The Group

Environnement

Since it was founded, Lesaffre has always been particularly concerned about the need to preserve the environment and to constantly live up to the ecological challenges it faces. Because it makes public its concern to master the consequences of its own business on the environment, Lesaffre has equipped itself with genuine scientific competence in the field of processing its waste product and recycling its derived products.

Today, when building a new factory, 20% to 30% of the investment is allocated to this policy. Saving water and energy as well as integrating its sites within their environment are the main areas of focus.

Integrating our business into the environmental cycle

Lesaffre uses raw materials sourced from farming to produce yeast and favours the return to the land of its co-products.

Saving water

The company’s efforts focus on optimising water use and preserving the quality of this natural resource. Thus, the company favours the installation of a system called Cleaning in Place. (CIP). This process consists of using the same water several times over to wash equipment.

Energy savings

Lesaffre conducts research enabling it to develop economical energy procedures. The company is also using retrieval procedures using biomass energy. Furthermore, a permanent work designed to optimise our energy use is being conducted in all of our factories in order to make savings on fossil energy.

Furthermore, as the European Union complies with the Kyoto protocol, the Lesaffre factories respect the national plans for allocating greenhouse emission quotas.