| 2016 | 2.5g per 100g | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 2.2g per 100g | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 2.4g per 100g | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 2.7g per 100g | 1.4 |
| 2020 | 2.6g per 100g | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 2.5g per 100g | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 2.47g per 100g | 1.38 |
| 2023 | 2.42g per 100g | 1.40 |
2024 | 2.53g per 100g | 1.30 |
2025 | 2.42g per 100g | 1.29 |
| Dioxin levels | EU dioxin max level post 2012 | Dioxin-like PCB levels | EU dioxin-like PCBs max level post 2012 | Mercury levels | Mercury safety limits |
2016 | 0.4 pg/g | 3.5 pg/g | 1.1 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.03 mg/g | --- |
2017 | 0.4 pg/g | 3.5 pg/g | 0.6 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.04 mg/g | --- |
2018 | 0.379pg/g | 3.5 pg/g | 0.631 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.05 mg/g | --- |
2019 | 0.206pg/g | 3.5 pg/g | 0.597 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.05 mg/g | 0.5 mg/g |
2020 | 0.316pg/g | 3.5 pg/g | 0.753 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.04 mg/g | 0.5 mg/g |
2021 | 0.329pg/g | 3.5pg/g | 0.633 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.04 mg/g | 0.5 mg/g |
2022 | 0.360 pg/g | 3.5pg/g | 0.415 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.05 mg/g | 0.5 mg/g |
2023 | 0.48 pg/g | 3.5pg/g | 0.72 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.04 mg/g | 0.5 mg/g |
2024 | 0.28 pg/g | 3.5pg/g | 0.32 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.03 mg/g | 0.5 mg/g |
2025 | 0.383 pg/g | 3.5pg/g | 0.463 pg/g | 6.5 pg/g dioxin | 0.04 mg/g | 0.5 mg/g |
Benchmark: https://www.hfs.fo
| Selenium | Iodine | Protein | Vitamin B12 | Vitamin E | Vitamin D | EPA+DHA | Fat |
| 2018 | 0.019 mg /100 g | 0.009 mg /100 g | 20.7 g /100 g | 3.17 µg/100 g | 2.77 mg/100 g | 6.28 µg/100 g | - | - |
| 2019 | 0.019 mg /100 g | 0.010 mg/100g | 20.0 g /100g | 4.02 µg/100 g | 3.83 mg/100 g | 17.8 µg/100 g | - | - |
| 2020 | 0.027 mg/100 g | 0.006 mg/100g | 21.0 g /100 g | 3.00 µg/100 g | 3.34 mg/100g | 8.12 µg/100 g | - | - |
| 2021 | 0.02 mg/100g | 0.005 mg/100g | 20.0g/100g | 4.1 µg/100g | 4.73 mg/100g | 11.04 µg/100g | - | - |
| 2022 | 0.018 mg/100g | 0.051 mg/kg | 20.89/100g | 4.96 µg/100g | 4.93 mg/100g | 10.11 µg/100g | - | - |
| 2023 | 0.02 mg/100g | 0.08 mg/kg | 20.37/100g | 4.23 µg/100g | 5.1 mg/100g | 9.6µg/100g | 1.31 g/100g | 16.67 g/100g |
2024 | 0.21 mg/100g | 0.07 mg/100g | 20.07 g/100g | 4.25 µg/100g | 4.77 mg/100g | 7.56 µg/100g | 1.39 g/100g | 16.9 g/100g |
2025 | 0.02 mg/100g | 0.01 mg/100g | 19.89 mg/100g | 3.21 µg/100g | 4.14 mg/100g | 8.5 µg/100g | 1.25 g/100g | 16.1 g/100g |
| Daily recommended amount (EFSA) | 0.07mg | 0.15mg | 58.1g | 4 µg | 12 mg | 15 µg | 0.25g | 44-78g |
Data calculated through an analysis of whole salmon variations between all Bakkafrost sales sizes from 3-4 kg up to 7+ kg.
Faroe Islands
Year | Annual mortality rate |
| 2016 | 6.33% |
| 2017 | 8.96% |
| 2018 | 11.56% |
| 2019 | 4.57% |
| 2020 | 10.29% |
| 2021 | 8.24% |
| 2022 | 4.91% |
| 2023 | 7.3% |
2024 | 6.6% |
2025 | 4.29% |
Scotland
| Year | Annual Mortality Rate |
| 2019 | 9.96% |
| 2020 | 11.43% |
| 2021 | 21.71% |
| 2022 | 23.16% |
| 2023 | 20.6% |
| 2024 | 15.28% |
| 2025 | 17.4% |
Faroe Islands
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
0.8 | 0.7 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.27 |
Average number of adult female lice per fish over 12 months across all sites.
