Our business cannot thrive unless people and the planet are thriving. Sustainable and shared value creation is therefore the goal of our business activities.
Growing our business within social and planetary boundaries and facilitating healthy, sustainable lives for humans and animals.
We believe that sustainable business practices, from acting responsibly to developing and delivering innovative solutions for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is key to our success. As part of our commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices, Rimfrost Holding AS has embedded the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact into strategies and operations, and committed to respecting human and labour rights, safeguarding the environment, and working against corruption in all its forms, as reflected in our responsible business policy. To contribute to the achievement of the SDGs we strive to:
To guide us in taking meaningful and impactful action we have performed a materiality assessment. The assessment revealed focus areas where we as a company can make a positive impact, either by improving our performance or by enhancing opportunities.
Krill oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, specifically EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). These essential fats play a crucial role in supporting heart health, reducing inflammation, and promoting brain function.
Krill oil’s unique structure allows for superior absorption as the phospholipid form of omega-3s in krill oil, making it more effective in delivering nutrients to our cells.
Krill oil also contains astaxanthin, a potent antioxidant, protecting cells from oxidative damage, supporting skin health, and contribute to eye health.
Studies suggest that krill oil may alleviate joint pain and stiffness due to its anti-inflammatory properties and most importantly, research indicates that krill oil have beneficial effects on hearth health by improving lipid profiles (increasing HDL (good) cholesterol and reducing LDL (bad) cholesterol levels).
Krill oil also contains choline, an essential nutrient, important for normal lipid metabolism and liver function
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Antarctic krill provides a unique combination of nutrients, making it a natural superfood for pets.
Packed with omega-3 fatty acids, astaxanthin, choline and proteins, krill ingredients offer a myriad of health benefits for pets in addition to improving palatability
Used as a functional ingredient in pet diets, krill can contribute to health and wellbeing by promoting a shiny coat and healthy skin, supporting joint health and cognitive function and enhancing overall wellbeing in cats and dogs at every life stage.
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Aquaculture is vital for global food security and human nutrition. Our krill hydrolysate offers solutions to aquaculture’s sustainability challenges. By adding it to aquaculture feed, we can help improve aquaculture production efficiency and animal welfare. Krill hydrolysate enhance the palatability of feed, which again increases growth rate, reduce animal mortality and reduce feed waste. Moreover, the taste enhancing properties improve formulation flexibility and allows for reduced dependence on fishmeal.
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We like to say that Rimfrost is the home of krill innovations. Our world-leading innovations has improved krill production process to take better care of the nutrients and produce krill products more sustainably.
Our unique patented production process is what sets us apart from other players in the industry and is key to our business strategy. We aim to deliver sustainable and innovative marine ingredients across the world, and innovation is one of our key drivers for our future success. Being innovative will help us to deliver solutions for a sustainable future, by continuously improving our products, processes, and workforce to generate long-term social and environmental benefits while creating economic profits.
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We integrate societal improvements into our company strategy, benefiting both business and society. Our focus is on delivering sustainable marine ingredients that promote human and animal health, leveraging our unique technology and experience.
Additionally, we actively participate in partnerships like UN Global Compact, ARK, NCE Blue Legasea, MSC, and various research projects to drive sustainability.
We are aware of potential future climate hazards and their potential impacts for our business, fundamental for the prioritisation of climate action and investment in adaptation solutions. Avoiding global warming and its impact on the Antarctic ecosystem is crucial for our business. Our aim is to lead in climate action within the Krill fishery. With our state-of-the-art fishing vessel, we’ve initiated our decarbonization journey and embrace a net-zero vision for 2050. Our krill products have a low carbon footprint, and several products have the potential to contribute to downstream emissions reduction.
A thriving Antarctic ecosystem is crucial for our business, both now and in the long term. We deeply respect the role of krill within this delicate ecosystem.
Our approach is to sustainably harvest only what we need, with precision, minimizing our impact.
We are deeply commited to sustainability. The annual krill catch represents just 0.3% of the total krill biomass. Stringent regulations by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) govern our commercial krill harvesting in FAO area 48. In addition we are member of ARK (The Association of Responsible Krill harvesting companies) which promotes the best practices in the fishery including the adoption of 100% independent international observer coverage. Learn more about ARK here.
