Novo Holdings and DLG Group Join Forces to Advance Sustainable Crop Production
Novo Holdings and DLG Group Join Forces to Advance Sustainable Crop Production
COPEHAGEN, Denmark, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Novo Holdings and DLG Group today announced a strategic partnership to advance sustainable agriculture and food systems. The initial phase includes Novo Holdings acquiring 25% of the shares in Sejet Plant Breeding (Sejet), a leader in agricultural innovation owned by DLG Group.
2024年6月27日，丹麥哥本哈根 / PRNewswire - Novo Holdings和DLG Group今天宣佈建立戰略伙伴關係，推進可持續農業和食品系統。初始階段包括Novo Holdings收購DLG集團旗下農業創新領軍企業Sejet Plant Breeding （Sejet）25%的股份。
Since 1947, Sejet has been a leading contributor to agricultural innovation, developing and delivering essential genetics of field crops such as wheat and barley that enable farmers to produce greater output with fewer resources. Sejet is one of Europe's most advanced plant breeding companies and employs some of the most talented plant breeders in the region.
自1947年以來，Sejet一直是農業創新的主要貢獻者，開發和交付包括小麥和大麥在內的主要作物遺傳基因，使農民能夠使用更少的資源產生更大的產出。Sejet是歐洲最先進的植物育種公司之一，擁有該地區最有才華的植物育種師。
Utilising the newest breeding technologies, the mission of Sejet is to breed novel and improved crop varieties that adapts to current and future growing conditions. The goal is to create crop varieties that combine robustness with productivity, thereby reducing the CO2 footprint of the arable land. Plant breeding also plays a crucial role in enhancing disease resistance, improving nutrient and water efficiency, and increasing the quality of crops for both animal feed and human consumption.
Sejet的使命是利用最新的育種技術培育具有現有和未來生長條件適應性的新穎且改進的作物品種。目標是創造結合強健性和生產力的作物品種，從而減少耕地的碳排放。植物育種還在提高抗病性，改進營養和水分利用效率以及提高動物飼料和人類消費作物的質量等方面起着至關重要的作用。2Novo Holdings和DLG集團合作的最初目標是擴大Sejet的現有業務，並投資於可以加速作物品種發展的新技術。其次，合作旨在增加Sejet在歐洲市場的份額。
The initial aim of the partnership between Novo Holdings and DLG Group is to scale up Sejet's existing business and invest in new technologies that can accelerate crop variety development. Secondarily, the partnership aims to increase Sejet's market share in Europe.
支持綠色轉型的植物育種
Plant breeding to support the green transition
On average, plant breeding enhances agricultural yields by about one percent annually*[1] and facilitates the development of future climate-resilient plants, capable of nourishing the world's expanding population. New genomic techniques, such as CRISPR, can very effectively speed up the breeding process and enable the introduction of new traits beneficial for both cultivation, quality, and climate.
平均而言，植物育種每年約可增強農業產量約1%[1]，並使未來適應氣候的作物品種的開發變得更容易，從而能夠滿足全球不斷增長的人口需求。新的基因組技術，如CRISPR，可以極大地加快育種過程，並使有益於栽培、品質和氣候的新特性得以引入。
植物育種已成爲政治議程和農業企業的重要議題，因爲它有助於全球農業生產更可持續地發展，最終支持農業部門的綠色轉型，並確保當地糧食供應。目前，新基因組技術的使用受到歐盟法規的限制，但預計在可預見的未來將被解除管制。
Plant breeding has become a significant topic on the political agenda and within the agribusiness, as it contributes to more sustainable crop production worldwide, ultimately supporting the green transition in the agricultural sector, and ensuring local food supply. The use of new genomic techniques is currently limited by EU regulations but is expected to be deregulated within the foreseeable future.