Scotland
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
0.75 | 0.46 | 0.59 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.39 |
2021 Top causes for reduced survival | 2023 Top causes for reduced survival | 2024 Top causes for reduced survival | 2025 Top causes for reduced survival |
FAROE ISLANDS
• Reduced smolt quality
• Physical (Deformity) • Transfer | FAROE ISLANDS Marine • Handling mortality, treatments • Disease (CMS, HSMI, Gill health)
Freshwater
• Physical (Deformity) • Transfer | FAROE ISLANDS Marine • Handling (Stocking, delousing, treatments) • Wounds • Disease (ISAV, CMS)
Freshwater • Physical (Deformity) • Transfer | FAROE ISLANDS Marine • Wounds (Winter Ulcers, Mechanical) • Handling (delousing treatments, transfer) • Other background mortality Freshwater • Startfeeding • Production mortality (nephrocalcinosis, fungal • Runts
SCOTLAND Marine • Disease (Gill health, bacterial) • Smolt stocking • Decreased robustness Freshwater • Diseases (bacterial, fungal) • Water Quality • Biosecurity |
Faroe Islands
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
0.17 | 0.44 | 0.187 | 0.194 | 0.30 | 1.89 | 5.52 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 0.07 |
Data calculated according to industry standard GSI formula.
Scotland
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
0.439 | 0.341 | 0.411 | 0.491 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.35 |
Data calculated according to industry standard GSI formula.
Faroe Islands
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
5.98 | 2.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 2.7 | 3.27 | 1.05 | 1.42 |
Scotland
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
0.287 | 0.515 | 0.209 | 0.389 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.11 |
Use of hydrogen peroxide
| Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Faroe Islands | g pr. tonne LWE | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | g pr. tonne LWE | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Faroe Islands
Method | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Cleaner fish | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Freshwater treatments | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anti-Sea Lice Functional Feed | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Thermal treatments (i.e. Thermolicer / Optilicer) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Resistant Roe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mechanical delousing (i.e. SFI/FLS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Preventive skirts, Other | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bakkafrost in the Faroe Islands does not use any antibiotics to treat Atlantic salmon and hasn’t since 2004.
Scotland
| Method | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Cleaner fish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Freshwater treatments | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anti-Sea Lice Functional Feed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Thermal treatments (i.e. Thermolicer / Optilicer) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Resistant Roe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mechanical delousing (i.e. SFI/FLS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Preventive skirts, Other | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Faroe Islands
Vaccination | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Pentium Forte plus ILA | Yes 22,000 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 1,152,000 ml | 997,000 ml | 428,000 ml | 266,362 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml |
Alphaject micro 7 | Yes 551,500 ml | Yes 650,250 ml | Yes 592,000 ml* | 118,000 ml | 318,000 ml | 534,750 ml | 617,229 ml | 745,220 ml | 100,877 ml | 1,185,549 ml |
AlphaJect Micro 6 | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 900 ml | 0 ml |
Alphaject Moritella | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 215,189 ml |
Scotland
Vaccination | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| AlphaJect Micro 1 PD | 341,320 ml | 309,345 ml | 301,303 ml | 390,371 ml | 40,360 ml | 4900 ml | 2,060 ml |
| AlphaJect Micro 6 | 287,928 ml | 200,133 ml | 153,662 ml | 390,371 ml | 222,430 ml | 363,730 ml | 391,370 ml |
| AlphaJect Micro 4 | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 70,020 ml | 0 ml |
| AlphaJect 2-2 | 106,784 ml | 235,368 ml | 302,981 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml |
| Aquavac PD3 | 28,795 ml | 39,307 ml | 59,248 ml | 70,897 ml | 226,970 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml |
| Clynav | 0 | 18,131 ml | 13,962 ml | 0 ml | 179,850 ml | 358,830 ml | 395,290 ml |
| Winvil | 0 | 15,957 ml | 0 | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml |
| Autogenous dip | 341,000 ml | 259,000 ml | 372,000 ml | 263,000 ml | 617,800 ml | 912,000 ml | 662,240 ml |