Our state-of-the-art fishing vessel adheres to the highest environmental standards. It holds clean design notation and complies with the IMO polar code for environmental performance.
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While our business contribute to the delivery of high-quality marine ingredients and nutraceuticals that satisfy human and animals needs and bring quality of life, we are also progressively aiming to reduce ecological impacts and resource intensity of our operations and products throughout the life cycle. We respect planetary boundaries and circular principles. With our modern and environmentally friendly krill vessel, as well as our patented resource and energy efficient production process, we have already taken big steps.
Moreover, our unique krill products contribute to downstream resource efficiency in aquaculture and in efficient digestion of nutrients in human and animals, while having a natural long shelf life, ensuring eco-efficiency from cradle to grave.
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Our people are our most important asset. We believe that prioritizing employee health, safety, well-being, training, education, personal development, gender equality, and diversity contributes to organizational success and a thriving workforce.
Our crew’s safety and wellbeing is of outmost importance to our company. With one of the strongest social sustainability regulations of the world, ships with a Norwegian flag hold strong focus on the health and safety of the crew and passengers. We strive to be an attractive and responsible employer and offers benefits beyond decent living wages, like insurance programs, pensions, health services, local social events, and family support, to name a few.
Moreover, all fishing operations are designed to ensure minimal manual handling, especially when handling trawling gear, minimizing risks to our people. Operating in a challenging environment, our fishing vessel fulfils and exceeds the Polar Code for safety for fishing vessels ensuring the highest safety standards.
We believe that ethical business practices, anti-corruption efforts, and respect for human and labor rights contribute to organizational success, stakeholder trust, and a sustainable future.
As part of our commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices, we have embedded the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact into strategies and operations, and committed to respecting human and labour rights, safeguarding the environment, and working against corruption in all its forms, as reflected in our responsible business policy.
One of our actions has been to take part in the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. We have commited to upholding the Ten Principles and follow the global compact management model, demonstrating the power of principles, and thereby delivering on the SDGs.
While our business may have an impact on most of the SDGs, some are more important to us than others. Below we elaborate on our contributions to the global goals.
We create secure and decent jobs and work to ensure decent working conditions in own operations and supply chain. We pay taxes and contribute to local communities prosperity by local sourcing and local hiring in communities where we have business activity like Norway, Uruguay and New Zealand.
While our krill products have many benefits to people, animals and planet the accessibility of our krill products, being premium in nature, may present a barrier to affordability for some individuals.
Through our krill hydrolysate we may improve the efficiency and quality of food systems (aquaculture) and through our healthy krill oil and other micronutrient products for human consumption, we may contribute to preventive healthcare. Our products do not compete with human food and we ensure we utilize the whole krill. We will focus on avoiding food waste and losses as well as healthy eating.
Omega-3s are known to have preventive health impacts on non-communicable diseases. It has the potential to prevent malnutrition and prevent micronutrient deficiencies.
Through our krill ingredients, we can contribute to the health of our pets and farmed aquatic species. Healthier pets and animals can make a positive impact also on human health.
Our modern fishing vessel ensures low levels of any harmful emissions to air and water. Moreover, our company have high focus on the health and safety of employees and communities as well as ensuring high quality and safety of our products.
By promoting responsible business practices, we aim to make a positive impact on working conditions for employees across our value chain, especially by promoting high standards of health and safety in manufacturing facilities.
Employees are provided with health insurance and have access to healthcare services, reflecting our commitment to promoting employee well-being and fostering a culture of health within the company.
Having an educated workforce is crucial for the company. We prioritize lifelong learning opportunities for all employees, offering education and training to enhance skills as needed. Furthermore, we educate our customers and partners, providing them with reliable and high-quality information about our products.
We strive to increase the share of women offshore while maintaining a good gender balance onshore and in senior positions. We strive to any avoid gender-based discrimination in our own operations and in our value chain.
We adhere to the Norwegian Working Environment Act, Ship Labour Act, and The Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act. Norway is renowned for its commitment to upholding human and labour rights, including the rights of women and men to childcare.
