Ardo CSR rapport 2023 - Flipbook - Page 30
We are Ardo
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The path to a more
sustainable food system
Minimal environmental
impact
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Reduce
At Ardo, we have committed ourselves to reducing the carbon
We have initiated several investment projects that have helped
emissions of our own operations in line with the Paris Agreement's
us reduce our energy consumption. In Saint-Sever, France, the
goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C°. Our ambition is to reduce our
centralisation of our corn processing lines (cobs and grain) has not
carbon emissions intensity by 40% by 2030, measured against our 2020
only resulted in increased efficiency (a 4% yield improvement), reduced
baseline (T CO2eq / T prod).
energy consumption and enhanced quality. It has also led to improved
safety and a high degree of specialisation, both on the production line
A first way to reduce our carbon footprint is by reducing energy
and among agronomists. Additional projects include the modernisation
consumption in our core operations, such as blanching, freezing and
of machinery rooms for state-of-the-art cold production and optimal
storage. To concentrate our efforts and investments, we have launched
working conditions. Furthermore, there are ongoing projects involving
an internal audit programme. This programme focuses on refining
the renovation or dismantling of several older cold stores in the
equipment settings, providing training to operators to enhance their
Group, such as those in Zundert and Koolskamp to enhance energy
understanding of the impact of their actions on energy efficiency and
efficiency. The renewal of steam peeling lines, designed to reduce
implementing other measures to improve energy efficiency throughout
steam consumption, is also part of our approach to sustainable
our organisation.
improvements.
For the entire Ardo Group, we are actively exploring and implementing
To further reduce our energy consumption, we are evaluating the
retrofitting and upgrading projects to enhance sustainability, increase
possibility of increasing the temperatures in our cold stores to -19°C
resource-use efficiency and adopt cleaner and environmentally sound
without affecting the quality of our products. Several sites have been
technologies and industrial processes. Our goal is to implement best
testing these practices over the last months and we aim to implement
practices across all our sites, facilitated by regular knowledge exchange
this adjustment across the rest of the group in the coming year. This
Ewout Deschuytter Group Energy &
between factories.
adjustment could result in an additional energy reduction of 2 GWh.
Sustainability Engineer
While we have not yet reached this point, we are progressively
addressing these opportunities to ensure the future resilience of our
factories. These reduction measures have clearly borne fruit as we have
already reduced GHG emissions on our sites (scope 1 and 2) by 20%
since 2020. With the various projects and programmes lined out, we are
confident that we will be able to achieve our 40% reduction target.
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“The most sustainable energy
is the energy we avoid using.
This principle drives Ardo's
commitment to energy
efficiency through a series of
initiatives.”
Good governance
