Parmalat, Portugal

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1. General description of the company


The Italian diary producer, Parmalat, is the market leader for milk of UHT quality on a global level. In Setúbal, Southern Portugal, Parmalat is a local producer and distributor of various milk products and fruit juices. The facility has recently certified its quality and environmental management system according to ISO 9002 and 14001. Parmalet participated – together with nine other companies from the Setúbal area – in a local ecoefficiency program that was conducted by INETI/CENDES as part of the WBCSD s European Ecoefficiency Initiative (EEEI). The overall program in the ten companies (Parmalat Portugal, ABB Alstom Power, Tintas HEMPEL, Merloni Electrodomésticos, Moinhos de Trigo de Setúbal, Refrige, Rieter, Salus, SECIL Betão, SECIL Prébetão) has clearly demonstrated the usefulness of the ecoefficiency concept, not only for the companies themselves (micro level) but also as a contribution to local sustainable development (meso level).


2. EE opportunities and savings

Parmalat, such as the other participating companies, systematically analyzed ecoefficiency opportunities in its operations and implemented measures for water management, wastewater reduction and raw material and energy losses with great success. More than 80 opportunities for cleaner production in production, maintenance and quality control were identified, leading to 58 concrete measures for adapting its processes and changing its operating practices. Parmalat Portugal could reduce the quantity of raw material lost from 2 percent to 1 percent. It has also cut the amount of water used by 4 cubic meters per cubic meter of product processed, and the amount of wastewater by 2.5 m3/m3. The annual savings have exceeded the investment by more than three times.


Reference: Constança Peneda (constanca.peneda@mail.ineti.pt),INETI/CENDES Lisboa, 1999


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