Our operations rely on purifying and desalinating seawater. We prioritize maintaining high water quality aboard our fishing vessel for household needs and onboard production. Furthermore, we have implemented measures to minimize water usage onboard. Our vessel holds a clean design certification and ensures that all sewage, greywater, and process water undergo treatment in accordance with IMO regulations, CCAMLR regulations, or even exceed these standards.
Our vessel uses best available (BAT) technology to ensure energy efficiency. Heat from engines is recovered and used to heat the vessel interiors and our on-board production processes. Our operations have focus on energy savings and our fishing nets are designed to ensure low energy use during fishing. We strive to ensure that input factors to our production process have low embedded energy, which together with an energy efficient production process ensures that our products are provided with a low embedded energy.
We recognize that economic growth is essential for enhancing overall societal well-being and ensuring the long-term success of our business. However, it's crucial that this growth is not at the expense of environmental degradation. Our commitment lies in fostering sustainable economic growth and productivity through strategic investments in research and development, skill upgrades, and responsible tax contributions. By creating quality formal sector employment opportunities, we aim to contribute positively to the community. Moreover, we conduct thorough social due diligence and establish supplier standards that mandate the protection of human and labor rights, including the prevention of modern slavery and child labor.
We have made significant investments in acquiring a greener and more modern fishing vessel. Additionally, we allocate resources towards research and development as well as innovation to ensure the sustainability of our products. Our goal is to introduce innovations in our product development process that minimize energy consumption and waste across the entire value chain. Moreover, we prioritize resource efficiency and the adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes within our operations. Furthermore, we actively collaborate with our supply chain partners to enhance the eco-efficiency of our operations.
We believe that diversity is a key driver of corporate growth and innovation, resulting in improved revenues and shared value creation. We have adopted an equal opportunity policy in the company.
We conduct regular risk assessments of suppliers in the supply chain.
We minimize impacts of infrastructure projects end of life, like adhering to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and. Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.
We pay fair prices to all suppliers.
We take pride in being a member of our local world-leading maritime cluster.
Our krill hydrolysate has the potential to enhance aquaculture eco-efficiency by reducing feed waste and improving aquaculture food production efficiency.
We are committed to providing products with minimal environmental impact through resource-efficient practices, ensuring the entire krill is utilized to reduce material wastage and maximize the use of this valuable raw material. Many of the micronutrients in our krill products are highly bioavailable and easily digestible for both humans and animals, optimizing nutrient utilization by our bodies.
Moreover, we are dedicated to sourcing sustainably and increasing energy efficiency while reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and waste throughout our value chain. Efforts to minimize packaging and enhance recycling are also prioritized.
Additionally, we will undertake sustainability reporting to transparently communicate our progress in these areas.
Climate changes may impact the health of the Antarctic ecosystems, and is therefore a high priority for our company.
We aim to ensure climate resilience of own assets and operations and we work to promote climate conscious behaviour in our value chain.
Due to an energy efficient vessel and primary production process, our primary products have a low carbon footprint compared to similar products. We aim to consistently reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and our carbon footprint so that all products eventually will have negligible embedded GHG emissions.
Our krill hydrolysate offers potential benefits for environmental quality in aquaculture, including reduced feed waste and potentially decreased eutrophication. The Antarctic ecosystem health is a top priority for us, and we ensure our fishing operations are in accordance with the high standards for marine sustainability set for the Antarctic krill fishery.
As an example, our fishing nets are designed to avoid by-catches.
We ensure companies in our value chain that is shipping goods by sea adhere to environmental standards on marine shipping.
Our vessel’s clean design notation and alignment with most of the requirements of the IMO polar code ensure we minimise the risk of marine pollution and ensure proper waste treatment systems.
We support multi stakeholder partnerships (like Sustainable Ocean principles, ARK, CCAMLR)
We allocate capital to protect and develop healthy oceans and marine resources, through our membership in ARK, and giving access to researchers on our fishing vessel.
We evaluate sourcing and packaging practices to mitigate ecosystem and biodiversity loss, including plastics use.
We strive to use wood and paper from certified sustainable sources only and ensure recycling of such products.
