Ardo CSR rapport 2024 - Flipbook - Page 28
We are Ardo
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The path to a more
sustainable food system
Reduce
Minimal environmental
impact
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Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Reuse
A first way to reduce our carbon footprint is
We consistently invest in projects aimed at energy
by reducing energy consumption in our core
recovery, valorising waste heat and harnessing other
operations, such as blanching, freezing and storage.
residual energy streams. Producing the cold
To concentrate our efforts and investments, we
temperatures needed to freeze and store our
have launched an internal audit programme. This
products inevitably generates residual heat. In most
Ardo is dedicated to advancing its green
programme focuses on refining equipment settings,
of our plants, we capture and reuse this residual
energy initiatives, focusing on reducing
providing training to operators to enhance their
heat to produce hot cleaning water, as well to heat
carbon emissions and increasing renewable
understanding of the impact of their actions on
our offices.
energy sourcing. By 2030, Ardo aims to
Ardo's Green Energy Policy
energy efficiency, and implementing other measures
generate 30% of its electricity consumption
to improve energy efficiency throughout our
from dedicated renewable energy systems.
organisation.
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Regenerate
To achieve these goals, Ardo prioritises a
mix of energy sourcing methods:
While we strive to use energy as efficiently as
and implementing retrofitting and upgrading
possible, our operations still require a substantial
generation on company premises;
projects to enhance sustainability, increase
amount of energy. To address this, we are actively
- second, direct investments in off-site
resource-use efficiency and adopt cleaner and
investing in dedicated green energy projects for
renewable projects like solar farms and
environmentally sound technologies and industrial
Ardo and complementing these efforts with the
wind turbines
processes. Our goal is to implement best practices
purchase of green energy.
across all our sites, facilitated by regular knowledge
exchange between factories.
- and third, engaging in long-term
Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
Over the past four years, we have already made
to purchase electricity directly from
substantial progress, increasing our production of
dedicated renewable energy projects.
green electricity from biomethanisation and solar
panels covering almost 15% of our total electricity
consumption.
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- first, on-site renewable energy
For the entire Ardo Group, we are actively exploring
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Sustainability
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