Commitment to the planet

For responsible consumption:
- Making people aware
- Spray gun at each water point
- Air cooling towers
- Dry lubrication system on our secondary packaging lines
- Recovery of waste water: more than 500,000 litres of water saved / week
- Collection and treatment of waste water in our own treatment plants and discharge of clean water into the Loire, the last wild river in France
- Collection and thickening of sludge before spreading
- Investment in a new revolutionary bottle line with a dry disinfection system
- Monitoring and recycling of almost two thirds of our waste
- Work on the optimization of our supply chain
- Reduction of waste linked to packaging
- In 2009, creation of the first dual-layer, seal-free preform with 100 % light barrier in partnership with PDG Plastiques, a local company
- Since 2010, use of 25 % recycled PET in our preforms whether single or dual-layer
- Consideration given to the environmental factor when selecting raw materials
- Implementation of a code of ethics for dairy operations
- Setting up networks (non GMO soya, milk, apples, oranges and organic)
- Very strong emphasis on organic products
Many projects on the horizon:
- Obtaining ISO 14.001 vs 2004 certification for our sites at Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel and Varennes-sur-Fouzon
- Use of renewable energy
- Continuing work on our waste
- Biomethanation of treatment plant sludge
- Purchasing more fair trade products
