Annual Report 2010 - Baltika Breweries

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Baltika Breweries | Annual report 2010
Environmental Management
In 2010, the Company began preparations to receive
ISO 14001, an international environmental management
certificate. As part of the preparation process,
Baltika established special working groups to implement
the environmental management system (EMS), developed
a range of internal regulations and guidelines and
identified and assessed environmental issues. ISO 14001
will certify that the Company efficiently implements its
environmental management system which prevents risks
related to environmental impact. The Company carried
out so called “mutual audits” to control environmental
regulation compliance in the spheres of labor protection,
industrial and fire safety and civil defense.
Returnable Bottle Project
The Company looks to optimize
the utilization and processing
of packaging materials
to minimize environmental
impact. To increase the
share of returnable bottles
in the 2010 production
process, the Company
continued to implement its
Returnable Bottle Project.
During the reporting period,
the share of returnable bottles used for production
purposes amounted approximately 36 %. The Company
developed and offered its vendors a special targeted
program focused on turn-in points located in different
Russian regions to up bottle collection. As a result, the
number of glass bottle centers increased 30 % compared
with 2009.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency
is an important component
of Baltika’s environmental policy.
The Company undertakes different
efforts to upgrade energy efficiency,
including projects involving
alternative energy source usage.
In 2002–2003, the Company’s
breweries in St. Petersburg and
Rostov-on-Don commissioned their
own thermal power plants which
allowed them to partially meet their
internal demand for electric and
thermal power. In 2009, the Baltika-
Khabarovsk branch installed a solar
battery system to heat the fitness
center for corporate employees.
Bio-fuel is widely used in Europe
as an alternative energy source.
In Russia, this technology
was first implemented at the
Baltika-Khabarovsk plant which put
into operation a unit to burn biofuel
produced by sewage treatment
facilities. In 2010, the project to use
bio-fuel as a boiler house fuel
was also implemented at Baltika’s
Samara and Yaroslavl plants. These
projects will minimize environmental
impact and conserve natural gas.
As part of the 2010 energy efficiency
program, Baltika has developed
“Leadership Energy,” a special
domestic program aimed at reducing
costs both in primary production
and energy production that
looks to promote efficient energy
resource usage by its employees.
In 2010, the Company collected
more than 400 proposals
to upgrade energy efficiency from
300 employees involved in the
program; most of these proposals
are now being implemented.