We are committed to the health of all horses and their specific needs, our customers and the world we live in. So if you want to make the world a happier place, better start with yourself. The Pavo Planet Program drives us to do better, to reduce, reuse and recycle without compromising on outstanding product quality for your horse. That's our challenge. Pavo for a happier earth! Join us in our journey.
Pavo for a happier earth!
Research:
How sustainable is keeping a horse?
Sustainability affects us all and is taking on an ever-increasing role in our society. No industry is exempt from this, including the equine industry. That is why we are a proud partner of a project at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Science. Since the equine industry has not been studied much on the topic of sustainability, the students are now researching exactly this aspect. We will of course inform you about the results of this project as soon as they can be published.
Our initiatives
What we do for a happier earth!
Reuse
Pavo refill bags: less plastic - more for the environment. To give our packaging a longer life and save plastic, you can refill them.
Reduce
We only use FSC paper and have managed to change our feed bags from three layers of paper to two layers, saving around 20% paper in our packaging.
Recycle
All materials used by Pavo are 100% recyclable! This means that they are returned to the cycle after disposal and will be reused.
98 % Palm oil free
Pavo Goal is to be 100 % free of palm oil
The raw material “palmoil” is used in a lot of human and animal feed and food products. In fact it is one of the most used vegetable oils in the world. The reason it is used so much is that the product palmoil is very suitable for use in animal feed and cosmetic products and it is relatively cheap. The downside of the use of palmoil is the way it is produced: the palmoil is produced on palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia at the cost of tropical woodland. That is why we as Pavo decided in 2017 that we don't want to use palmoil products in the future. At the moment 98 % of our feed is free from palm oil! and we are working hard to get to 100 %!
Ahiflower contributes to soil preparation
and is a sustainable alternative to fish oil!
Ahiflower is a plant that provides an oil rich in good omega fatty acids (EPA, DHA and SDA), in addition it is grown regeneratively, which means that in the cultivation process it contributes to soil, pollinator activity and biodiversity. Ahiflower thus helps to replenish the soils organic matter and restore degraded soil biodiversity.
Did you know that one hectare of Ahiflower produces as much omega oil as 450,000 anchovies?
Source: https://www.ahiflower.com/
A plantbased alternative to fish oil
The natural power of Ahiflower® oil
The horse cannot produce essential fatty acids itself, although these are important for many processes in the horse's body.
This is where Ahiflower® comes in! It has an advanced fatty acid composition, which means that you get both omega 3, 6 and 9 and at the same time in highly available form (EPA, DHA and SDA).
Many horses will benefit from OmegaFit supplementation, and Ahiflower's efficacy is scientifically tested.
Ahiflower® is tasty, so it is easy to get the horse to eat it.
