Annual Report 2011 - Dr. August Oetker KG

Environmental Protection within the Oetker Group
Protection of the environment within the
Oetker Group is stewardship in action,
with high environmental standards being
achieved. Nevertheless, the aim is to
further mitigate environmental impact
on an ongoing basis. Again in 2011 the
companies of the Oetker Group succeeded
in bringing about further improvements
by adopting a wide range of
measures. These advances are due
above all to the committed members of
staff who regularly review attainment of
the demanding goals and assume responsibility
for environmental protection
on their own initiative.
Dr. Oetker
The companies managed by Dr. Oetker
GmbH were able to further enhance
their diverse environmental protection
activities in 2011. This continuous improvement
of environmental protection
measures was confi rmed yet again by independent
inspectors with the recertifi -
cation of the environmental management
system in accordance with the
internationally valid DIN ED ISO 14001
norm. Additional certifi cation in line
with DIN EN ISO 50001 Energy Management
is planned for the coming year to
meet future challenges in increasing energy
effi ciency.
Further successes were seen in the reduction
of energy consumption at the
Bielefeld and Oerlinghausen locations.
Targeted monitoring and the consistent
tracking of energy use enabled electrical
power consumption in 2011 to be lowered
by 3.5 % on the previous year. This
is equivalent to a saving of 460 metric
tons of CO2 emissions. In Bielefeld,
moreover, a new control unit for the
compressed air compressor station was
installed which permits consumptiondependent
compressed air generation
precisely adjusted to need. In Oerlinghausen
two exhaust gas heat exchangers
for heating process water were installed.
This investment enabled 350,000 kilowatt
hours of electricity to be saved
while simultaneously reducing CO2
emissions by 207 metric tons.
At the Wittenburg location optimization
of the product lines produced a 6 %
reduction in energy consumption per
metric ton of fi nished product. Upgrading
the cold store and expanding the
third refrigeration circuit serve the ambitious
goal of requiring 870,000 kilowatts
less power annually. Further measures
are aimed at enhancement of the energy
management system: energy saving potential
will be revealed by displaying energy
consumption.
With the enlargement of the environment
station at the Wittlich production
site, the structural prerequisites for the
improvement of disposal process operations
within the plant have been established.
A further project for lowering
energy consumption was successfully
implemented with the installation of a
weather-guided condensation pressure
control unit in the refrigeration plant.
This makes it possible to save 450,000
kilowatt hours of electricity annually. The
reduction of fresh water consumption is
planned for the coming year. In the future
graywater will be used for pre-cleaning
the screening units in the primary
treatment plant. This will produce a saving
of more than 5,000 m³ of precious
drinking water per year.
In the Moers plant a state-of-the-art battery
charging station was put into operation.
Power consumption was reduced
by extending battery life through EDP
supported and controlled monitoring of
the charging operation.
At the Ettlingen works in-plant process
fl ows in the area of hazardous materials
management were optimized by incorporating
EDP supported databases.
Energy management enhancement is
being advanced with the installation of
more energy meters.
At the Leeuwarden location in the Netherlands
in-plant waste disposal process
operations were improved and more
stringent waste separation effected. Energy
monitoring is being expanded to a
greater extent to identify further potential
in the energy area.
In the lye pastries production unit of the
French plant Schirmeck, palm oil was
replaced by sunfl ower oil in early 2011.
Additionally, a smart system for returning
lye to the work process was implemented
in the lye baths. This has enabled
up to 800 m³ of drinking water and
an additional 5 metric tons of lye concentrate
to be saved annually. The cleaning
processes in the plant have also
been optimized with the new cleaning
station: the cleansing agent is now
dosed centrally and precisely. With the
establishment of an energy monitoring
system, the fi rst step was taken in implementing
an energy management system.
To the forefront at the Strasbourg
location were the reduction of dust
emissions by enlarging the central
extraction unit and the related improvement
of working conditions.
At the Italian location of Desenzano
the brand exhibition Dolce Casa was
opened. Construction of the building incorporated
cutting-edge environmental
and energy-saving aspects.
