Key Takeaways
- Al Dahra has published its sixth annual sustainability report, titled “From Foundations to Execution”, covering 2025 progress across climate, water stewardship, regenerative agriculture, responsible sourcing, and community impact.
- The company completed a full greenhouse gas inventory across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions — including FLAG and non-FLAG categories — establishing 2025 as its new baseline year.
- In Romania, approximately 76% of cultivated land is now operated under reduced tillage, described as one of the largest deployments of that practice in Europe.
- A new Global Employee Engagement Survey achieved 80% participation and a 76% engagement score, six percentage points above the industry benchmark.
- Al Dahra recorded zero fatalities in 2025 and aims to operate a 500,000-hectare digitally enabled global farming platform by 2030.
Al Dahra Publishes Sixth Annual Sustainability Report
Abu Dhabi-based agribusiness Al Dahra has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, marking six consecutive years of public sustainability disclosure. The report, prepared with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, sets out the company's progress across climate action, water stewardship, regenerative agriculture, responsible sourcing, workforce engagement, and community investment.
The overarching theme of the report — “From Foundations to Execution” — reflects the company's shift from establishing sustainability governance structures to delivering measurable outcomes at operational scale. Al Dahra operationalised its Sustainability Committee in 2025 and advanced its transition to more sophisticated digital platforms to improve data quality and reporting transparency.
“At Al Dahra, sustainability is central to long-term value creation in a world facing growing pressure on food systems, climate, and natural resources. In 2025, we progressed from building foundations to delivering at scale — advancing resilient farming systems, strengthening governance and data capabilities, and driving measurable action to reduce risk and emissions across our operations and value chain,” said Arnoud van den Berg, Group CEO at Al Dahra.
Regenerative Farming and Climate Progress By Al Dahra
Regenerative and reduced-disturbance farming practices expanded significantly during the year. In Romania, around 76% of cultivated land is now farmed under reduced tillage — one of the largest such deployments in Europe according to the company. In Egypt, no-till farming rollout has delivered measurable improvements in soil health and water efficiency under arid conditions. Al Dahra also appointed a full-time ecologist in 2025 to guide nature-positive practices and ensure biodiversity considerations are embedded across its operations.
On climate data, the company completed a comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions — including both FLAG and non-FLAG categories — establishing 2025 as a new baseline year. Al Dahra has also begun transitioning to Sandy by Trinity AgTech, a carbon and natural capital reporting platform designed for agriculture.
Supply Chain, People, and Community
Al Dahra completed an ESG risk mapping exercise across its supply chain and selected Sedex as its supplier assessment platform. In logistics, biofuel-powered shipping routes expanded more than fourfold, while modal shifts to inland barge transport in Romania reduced approximately 200 truck movements per week.
Internally, the company introduced a new Inclusion & Engagement framework and ran its first Global Employee Engagement Survey, which achieved an 80% participation rate and a 76% engagement score — six points above the industry benchmark. The company also recorded zero fatalities in 2025, reduced lost time injuries from 48 to 44, and increased training compliance from 38% to 65%.
Community investment exceeded AED 2 million across education, health, culture, and social wellbeing programmes in communities where Al Dahra operates, underpinned by a new ambition to positively impact 100,000 lives by 2030.
Looking ahead, Al Dahra is targeting a global, irrigated, digitally driven farming platform spanning 500,000 hectares by 2030.