| Aquavac Relera ERM Dip (2) | 0 | 0 | 40,000 ml | 0 ml | 175,500 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml |
| Aquavac Ridgeway ERM (Dip 1) | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 459,250 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml |
| Aquavac Ridgeway ERM (Dip 2) | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml | 158,550 ml | 0 ml | 0 ml |
Faroe Islands
Certification | 2018 number of sites | 2018 % of ASC salmon | 2019 number of sites | 2019 % of ASC salmon | 2020 number of sites | 2020 % of ASC salmon | 2021 number of sites | 2021 % of ASC salmon | 2022 number of sites | 2022 % of ASC salmon | 2023 number of sites | 2023 % of ASC salmon | 2024 number of sites | 2024 % of ASC salmon | 2025 number of sites | 2025 Sites certified against ASC |
ASC | 7 | 41% | 14 | 70% of sites
80% of salmon harvested in 2019 | 19 | 100% | 19 | 100% | 20 | 100% | 20 | 100% | 19 | 100% | 19 | 100% |
Scotland
Certification | 2020 number of sites | 2020 % of sites certified | 2021 number of sites | 2021 % of sites certified | 2022 number of sites | 2022 % of sites certified | 2023 number of sites | 2023 % of sites certified | 2024 number of sites | 2024 % of sites certified | 2025 number of sites | 2025 % of sites certified |
BAP | 44 | 100% | 41 | 100% | 39 | 100% | 48 | 100% | 36 | 100% | 0 | 0% |
ASC | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 14 | 43% | 27 | 84% | 31 | 97% |
Overview of certifications |
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FEED |
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Business Unit | Feed Mill | Certifications |
Havsbrún Feed | Havsbrún P/F Faroe Islands | ASC, Global G.A.P. / VLOG, ISO9001:2015, VLOG, MSC Chain of Custody, Label Rouge, GMP+, Marin Trust, Non-GMO |
Our feed raw materials are certified according to our sourcing policy |
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FARMING - FRESHWATER |
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Business Unit |
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Bakkafrost Faroe Islands |
| Global G.A.P. / VLOG,, NON-gmo |
Bakkafrost Scotland |
| Global G.A.P. / Label Rouge, Code of Good Practice (Scottish Finfish Code of Good Practice), RSPCA Assured, ISO 14001, Non-GMO |
FARMING - MARINE |
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Business Unit |
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Bakkafrost Faroe Islands |
| ASC (100%), Global G.A.P. / VLOG, Non-GMO |
Bakkafrost Scotland |
| ASC (97%), Global G.A.P., Label Rouge, PGI, Code of Good Practice (Scottish Finfish Code of Good Practice), RSPCA assured, ISO 14001, Non-GMO |
PROCESSING |
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Business Unit | Factory | Certifications |
Bakkafrost Faroe Islands | Glyvrar | BRC GS, IFS, Global G.A.P. / VLOG, ASC Chain of Custody, Kosher, SEDEX, Non-GMO |
Bakkafrost Faroe Islands | Vágur | BRC GS, IFS, Global G.A.P. / VLOG, ASC Chain of Custody, Kosher, SEDEX, Non-GMO |
Bakkafrost Scotland | Cairndow | BRC GS, Global G.A.P, Label Rouge, PGI, Code of Good Practice (Scottish Finfish Code of Good Practice), RSPCA assured, Kosher, ISO14001, SEDEX, Non-GMO |
Bakkafrost Scotland | Marybank | BRC GS, Global G.A.P, Label Rouge, PGI, Code of Good Practice (Scottish Finfish Code of Good Practice), RSPCA assured, Kosher, ISO14001, SEDEX, Non-GMO |
Bakkafrost USA | New Jersey | Global G.A.P. / VLOG, ASC Chain of Custody, Kosher, BRC GS, Non-GMO |
ADMINISTRATION |
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Faroe Islands |
| ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
Scotland, Whole Company |
| ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
Development of product concept | Yes |
Research and development | Yes |
Certification | Yes |
Manufacturing and production | Yes |
Marketing and promotion | Yes |
Storage, distribution, and supply | Yes |
Use and service | Yes |
Disposal, reuse, or recycling | N/A |
Faroe Islands
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Biological feed factor | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.17 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.096 | 1.11 | 1.106 |
Scotland
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Biological feed factor | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.26 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.116 |
Faroe Islands
| 2016 Average fallow time | 2017 Average fallow time | 2018 Average fallow time | 2019 Average fallow time | 2020 Average fallow time | 2021 Average fallow time | 2022 Average fallow time | 2023 Average fallow time | 2024 Average fallow time | 2025 |
10.8 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 17.3 | 20.6 | 12.8 | 18.5 | 20.08 | 16 | 13.46 |
Please note, in the Faroes, the veterinarian standard requires a fallow time of eight weeks
Scotland
| 2019 Average fallow time | 2020 Average fallow time | 2021 Average fallow time | 2022 Average fallow time | 2023 Average fallow time | 2024 Average fallow time | 2025 |
