Advance in circular economy and standardize the measurement of carbon footprint were the main ones achievements reached by 21 salmon farming companies - both producers and suppliers - that in 2021 started a process to have more sustainable operational practices, from the Clean Production Agreement (APL) signed between the Climate Change and Sustainability Agency and the Chilean Salmon Industry Association A.G. (SalmonChile). This recently culminated with the successful implementation of 42 actions, which marks the beginning of the certification process. The ceremony was held within the framework of the seminar titled Sustainability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Challenges for the Chilean Salmon Industry by 2050, organized by SalmonChile, the Agency for Sustainability and Climate Change and the Salmon Technology Institute (Intesal), with the participation of the Corporation for the Promotion of Production (Corfo), highlighting the presentation by its executive vice president, Jose Miguel BenaventeThe companies that met the committed measures were Akva Group, Australis, Fiordo Austral, Blumar, Cermaq, Bioled, Cooke Chile, Marine Farm, Landes, Garware, Gripship, Yadrán, Salmones Austral, Salmofood, Pharmaq, Multi-X, Camanchaca, Skretting, Ventisqueros, Veterquimica and Zerocorp. In this context, the executive director of the Corfo Agency for Sustainability and Climate Change, Ximena Ruz, expressed during his speech that "the objective of this agreement was advance in sustainability together and contribute to the challenges of mitigation and adaptation that climate change has, but involving the value chain and strengthening the link "with the territories in a more concrete and measurable way". [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="6784"] Meanwhile, the president of SalmonChile, Arturo Clément, stated that "through this agreement we have generated changes that a few years ago could have been unthinkable, along with promoting that sustainability becomes a" key piece in the operation of the various areas of companies and SMEs that are part of Chilean salmon farming. Road map Within the framework of the APL, 42 actions were considered over a period of 30 months, which ended in March of this year. Among its achievements is that the companies were able to generate a road map to boost the circular economy, in addition to raising a standard to be able to measure in a comparable way the carbon footprint generated by each of them and manage it. Additionally, projects are being carried out for reduce waste residents in communities through the implementation of clean points and composters, which also leads to the possibility of starting programs with a positive social impact"Lo que viene en los próximos meses son quizás los achievements more important, as the process begins the certification of the facilities that is validated by the public services that have joined this initiative. The process of evaluating the impacts is also starting, which aims to gather information that accounts for the changes generated product of the implementation of this APL, so we are advancing for conclude successfully this process in December", summarized the general manager of Intesal, Esteban Ramírez. [gallery link="file" column="1" size="full" ids="6783"]