Following the substantial investments of
recent years in the Polish locations, high
environmental standards have been
achieved. Central to them have been improvements
in working conditions and
in the treatment of hazardous materials.
In addition, energy consumption has
been lowered and waste management
optimized: in Plock expansion of the
plant successfully incorporated energy
effi ciency considerations.
The Turkish national company in Pancar
consumed roughly 5 % less energy. This
was accomplished by using waste heat
from the refrigeration process in the
frozen pizza production facility to
heat process service water and by the resultant
reduction in gas consumption.
Pleasingly, compressed air consumption
was also reduced, by 10 %, thanks to targeted
monitoring; this is accompanied
by a drop in power consumption.
In the Jánossomorja plant in Hungary
conventional lighting in the production
facility was converted to LED lighting.
Compared with the previous year, the
saving in electrical power came to more
than 70 %. The amount of waste for
disposal fell by roughly 40 %. By applying
more stringent waste separation, it
was possible to return more waste to the
reusable waste cycle.
At the Kladno location in the Czech
Republic attention was directed at limiting
water consumption, with modern
low-consumption taps being installed.
Moreover, gas consumption was lowered
by 3 % by optimizing the heating system.
In the Boleraz plant, Slovakia, energy
consumption was reduced by 1.5 % as a
result of more effi cient internal process
operations. Through consistent and sustainable
organization of waste separation
the share of recyclable waste materials
was increased by 18 metric tons in
the reporting year.
In Romania a local reforestation project
was carried out with the involvement of
Dr. Oetker staff. A further project concerned
with resource conservation was
also successfully implemented. Due
to employee sensitization, paper consumption
at the Curtea de Arges location
was cut by 8 %.
At the Brazilian location in São Paulo
implementation of the integrated management
system was successfully completed.
Aside from sensitizing staff to
active environmental stewardship, further
improvement of fi re protection was
the focus.
At Dr. Oetker Canada a project to reduce
waste water freights was successfully
completed.
Martin Braun Group
Implementation of energy management
in the Hanover plant, with the aim of
precisely identifying consumption levels
at individual process stages, constituted
the focal point of the Martin Braun
Group’s environmental activities. The
data thus gained are being used to institute
measures aimed at reducing energy
costs.
Furthermore, at the Hanover locations
as well as in Spain’s Molina des Segura,
audits to confi rm environmental and operational
safety were carried out. Auditing
of the other Martin Braun Group
plants will take place in 2012.
FrischeParadies Group
The FrischeParadies Group is seeking
a reduction of the energy need of the
refrigeration units in the cash-and-carry
markets by roughly 40 %. This is to be
achieved through the installation of glass
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revolving doors on the refrigeration cabinets
and of modern LED lighting. These
measures were implemented at the
Essen and Frankfurt locations last year.
Radeberger Group
Improved energy utilization also consti-
tuted the focal point of environmental
activities at the Radeberger Group in
2011. To this end, initial internal energy
audits were carried out in preparation
for DIN EN ISO 50001 certifi cation of
the energy management systems in
2012 and 2013.
In pursuit of effi cient heat and power
use of the primary and secondary forms
of energy employed in the brewing process,
the heat supply in combination with
the district heating plant was analyzed at
the Krostitz and Stuttgart locations. In
addition, the use of primary energy in
the Radeberger Exportbier Brauerei was
again reduced by heat recovery. While
the central boiler house system was operated
with natural gas and steam in the
past, use is now made of waste water
heat in the bottling facility.
At Berliner-Kindl-Schultheiss-Brauerei
the introduction of an energy management
system begun in 2010 was completed
last year. Additionally, installation
of soot particle fi lters in the truck fl eet
reached completion. The entire vehicle
pool now sports the green environmental
badges.
By exchanging the old compressed air
compressor for a modern, more effi cient
one, the brewery in Krostitz lowered
power consumption for compressed air
generation. Dortmunder Brauerei installed
LED lighting in the area of the
bottling facilities to cut energy consumption.
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