16.0 | 13.7 | 16.4 | 12.8 | 17.9 | 19.6 | 19.21 |
Faroe Islands
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| Accidental mortalities | Intentional mortalities | Accidental mortalities | Intentional mortalities | |
2016 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
2017 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 |
2018 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 |
2019 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 |
2020 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 |
2021 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland
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| Accidental mortalities | Intentional mortalities | Accidental mortalities | Intentional mortalities | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.39 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.36 |
2021 | 0.275 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 |
2022 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BIODIVERSITY
Faroe Islands
| Date | Species name | Number of fish (after net recapture) | Freshwater or seawater | Reasons identified |
2016 | No incidents in report | No incidents in report | No incidents in report | No incidents in report |
2017 | Atlantic salmon | 109,515 on 7 December | Seawater | Extreme weather conditions |
2018 | No incidents in report | No incidents in report | No incidents in report | No incidents in report |
2019 | Atlantic salmon | 141,564 on 10 April | Extreme weather conditions | |
2020 | Atlantic salmon | 368,998 on 01 mars
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2021 | Atlantic salmon | 32,821 | Seawater | Hole in net identified during operation handling the net |
2022 | Atlantic salmon | 0 | - | - |
2023 | Atlantic salmon | 251,344 | Seawater | Hole in net |
2024 | Atlantic salmon | 2 | Seawater | Related to veterinary visit |
2025 | Atlantic salmon | 0 | - | - |
Scotland
| Date | Species name | Number of fish (after net recapture) | Freshwater or seawater | Reasons identified | Details of mitigation strategy/ corrective action |
2019 | Atlantic salmon | 4,465 on 25th April | Freshwater | Hole in net (snag from helicopter downdraft)) | Review of helicopter procedures, and on site checks |
2020
| Atlantic salmon | 13,952 on 14th January
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| Hole in net (severe weather) | Review equipment |
2020 | Atlantic Salmon | 20 in October | Freshwater | Vandalism | N/A |
2020 | Atlantic Salmon | ~50,000 on 31 Dec | Seawater | Hole in pen (seal) | SealPro nets being deployed, fish moved off site in short term |
2021 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
2022 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
2023 | - | 0 | - | - |
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2024 | Atlantic Salmon | 301 | Seawater | Smolt loading (tranfer line broke, majority of the fish were collected but some dropped over the pier) | Efforts were taken to retrieve any fallen fish |
2025 | Atlantic Salmon | 0 | - | - | - |
We had no cases of non-compliance with environmental laws and/or regulations, or any fines in 2024 and 2025.
Faroe Islands
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| Loading of Seabed 2017/2018 | Loading of Seabed 2018/2019 | Loading of Seabed 2019/2020 | Loading of Seabed 2020/2021 | Loading of seabed 2021/2022 | Loading of seabed 2022/2023 | Loading of seabed 2023/2024 | Loading of seabed 2024/2025 |
Low/medium impact (no measures needed or taken) |
| 79% of frames | 91 % of frames | 89% of frames | 80% of frames | 85.3% of frames | 96.9% of frames | 82% of frames | 76.5% of frames |
High organic loading (measures taken to minimise impact) |
| 21% of frames | 9 % of frames | 11% of frames | 20% of frames | 14.7% of frames | 3.1% of frames | 18% of frames | 23.5% of frames |
Using MOM-B scoring system, measured at peak biomass.
Please see the Faroese Environment Agency website for more information.
Please note, in 2018 the methodology for reporting was updated to only include organic loading. This is reflected in 2018/2019 data.
Scotland
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| 2018/2019 | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | 2021/2022 | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | 2024/2025 |
Low/medium impact (no measures needed or taken) | 78.95 % of sites assessed | 90 % of sites assessed | 94% of sites assessed | 100% of sites assessed | 100% of the sites assessed | 100% of the sites assessed | 92.5% of the sites assessed |
High organic loading (measures taken to minimise impact) | 21.05 % of sites assessed | 10 % of sites assessed | 6% of sites assessed | 0% of sites assessed | 0% of the sites assessed | 0% of the sites assessed | 7.5% of the sites assessed |
Using the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) benthic monitoring scoring system, measured within one month of 75% of peak biomass.