Using krill hydrolysate in aquaculture feed may provide feed formulation flexibility, enabling feed manufacturers to reduce their environmental footprint arising from terrestrial feed ingredients
One of our company values is “responsibility”, meaning we take ethical leadership and respect the rule of law.
We have signed up to the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, including respect of human rights.
We will implement a robust anti-bribery and corruption compliance program and ensure we have implemented whistle-blower policies.
Partnership and cooperation are essential for achieving the Global Goals. Our company takes part and share knowledge in many partnerships like UNGC, ARK, NCE Blue Legasea, MSC and different research projects.
We pay taxes where we operate, and we have aligned the organization’s value creation strategy to the SDGs.
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We create secure and decent jobs and work to ensure decent working conditions in own operations and supply chain. We pay taxes and contribute to local communities prosperity by local sourcing and local hiring in communities where we have business activity like Norway, Uruguay and New Zealand.
While our krill products have many benefits to people, animals and planet the accessibility of our krill products, being premium in nature, may present a barrier to affordability for some individuals.
Our operations rely on purifying and desalinating seawater. We prioritize maintaining high water quality aboard our fishing vessel for household needs and onboard production. Furthermore, we have implemented measures to minimize water usage onboard. Our vessel holds a clean design certification and ensures that all sewage, greywater, and process water undergo treatment in accordance with IMO regulations, CCAMLR regulations, or even exceed these standards.
We believe that diversity is a key driver of corporate growth and innovation, resulting in improved revenues and shared value creation. We have adopted an equal opportunity policy in the company.
We conduct regular risk assessments of suppliers in the supply chain.
We minimize impacts of infrastructure projects end of life, like adhering to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and. Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.
We pay fair prices to all suppliers.
We take pride in being a member of our local world-leading maritime cluster.
We evaluate sourcing and packaging practices to mitigate ecosystem and biodiversity loss, including plastics use.
We strive to use wood and paper from certified sustainable sources only and ensure recycling of such products.
Using krill hydrolysate in aquaculture feed may provide feed formulation flexibility, enabling feed manufacturers to reduce their environmental footprint arising from terrestrial feed ingredients
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Having an educated workforce is crucial for the company. We prioritize lifelong learning opportunities for all employees, offering education and training to enhance skills as needed. Furthermore, we educate our customers and partners, providing them with reliable and high-quality information about our products.
We strive to increase the share of women offshore while maintaining a good gender balance onshore and in senior positions. We strive to any avoid gender-based discrimination in our own operations and in our value chain.
We adhere to the Norwegian Working Environment Act, Ship Labour Act, and The Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act. Norway is renowned for its commitment to upholding human and labour rights, including the rights of women and men to childcare.
Our vessel uses best available (BAT) technology to ensure energy efficiency. Heat from engines is recovered and used to heat the vessel interiors and our on-board production processes. Our operations have focus on energy savings and our fishing nets are designed to ensure low energy use during fishing. We strive to ensure that input factors to our production process have low embedded energy, which together with an energy efficient production process ensures that our products are provided with a low embedded energy.
We recognize that economic growth is essential for enhancing overall societal well-being and ensuring the long-term success of our business. However, it's crucial that this growth is not at the expense of environmental degradation. Our commitment lies in fostering sustainable economic growth and productivity through strategic investments in research and development, skill upgrades, and responsible tax contributions. By creating quality formal sector employment opportunities, we aim to contribute positively to the community. Moreover, we conduct thorough social due diligence and establish supplier standards that mandate the protection of human and labor rights, including the prevention of modern slavery and child labor.
One of our company values is “responsibility”, meaning we take ethical leadership and respect the rule of law.
We have signed up to the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, including respect of human rights.
We will implement a robust anti-bribery and corruption compliance program and ensure we have implemented whistle-blower policies.
Partnership and cooperation are essential for achieving the Global Goals. Our company takes part and share knowledge in many partnerships like UNGC, ARK, NCE Blue Legasea, MSC and different research projects.
We pay taxes where we operate, and we have aligned the organization’s value creation strategy to the SDGs.
Through our krill hydrolysate we may improve the efficiency and quality of food systems (aquaculture) and through our healthy krill oil and other micronutrient products for human consumption, we may contribute to preventive healthcare. Our products do not compete with human food and we ensure we utilize the whole krill. We will focus on avoiding food waste and losses as well as healthy eating.