DLG Group首席運營官Jesper Pagh表示：“與世界領先的生命科學投資公司Novo Holdings合作是我們公司和農民所有者的一項重要舉措，也是我們公司的一次重要合作機會。我們有一個共同的願景，即推進可持續農業和食品系統，以滿足全球人口不斷增長的需求，同時也考慮到生物多樣性、人們和地球。邀請Novo Holdings進入Sejet是我們所預期的第一步，這是一個包含互補技能和共同承諾的成功長期合作的標誌，以創造更可持續的農業未來。”
Jesper Pagh, Group COO, DLG Group, said: "Joining forces with a world-leading life science investor such as Novo Holdings is a great opportunity and an important step for our company and farmer owners. We have a shared ambition of advancing sustainable agriculture and food systems to feed the growing population globally, while also considering biodiversity, people, and the planet. Inviting Novo Holdings into Sejet is an obvious first step in what we anticipate will become a successful and long-term partnership comprising complementary skills and a shared commitment to create a more sustainable future for agriculture."
Novo Holdings是一個控股和投資公司，負責管理Novo Nordisk Foundation的資產和財富。Novo Holdings的目標是通過利用Novo Nordisk Foundation的資產獲得有吸引力的長期回報，從而提高人民的健康性以及社會和地球的可持續性。Novo Holdings完全歸Novo Nordisk Foundation所有，是Novo Nordisk A / S和Novonesis A / S（Novozymes A / S）的控股股東，並管理着一個長期回報的投資組合。除了管理廣泛的股票、債券、房地產、基礎設施和私募股權資產組合外，Novo Holdings也是全球領先的生命科學投資者。通過其種子、風險投資、增長、亞洲、全球衛生投資和主要投資團隊，Novo Holdings投資於各個發展階段的生命科學公司。截至2023年底，Novo Holdings的總資產達到了1,490億歐元。關於DLG Group和Sejet DLG Group是一家歐洲領先的食品、能源和住房企業，滿足人民和社會的一些最基本的需求。該公司由2.5萬名丹麥農民合作擁有。雖然我們的根源是丹麥，但我們具有全球視野。DLG Group過去僅在丹麥經營，但在過去20年中，DLG Group已大幅增長，在18個國家開展業務，並向全球70個國家銷售。
Aleks Engel, Partner, Planetary Health Investments, Novo Holdings, said: "We are thrilled to announce our partnership with DLG Group, a company that has been at the forefront of agricultural innovation for more than a century. Sejet's proven track record of innovation and profitability, coupled with its robust customer contracts, aligns perfectly with our strategic goals. The anticipated deregulation in European plant breeding presents a unique opportunity to leverage Sejet's expertise as an innovation platform. This partnership signifies our commitment to advancing agricultural technologies to feed the world sustainably."
Aleks Engel，Novo Holdings Planetary Health Investments合夥人說：“我們很高興宣佈與DLG Group合作，該公司已經在農業創新方面處於前沿超過一個世紀。 Sejet在創新和盈利方面經過驗證，再加上其強大的客戶合同，完全符合我們的戰略目標。預計歐洲植物育種的放松管制將提供一個獨特的機會，能夠利用Sejet作爲創新平台的專業知識。這一合作意味着我們致力於推進農業技術，以可持續的方式滿足全球人口對糧食的需求。”我們非常高興宣佈與DLG Group合作。該公司已經處於農業創新的前沿超過一個世紀。Sejet在創新和盈利方面的良好記錄，加上其強大的客戶合同，完全符合我們的戰略目標。歐洲植物育種的預期放松管制爲利用Sejet作爲創新平台的專業知識提供了獨特的機會。該合作意味着我們致力於推進農業技術以實現可持續發展。
About Novo Holdings A/S
關於新威集團（Novo Holdings A/S）
Novo Holdings is a holding and investment company that is responsible for managing the assets and the wealth of the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The purpose of Novo Holdings is to improve people's health and the sustainability of society and the planet by generating attractive long-term returns on the assets of the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Wholly owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novo Holdings is the controlling shareholder of Novo Nordisk A/S and Novonesis A/S (Novozymes A/S) and manages an investment portfolio with a long-term return perspective. In addition to managing a broad portfolio of equities, bonds, real estate, infrastructure and private equity assets, Novo Holdings is a world-leading life sciences investor. Through its Seeds, Venture, Growth, Asia, Planetary Health Investments and Principal Investments teams, Novo Holdings invests in life science companies at all stages of development. As of year-end 2023, Novo Holdings had total assets of EUR 149 billion.