NOTE – This methodology is different to the methodology used in the Faroes (MOM-B)
Group
| ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS - GROUP | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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Energy Consumption | [kWh] | [kWh] | [kWh] | [kWh] | [kWh] | [kWh] |
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Direct energy use - scope 1 | 338,249,751 | 286,953,462 | 358,094,311 | 489,241,073 | 473,428,661 | 584,289,468 | |
Indirect energy [electricity] use - scope 2 | 77,807,180 | 84,301,681 | 89,775,154 | 102,596,482 | 106,966,840 | 118,227,860 | |
Total energy use | 416,056,931 | 371,255,143 | 447,173,434 | 591,837,554 | 580,395,501 | 702,517,328 | |
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GHG Emissions | 2020 [TCO2e] | 2021 [TCO2e] | 2022 [TCO2e] | 2023 [TCO2e] | 2024 [TCO2e] | 2025 [TCO2e] | YOY Change from 2020 (base year) |
Direct energy use - scope 1 | 88,510 | 74,881 | 94,547 | 129,127 | 123,839 | 147,659 | 39% |
Indirect energy [electricity] use - scope 2 (location-based) | 30,437 | 31,851 | 27,332 | 32,998 | 29,328 | 37,483 | -4% |
Total emissions from energy (scope 1 and 2) | 118,947 | 106,732 | 121,841 | 162,125 | 153,167 | 185,142 | 13% |
Total scope 3 emissions (see boundary below) | 406,207 | 398,121 | 429,565 | 506,191 | 552,247 | 708,178 | 30% |
| Total emissions (Scope 1, 2 & 3) | 525,154 | 504,853 | 551,406 | 668,316 | 705,414 | 893,320 | 24% |
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Tonnes of product sold | 127,658 [Tonnes] | 123,478 [Tonnes] | 135,810 [Tonnes] | 156,646 [Tonnes] | 137,182 [Tonnes] | 135,462 | 7% |
tCO2e emitted per tonne of product sold (all Bakkafrost Faroe Islands/Scotland) - Scope 1, 2 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 1.04 | 0.910 | 1.367 | -2% |
tCO2e emitted per tonne of product sold (all Bakkafrost Faroe Islands/Scotland) - Scope 3 | 3.18 | 3.22 | 3.16 | 2.80 | 3.84 | 5.23 | 21% |
The table above outlines the energy consumption and GHG emissions for scope 1, 2 and 3 between 2020 and 2025. Please note:
• Energy consumption and GHG emissions are now reported from our selected base year (2020) to the most recent reporting period.
• As of 2024, energy consumption and GHG emissions for Bakkafrost Faroe Islands, US, Scotland, France and Munkebo (Denmark) are reported together. This includes energy consumption from:
• Bakkafrost Faroe Islands - biogas, broodstock, hatcheries, farming, harvesting, processing (including smokery), packaging used for fishmeal, oil and feed production, and biogas production to be sold to the national grid.
• Bakkafrost US - fishmeal, oil and feed, packaging which we produce and sell to other fish farmers, and service vessels used for other farms.
• Bakkafrost France – office energy consumption and purchased fish.
• Bakkafrost Scotland - all our farming, harvesting, and processing operations.
• Munkebo Denmark – site energy consumption.
• Our two-and-a-half-year production cycle means there is some variability in production. Environmental data will be impacted by this, and trends will be most meaningful over a four-year period. This should be taken into account when comparing data.
• Electricity consumption (Scope 2) gives rise to indirect emissions, i.e. via combustion of fossil fuels by the power company to generate energy. Direct emissions (Scope 1) result from the combustion of fossil fuels, i.e. solid, liquid or gas for heating, creating propulsion in vessels etc.
• The methodology used for the carbon accounting is The Greenhouse Gas Protocol, a Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition).
• We quantified our indirect scope 3 emissions for Bakkafrost Faroe Islands in 2019, and Bakkafrost Scotland in 2021. We reviewed the 15 Scope 3 categories of the GHG Protocol and identified 9 that were material for which there was good primary evidence available to estimate associated emissions. Using industry carbon benchmark data, we estimated the emissions associated with each category. This included downstream transportation and distribution of products, purchased goods or services, use of sold products, end-oflife treatment of sold products, upstream transportation and distribution, employee commuting, business travel, fuel and energy related activities and waste generated in operations. Since undertaking the initial exercise, we have added processing of sold products for sold oil and waste products. We endeavor to report this figure on an annual basis. We are aware that, in future, further categories may be included within the scope of our Scope 3 calculation.
• The chosen consolidation approach for emissions was operational control. All figures are direct consumption reported for each Business Unit, multiplied by an energy conversion factor (as appropriate) and carbon emission factor per unit consumed.
• All emission and conversion factors for direct emissions (Scope 1) are from BEIS [UK] 2025’s dataset, while emission factors for electricity use are based on the most recent statistical data available obtained from IEA, BEIS, or direct from Umhvørvisstovan, the Faroe Islands Environment Agency.
• Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) has been calculated and stated here – this then takes account of the global warming potential attributed to the other two key greenhouse gases associated with combustion of fossil fuels, in addition to carbon-dioxide (CO2 ), i.e. methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
| 2020 Volume of municipal water | 2021 Volume of municipal water | 2022 (Group) | 2023 (Group) | 2024 (Group) | 2025 (Group) |
493,559 m3 (Glyvrar) 59,994 m3 (Vágur) 149,943 m3 (Havsbrún) 13,705 m3 (US operations) 59,130 m3 (Marybank, Scotland) | 529,930 m3 (Glyvrar) 86,753 m3 (Vágur) 112,978 m3 (Havsbrún) 4,437 m3 (FØRKA) 13,440 m3 (Strond) 20,783 m3 (US operations) 53,901 m3 (Marybank, Scotland) 119 m3 (Harris and Lewis Smokehouse) 284,301 m3 (Munkebo, DK) | Purchased water Glyvrar, FO: 539,602 m3 Vágur, FO: 97,594 m3 Havsbrún Fish Feed dep., FO: 9,096 m3 Havsbrún Fish Meal dep., FO: 134,474 m3 FØRKA, FO: 6,218 m3 US: 16,830 m3 Marybank, SCO: 43,937 m3 Harris and Lewis smokehouse, SCO: 87 m3 Munkebo, DK: 299,650 m3
Total purchased water: 1,147,488 m3
Water free of charge Total: 7,821,205 m3 | Total water withdrawals: Fresh surface water, including rainwater, water from wetlands, rivers, and lakes: 14,232,623 m3 Groundwater - non renewable: 282,863 m3 Produced/entrained water: 0 m3 Third party: 66,169 m3 | Total water withdrawals: Brackish surface water/Seawater: 9,388,615 m3 Fresh surface water, including rainwater, water from wetlands, rivers, and lakes: 14,025,007 m3 Groundwater - non renewable: 328,171 m3 Third party: 31,449 | Total water withdrawals: Brackish surface water/Seawater: 9,397,981 m3 Fresh surface water, including rainwater, water from wetlands, rivers, and lakes: Groundwater - non renewable: Produced/entrained water: Third party: 2,368 m3 Total: 25,958,697 m3 |
Effluent water data only includes data from harvest and VAP at our processing plant.
| Year | Site | Destination | Volume | Quality | Treatment method | Reuse |
2018 | FO 125 Glyvrar | Skálafjørður | 671,903m3 | Faroese environmental and veterinary regulations | 200 µm filtration, flotation and disinfection by hydrolysis of seawater | No |
2019 | FO 125 Glyvrar | Skálafjørður | 904,521m3 | Faroese environmental and veterinary regulations | 200 µm filtration, flotation and disinfection by hydrolysis of seawater | No |
2020 | FO 125 Glyvrar | Skálafjørður | 634,955m3 | Faroese environmental and veterinary regulations | 200 µm filtration, flotation and disinfection by hydrolysis of seawater | No |
2020 | Marybank | Stornoway | 55,650m3 | Scottish Water Trade Effluent Discharge Limits | Filtration (400 microns) and flocculation | No |
2021 | Glyvrar | Skálafjørður | 695,396 m3 | Faroese environmental and veterinary regulations | 200 µm filtration, flotation and disinfection by hydrolysis of seawater | No |
2021 | Havsbrún | Fuglafjørður | 141,854 m3 | Faroese environmental and veterinary regulations | - | No |
2021 | Marybank | Stornoway | 59,901 m3 | Scottish Water Trade Effluent Discharge Limits | Filtration (400 microns) and flocculation | No |
2022 | Group | Group | Glyvrar: 725,064 m3 Vágur: 311,901 m3 FØRKA: 1,447 m3 Havsbrún: 112,323 m3 Harris and Lewis smokehouse: 83 m3 Marybank: 62,941 m3 Bakkafrost US: 16,845 m3 Munkebo: 11,575 m3
Total: 1,242,179 m3 | Relevant country regulation |
