In recent years, SARIA France has been actively promoting the health and well-being of its employees in the workplace. As part of the “Pink October” and “Movember” campaigns, SARIA France is now taking another step in this direction.

Cancer screening

This year, SARIA France is offering all employees over the age of 50 two hours of paid leave so that they can attend cancer screening appointments. This gesture reflects the belief that early detection saves lives. To go one step further, SARIA France also organized on-site awareness workshops at several locations, including SARVAL Issé, SecAnim Benet, and Bioceval Concarneau, focusing on breast, prostate, and testicular cancer.

Led by a trained medical professional, these events provided practical information and resources, as well as a safe space to ask questions and discuss openly.

Training modul

In addition, the HR teams have developed a video training module that is available on the SARIA Academy platform. The goal is to offer easily accessible content to raise awareness that is available to everyone at any time. Interested? Feel free to contact your local HR team in France to gain access.

SARIA believes that health is everyone’s business and that the workplace can be an important place to raise awareness and promote prevention.

Biosecurity is a cornerstone of SecAnim’s daily operations. In Spain, this commitment is embodied by a unique role within the SARIA Group: the Biosecurity Manager, held by veterinarian Luis Miguel Sastre. He oversees biosecurity incidents, trains drivers, and promotes good practices among farmers and students. His goal is to protect animal and public health, strengthen trust, and enhance professionalism across the sector.

Collaboration and crisis management

SecAnim Spain created this role to work more closely with farmers and to better communicate that its activity goes far beyond incineration. The company transforms animal by-products through a sustainable, circular-economy process. Luis supports farmers in improving mortality management and maintains constant communication with public authorities. During sanitary crises, SecAnim activates specific protocols, adapts routes, and collaborates closely with veterinary services to ensure safe, fast, and traceable collection. He also trains SecAnim’s drivers in prevention measures and educates students at schools and universities about the importance of biosecurity.

Key biosecurity measures

SecAnim promotes the use of sealed, properly covered containers in designated collection areas that separate clean and dirty zones. A tidy, well-kept collection point is essential, as cleanliness reflects professionalism. By helping farmers improve hygiene and mortality management, SecAnim supports them in reducing collection frequency. The new refrigerated SACE storage system further enhances biosecurity and improves material quality.

Importance of the job

A central aspect of Luis’s mission is explaining to future professionals that SecAnim does not incinerate; it transforms animal by-products into fats, meals, and reusable water. This changes perceptions and highlights the company’s contribution to sustainability and the circular economy. Maintaining a positive image is equally important. Trained, hygiene-conscious drivers who act professionally at farm level play a key role. Education and training, which are part of Luis’s daily routine, therefore remain essential pillars of SecAnim’s biosecurity strategy.

On October 22, 2025, the team at the SARVAL Doncaster Petfood Freezer plant found themselves just 75 pallets away from an incredible achievement: producing the 1 millionth pallet. This remarkable milestone was proudly reached the very next morning.

Proud team

Christopher Dunn, production manager, shares, “This accomplishment reflects the hard work, dedication, and commitment of our entire team, as well as the trust of our valued customers and partners. Each pallet represents not just a product, but a story of innovation, quality, and collaboration that defines our journey.”

SARVAL Doncaster

SARVAL Doncaster produces a range of meat, poultry, and fish products for use in the production of wet pet foods. The plant is one of the most advanced frozen and chilled pet food ingredient preparation facilities in Europe. The range of frozen and chilled products is supplied to pet food producers in both the UK and overseas.  Congratulations to everyone at Doncaster – here’s to many more milestones ahead!

Daka ecoMotion in Denmark has reached an impressive milestone: 3,000 days without a lost-time injury. This achievement was celebrated with a small event for employees – a symbolic reminder that a safe work environment is both fragile and valuable.