Novo Holdings是管理Novo Nordisk Foundation資產和財富的持有和投資公司。 Novo Holdings的目的是通過產生Novo Nordisk Foundation資產的有吸引力的長期回報來改善人們的健康和社會以及地球的可持續性。Novo Holdings完全歸Novo Nordisk Foundation所有，是Novo Nordisk A / S和Novonesis A / S（Novozymes A / S）的控股股東，並管理具有長期回報前景的投資組合。除管理廣泛的股票，債券，房地產，基礎設施和私募股權資產組合外，Novo Holdings是世界領先的生命科學投資者。通過其Seeds，Venture，Growth，Asia，Planetary Health Investments和Principal Investments團隊，Novo Holdings投資於各個發展階段的生命科學公司。截至2023年年底，Novo Holdings的總資產爲1490億歐元。
About the Novo Nordisk Foundation
關於 Novo Nordisk 基金會
Established in Denmark in 1924, the Novo Nordisk Foundation is an enterprise foundation with philanthropic objectives. The vision of the Foundation is to improve people's health and the sustainability of society and the planet. The Foundation's mission is to progress research and innovation in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic and infectious diseases as well as to advance knowledge and solutions to support a green transformation of society.
成立於1924年的丹麥諾沃諾德基金會（Novo Nordisk Foundation）是一家企業基金會，具有慈善目標。該基金會的願景是改善人們的健康以及社會和地球的可持續性。該基金會的使命是推進心臟代謝和傳染病的預防和治療研究和創新，以及推進知識和解決方案，支持社會的綠色轉型。
About DLG Group and Sejet
DLG Group和Sejet公司簡介
DLG Group is a leading European company operating within Food, Energy and Housing, fulfilling some of the most basic needs of people and society. The company is cooperatively owned by 25,000 Danish farmers. Although our roots are Danish, we have a global outlook. From previously operating exclusively in Denmark, DLG Group has grown significantly over the past 20 years, with operations in 18 countries and sales to 70 countries across the world.
DLG Group是一家領先的歐洲公司，從事食品，能源和住房業務，滿足人民和社會的一些最基本需求。該公司由25000名丹麥農民合作擁有。雖然我們的根源在丹麥，但我們具有全球視野。DLG Group過去是在丹麥獨家經營，但在過去的20年中，公司已經顯着增長，在18個國家開展業務，並向全球70個國家銷售。
Driven by our desire to enable a better future for future generations, we develop and deliver solutions and products that can help our customers and owners transition to a greener future, while transforming our own operations.
出於我們希望爲未來的下一代打造更美好未來的願望，我們開發和提供可幫助我們的客戶和業主轉向更綠色未來的解決方案和產品，同時改變我們自己的運營的解決方案和產品。
Sejet is a company within the DLG Group. Since 1947, Sejet has developed new and improved crop varieties which are adapted to today's requirements, to the benefit of agriculture and plant breeders. It is today one of Europe's leading and most modern plant breeding companies with its own breeding program and a large representation program abroad.
Sejet是DLG Group的一個子公司。自1947年以來，Sejet已經開發了新的和改進的作物品種，這些作物品種適應了當今的要求，有利於農業和植物育種者。它是歐洲領先和最現代化的植物育種公司之一，擁有自己的育種計劃和廣泛的海外代表計劃。
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Northern Superior宣佈Philibert的maiden NI 43-101採礦約束資源評估中，推斷類別擁有1,708,809盎司黃金和指示類別擁有278,921盎司黃金，在1.10g/t的條件下。此外，Northern Superior's在2023年8月8日發佈的新聞稿中提到此次找到黃金儲量。
SOURCE Novo Holdings
新威集團來源