Ardo CSR rapport 2023 - Flipbook - Page 31
We are Ardo
Minimal environmental
impact
The path to a more
sustainable food system
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Good governance
2 Reuse
We consistently invest in projects aimed at energy recovery,
valorising waste heat and harnessing other residual energy streams.
- From 2024 onwards, our Violaines site in France will also produce
biogas through anaerobic digestion. This biogas will be converted into
electricity to power the on-site processes and the residual energy
Producing the cold temperatures needed to freeze and store our
products inevitably generates residual heat. In most of our plants,
will be recovered.
- This year, our La Garde-Adhémar site in France proudly recorded
we capture and reuse this residual heat to produce hot cleaning water,
zero gas consumption, as we efficiently utilised residual heat from
as well to heat our offices.
our compressors to generate hot water.
Moreover, we have launched several investment projects that have
contributed to the reuse of our energy:
- In several sites in France and Belgium, we implemented residual
heat recovery to optimise our warm water production.
- In Ardooie, Belgium, over 35% of our steam production is
generated from residual heat produced during the electricity
generation process from our biogas. The green steam is used
for steam peeling and blanching vegetables.
Capturing the residual heat from the cooling oil in our
compressors to generate warm water for cleaning purposes
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Heat recuperation
at our site in
La Garde-Adhémar
Residual cold from the floors of our cold stores is
captured to cool our offices
Two water tanks of 75m³ at our site in Gourin,
to store the site's hot water. The water is
heated with residual heat