Safety comes before speed

The milestone reflects years of consistent effort to build and maintain a strong safety culture. At the plant, safety always comes before speed. Clear procedures, regular drills, and continuous training ensure that no shortcuts are taken, even when operations are complex and time sensitive. The facility handles high-temperature processes, chemicals, and demanding technical tasks, making safety a natural priority. Approximately 10 drills are conducted each year, covering scenarios such as fire, evacuation, and chemical spill response. These exercises prepare the team for emergencies and reinforce a proactive mindset.

Collaboration is key

Collaboration across departments also plays a key role. Close cooperation with the Quality team helps ensure that safety campaigns and initiatives reach everyone and create engagement throughout the organization. As Rune Gottenborg Jensen, Process Engineer and Safety Manager, explains: “This milestone is not about one big initiative – it’s about a shared mindset. We’d rather take an extra hour than compromise on safety. Everyone, from our own employees to external contractors, follows the same rules.” Looking ahead, the goal remains clear: everyone goes home safe, every day. Milestones like this are not an endpoint – they are a reminder to stay focused and keep improving.

At the core of ecoMotions transnational structure are seven Working Groups (WGs) that drive efficiency, effectiveness, and continuous improvement across all plants and countries.

Working Groups

These groups foster transversal communication, enabling the exchange of knowledge and best practices across the organization. Their mission: to strengthen operational excellence, enhance financial performance, and build a cohesive ecoMotion network.

WG participants connect at least once a month, more frequently when needed, and each group is led by a coordinator who reports to the CSO or COO, depending on the topic. This setup promotes autonomy, flexibility, and cross-cultural collaboration, helping to break down national and language barriers.

Round Table Meetings

Once a year, all WGs come together for an in-person “Round Table Meeting” (RTM). The venue rotates between the ecoMotion locations: Løsning (Denmark), Malchin and Lünen (Germany) and Montmeló (Spain). This year’s RTM took place in Montmeló, where participants enjoyed a guided tour of the local plant and took part in productive working sessions focused on unlocking the full potential of ecoMotion’s people and operations.

RTM in Montmeló

As this year’s RTM was centered on operations, the following ecoMotion WGs participated:

• Plant Managers – Sharing solutions to common challenges

• Maintenance & Technology – Implementing best practices across sites

• Quality – Harmonizing analytical methods and feedstock characteristics

• Production & Process – Driving efficiency and process improvements

These gatherings are more than meetings—they are a celebration of shared purpose, innovation, and the strength of working together. Click here to see the previous locations of the RTM.

ReFood is expanding its presence in southern Germany with the opening of a new logistics site in Memmingen (Bavaria). After less than eight months of construction, the new site will be officially inaugurated on December 17, 2025.

New building in Memmingen

In line with ReFood’s commitment to sustainability, the new building has been designed to be energy-efficient: a photovoltaic system ensures environmentally friendly power generation, and the building is also connected to the district heating network. Up to 15 employees will work at the site in the future, primarily in the areas of logistics and transport. Planning is already geared towards further growth in site design, customer and personnel marketing.

Expansion of regional activities

With the new opening in Memmingen, ReFood is further expanding its logistics network in Bavaria, now operating three sites in the state. In addition to the locations in Eltmann, also newly built this year, and Wörth an der Donau, the site in Memmingen will serve the southern region of Germany.

Boosting investment in 2025

Another new site is currently under construction in Zörbig (Central Germany), which will replace the old location in Landsberg. ReFood currently operates a total of 23 sites and five biogas plants across Germany. Since this year, four of these locations have also been equipped with state-of-the-art depacking centers to process packaged and unpackaged food and food leftovers separately — learn more here.

Additionally, a new building has been constructed in Kogel this year. The anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has been upgraded and can now produce grid-quality biomethane. Alongside the AD plant in Genthin, the plant in Kogel is now also capable of feeding biomethane into the national natural gas grid.

These developments position ReFood at the forefront of sustainable food waste recycling in Germany, ensuring compliance while enhancing environmental performance and operational efficiency.