Omega-3s are known to have preventive health impacts on non-communicable diseases. It has the potential to prevent malnutrition and prevent micronutrient deficiencies.
Through our krill ingredients, we can contribute to the health of our pets and farmed aquatic species. Healthier pets and animals can make a positive impact also on human health.
Our modern fishing vessel ensures low levels of any harmful emissions to air and water. Moreover, our company have high focus on the health and safety of employees and communities as well as ensuring high quality and safety of our products.
By promoting responsible business practices, we aim to make a positive impact on working conditions for employees across our value chain, especially by promoting high standards of health and safety in manufacturing facilities.
Employees are provided with health insurance and have access to healthcare services, reflecting our commitment to promoting employee well-being and fostering a culture of health within the company.
We have made significant investments in acquiring a greener and more modern fishing vessel. Additionally, we allocate resources towards research and development as well as innovation to ensure the sustainability of our products. Our goal is to introduce innovations in our product development process that minimize energy consumption and waste across the entire value chain. Moreover, we prioritize resource efficiency and the adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes within our operations. Furthermore, we actively collaborate with our supply chain partners to enhance the eco-efficiency of our operations.
Our krill hydrolysate has the potential to enhance aquaculture eco-efficiency by reducing feed waste and improving aquaculture food production efficiency.
We are committed to providing products with minimal environmental impact through resource-efficient practices, ensuring the entire krill is utilized to reduce material wastage and maximize the use of this valuable raw material. Many of the micronutrients in our krill products are highly bioavailable and easily digestible for both humans and animals, optimizing nutrient utilization by our bodies.
Moreover, we are dedicated to sourcing sustainably and increasing energy efficiency while reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and waste throughout our value chain. Efforts to minimize packaging and enhance recycling are also prioritized.
Additionally, we will undertake sustainability reporting to transparently communicate our progress in these areas.
Climate changes may impact the health of the Antarctic ecosystems, and is therefore a high priority for our company.
We aim to ensure climate resilience of own assets and operations and we work to promote climate conscious behaviour in our value chain.
Due to an energy efficient vessel and primary production process, our primary products have a low carbon footprint compared to similar products. We aim to consistently reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and our carbon footprint so that all products eventually will have negligible embedded GHG emissions.
Our krill hydrolysate offers potential benefits for environmental quality in aquaculture, including reduced feed waste and potentially decreased eutrophication. The Antarctic ecosystem health is a top priority for us, and we ensure our fishing operations are in accordance with the high standards for marine sustainability set for the Antarctic krill fishery.
As an example, our fishing nets are designed to avoid by-catches.
We ensure companies in our value chain that is shipping goods by sea adhere to environmental standards on marine shipping.
Our vessel’s clean design notation and alignment with most of the requirements of the IMO polar code ensure we minimise the risk of marine pollution and ensure proper waste treatment systems.
We support multi stakeholder partnerships (like Sustainable Ocean principles, ARK, CCAMLR)
We allocate capital to protect and develop healthy oceans and marine resources, through our membership in ARK, and giving access to researchers on our fishing vessel.
Rimfrost is committed to responsible business practices. We acknowledge that we through our activities can have an impact on people, planet and prosperity, both positive and negative, direct and indirect.
A part of our responsibility is therefore to identify and manage actual and potential positive and negative impacts our activities can have on people. Through our compliance with the Norwegian Transparancy Act and our membership in UN Global Compact we commit to promote and respect human rights and decent working conditions, especially in our supply chain and in our own operations. We perform social due diligence and encourage our suppliers and business partners to do the same. This way we can both increase trust in our business at the same time do our part to contribute to sustainable development.
Enquiries about our compliance with the Norwegian Transparency Act will be handled according to the Transparency Act section 7. For more information - email
To raise a concern, please use our whistleblower page.
Rimfrost Holding AS and it’s subsidiaries are committed to contributing to sustainable development.
This includes operating responsibly by identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for adverse environmental, social and governance impacts in our own operation and supply chain. We expect the same commitment from our suppliers and business partners.