Our Commitments
Sustainable Goals
At Boortmalt, sustainable development is more than a duty. It is a passion. We are all very determined to make a difference. We have defined our priorities, given ourselves stretching objectives and are very openly communicating them:
1. Water conservation: by 2025 we have reduced by half our water consumption
2. CO2 footprint: by 2030 we are running on 60% renewable energy
3. Safety: with our programme “Together” we are shaping a 0 accident culture
4. Sustainable barley: by 2021, we consume 100% SAI sustainable barley in Europe
5. Gender equality: 25% women into the management team
We however do much more in the field of sustainability and have decided to map all our initiatives according to the UN Global Goals.
Wellbeing
Employees are the most important asset of our company. Their time, energy, experience, creativity and team skills contribute towards building a more competitive and more sustainable malting business.
Boortmalt welcomes diversity amongst our staff, sub-contractors and visitors, recognizing that all individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experience can make contributions to achieving the Company’s objectives. We are convinced that Cultural mix is one of the key to become the best within a global competitive market.
Our ambition is to create equal opportunities which apply to all Boortmalt employees
Health & safety policy
We believe that TOGETHER Boortmalt can become one of the safest places to work in the industry. That is why we promote an open and proactive Health & Safety culture with the full involvement of our people and stakeholders. This is reinforced through strong and visible leadership and by striving to achieve and maintain our group safety target of zero harm.
We reduced our accident frequency rate by 51% over the past 3 years.
Concrete examples - Energy & Water
Use the solar energy
The power of this solar power plant will be around 12 MW. It should provide between 10% and 15% of the malting's energy needs.
The solar comes to complete the cogeneration plant and biomass power station to achieve 50% renewable energy on the site.
Our company consumes a lot of energy for the drying units, and we are committed with our ten factories in Europe to reduce our water consumption by 50% in five years and to increase to 60% renewable energies by 2030
Water reduction
Optisteep © is a water consumption reduction system which allows 40% on a malthouse.
The OPTISTEEP® is an integrated water treatment system for steeping water in malting plants. The OPTISTEEP® conditions the steeping water quality.
Pollution and harmful micro-organisms are continuously removed during the steeping process. Enabling single immersion which leads to faster modification and germination and less use of steeping water.