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2023 | Group | Group | Total by destination: Brackish surface water/seawater: 10,830,232 m3 Third party destination: 69,041 m3 Fresh surface water: 3,498,039 m3 |
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New reporting according to ESRS standard:
Diverted from disposal | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Hazardous waste | ||||
| Preperation for reuse | Tonnes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Recycling | Tonnes | 230 | 292 | 347 |
| Other recovery | Tonnes | 0 | 0 | 293 |
| Total hazardous waste diverted from disposal | Tonnes | 230 | 292 | 640 |
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| Preperation for reuse | Tonnes | 2,518.50 | 162 | 4,964 |
| Recycling | Tonnes | 1,483.47 | 1,036 | 1,788 |
| Other recovery | Tonnes | 13,681.12 | 14,448 | 14,754 |
| Total non-hazardous waste diverted from disposal | Tonnes | 17,683.09 | 15,646 | 21,506 |
Diverted to disposal | ||||
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| Incineration | Tonnes | 1.19 | 1 | 3 |
| Landfill | Tonnes | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Other disposal methods | Tonnes | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total hazardous waste diverted to disposal | Tonnes | 1.19 | 6 | 5 |
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| Incineration | Tonnes | 2,923.85 | 2,049 | 2,070 |
| Landfill | Tonnes | 4,163.63 | 1,737 | 536 |
| Other disposal methods | Tonnes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total non-hazardous waste diverted to disposal | Tonnes | 7,087.48 | 3,787 | 2,606 |
Total waste generated | Tonnes | 25,001.71 | 19,732 | 24,757 |
Historical Reporting: Reporting according to GRI standard for 2022
Offsite | 2022 | 2021 | ||
| Non-Hazardous waste | 16.471 | |||
| -Diverted from disposal | Tonnes | 11.191 | n/a | *Reuse, recycling, composting, recovery and biodiesel |
| -Directed to disposal* | Tonnes | 5.279 | n/a | *Energy recovery, incineration, landfill and other |
| Hazardous waste | Tonnes | 258 | ||
| -Diverted from disposal* | Tonnes | 257 | n/a | *Reuse, recycling, composting, recovery and biodiesel |
| -Directed to disposal* | Tonnes | 1 | n/a | *Energy recovery, incineration, landfill and other |
| Total offsite waste | Tonnes | 16.729 | ||
Onsite | ||||
| Non-Hazardous waste | Tonnes | 8.636 | ||
| -Diverted from disposal* | Tonnes | 8.636 | n/a | *Reuse, recycling, composting, recovery and biodiesel |
| -Directed to disposal* | Tonnes | 0 | n/a | *Energy recovery, incineration, landfill and other |
| Total onsite waste | Tonnes | 8.636 | ||
Total waste | Tonnes | 25.365 | ||
| -Diverted from disposal* | % | 79% | n/a | *Reuse, recycling, composting, recovery and biodiesel |
| -Directed to disposal* | % | 21% | n/a | *Energy recovery, incineration, landfill and other |
Total weight of all key materials sourced
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| Unit | 2025 | 2024 | Share of 2025 volumes, which were sustainably sourced |
Marine Raw Materials | Tonnes | 383,998 | 327,068 | 99.9% |
Agricultural commodities | Tonnes | 79,926 | 67,856 | 100%* |
Packaging materials | Tonnes | 5,060 | 4,579 | 16% |
Roe (eggs) & Smolt (externally sourced) | Tonnes | 2,229 | 3,344 | n/a |
Freshwater withdrawals | Tonnes | 25,958,697 | 23,852,876 | n/a |
*Wheat and rapeseed oil as products are yet to be covered by a sustainability certification scheme. Thus, these quantities have been excluded from the calculation of the share of volumes certified.
