rooms and guidelines are defined for cooling facilities. We apply membrane technologies which help limit milk or whey losses, water and energy savings, and wastewater containment thereby limiting chemical oxygen demand for the effluents leaving our purifying stations.

We work to limit our environmental footprint at each step of our activity, with four focuses: Make use of every drop

of milk and reduce raw material wastage;

Save water, reduce and treat wastewater;

Save energy and reduce emissions;

Optimize transport. Goals are set for each site and reviewed annually. Potentials for innovation and best internal and external practices are identified and shared. Minimum yield is determined for boiler

SAVE, REDUCE, TREAT

LIGHTER PACKAGING Our subsidiaries have made significant efforts in eco-design to reduce their volume of packaging and therefore their impact on the environment. Such is for example the case of Bresso, which has saved 3.9 tons of plastic per year by modifying the product s lid, and of P tit Louis, which has reduced the weight of its package by 80% by introducing a net containing 12 portions. As for Corman, the company has saved 21 tons of film per year by using thinner references, and has also made progress with cardboard. Two sites have saved 107 tons of cardboard by use of lighter packaging. And in 2016, the soft ripened and ewe s milk cheese division has saved 64 tons of packaging by means of a range of optimization measures.

Our Edelweiss subsidiary in Germany manufactures products under the Bresso, Milkana and Brunch brands. After halving its volume of waste over 15 years, by means of standardization and process control, the company has reduced its consumption of electricity for lighting by 40% by substituting LED tubes for neon lighting. Another positive development: the replacement of cleaning equipment using detergents by more environmentally respectful solutions. Edelweiss is both ISO 14001 and EMAS certified.

COMMITTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT

BRIGHT SAVINGS

10,000 KWH/YEAR saved by Edelweiss by use of LEDs

ENTREPRENEURS TOGETHER

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