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Weight in absolute value of secondary reused or recycled components, secondary intermediary products and secondary materials used to manufacture the undertaking’s products and services (including packaging) | Tonnes | 648.59 | 407.4 | 490 |
Weight in percentage of secondary reused or recycled components, secondary intermediary products and secondary materials used to manufacture products and services (including packaging) | Percentage | 17.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Tonnes of recyclable content in products and their packaging. | Tonnes | 3,044 | 3,550 | 5,310 |
The rates of recyclable content in products and their packaging. | Percentage | 84% | 86% | 85% |
Total weight of packaging materials | Tonnes | 3,638 | 4,130 | 6,227 |
Reported until 2022, then switching to ESRS standard
Faroe Islands
Description | Source | Material | Renewable/Non-renewable | Material weight 2018 | Material weight 2019 | Material weight 2020 | Material weight 2021 | Material weight 2022 |
Paper and cardboard boxes | Sourced | Paper and cardboard | 2022: 1,090t recyclable, 146t non-recyclable | 598 tonnes | 1,108 tonnes (810 FSC certified) | 1,518 tonnes (1,336 FSC certified) | 1062 tonnes (100% FSC certified) | 1,236 tonnes (100% FSC certified) |
Plastic packaging materials | Sourced | Plastic | 2022: 447t non-recyclable | 458 tonnes | 650 tonnes | 824 tonnes | 907 tonnes | 933 tonnes |
Polystyrene boxes | Produced | Polystyrene | Non-renewable | 1,554 tonnes | 1,690 tonnes | 1,064 tonnes | 1665,75 tonnes | 1,549 tonnes |
Pallets | Sourced | Timber | Non-renewable | 967 tonnes | 867 tonnes | 724 tonnes | 1,112 tonnes | 1,050 tonnes |
Pallets | Sourced | Timber | Reusable | 118 tonnes | 179 tonnes | 302 tonnes | 252 tonnes | 286 tonnes |
Scotland
| Description | Source | Material | Renewable/Non-renewable | Material weight 2018 (T) | Material weight 2019 (T) | Material weight 2020 (T) | Material weight 2021 (T) | Material weight 2022 (T) |
| Paper and cardboard boxes | Sourced | Paper and cardboard | Recyclable | 59,13 | 112,31 | 168,18 | 152,577 | 98.92 |
| Plastic packaging materials | Sourced | Plastic | Non-renewable | 44,90 | 144,425 | 66,46 | 57,68 | 53.52 |
| Polystyrene boxes | Sourced | Polystyrene | Non-renewable | 706,25 | 773,59 | 919,5 | 847,949 | 913.69 |
| Pallets | Sourced | Timber | Reusable | 299,98 | 332,62 | 848,12 | 782,89 | 577.35 |
Reflecting inclusion in feed used at Group level
| 2016 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2017 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2018 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2019 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2020 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2021 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2022 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2023 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2024 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) | 2025 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Meal (FFDRm) |
1.17 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.751 | 1.026 | 1.108 |
| 2016 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2017 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2018 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2019 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2020 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2021 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2022 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2023 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2024 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) | 2025 Forage Fish Dependency Ratio - Oil (FFDRo) |
2.20 | 1.36 | 1.26 | 1.19 | 0.86 | 0.65 | 0.72 | 0.433 | 1.362 | 0.89 |
Source of Marine Products gone into feed produced in reporting year
Please see our Ocean Disclosure Project profile for more information on the fisheries we source from.
| 2025 | Species/ fishery status | Raw Material | Certifications/Improver projects | Dietary nutrient source | Vessel origin & fisheries | ||||||
| Species | Volumes (tonnes) | IUCN redlist | Legal, reported & regulated | Whole fish | Trimmings^1 | MSC / Marin Trust / Marin Trust IP / FIP NAPA | Protein^2 | Oil | Origin^3 | FAO catch area | Catch method |
| Blue Whiting | 56,147 | No | Yes | X | X | X | X | X | FO, GR, UK, NO, IS, EU | 27 | Pelagic Trawl |
| Atlantic herring | 7,161 | No | Yes | X | X | X | X | FO, GR, NO, IS, EU | 27 | Pelagic Trawl, Purse seine | |
| Atlantic mackerel | 5,710 | No | Yes | X | X | X | X | FO, GR, NO, IS, EU | 27 | Pelagic Trawl, Purse seine | |
| Greater argentine | 702 | No | Yes | X | X | X | FO | 27 | Midwater trawl | ||
| European Sprat | 49 | No | Yes | X | X | ||||||
| Antarctic krill | 1,350 | No | Yes | X | Antarctic | 48 | Trawl | ||||
| Anchovy | 3,973 | No | Yes | X | X | X | |||||
Contributed DKK 4.5 million DKK to local causes including sport, arts and culture, education, and social inclusion.
Our community investment policy can be found here: Link
Faroe Islands
Categories | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Local sports clubs | 50% | 45% | 65% | 42% |
Arts and culture | 5% | 10% | 20% | 10% |
Social inclusion of the elderly or the disabled | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
Other local giving | 8% | 7% | 11% | 20% |
Environment and biodiversity | 31% | 32% | 2% | 5% |
Other | 0% | 0% | 0% | 23% |
Scotland
Categories | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Arts and culture | 30% | 21% | 78% | 23% |
Local sports clubs | 20% | 26% | 15% | 22% |
Social inclusion of the elderly or the disabled | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
Other local giving | 0% | 0% | 0% | 33% |
Environment and biodiversity, inclusive Salmon Scotland Wild Salmonid Fund | 50% | 53% | 8% | 0% |
Other | 0% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
In 2022, 60% of our suppliers were local in the Faroe Islands and Scotland.
In 2023, 70% of our suppliers were local in the Faroe Islands and Scotland.
In 2024, 66% of our suppliers were local in the Faroe Islands and Scotland.
In 2025, 61% of our suppliers were local in the Faroe Islands and Scotland