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Seed Factory 🏗️ Episode 5 – Renewable energies and sustainability Modernization
- 🌿 Reducing environmental impact: an industrial priority : We are moving decisively toward a more efficient and responsible industry.
- 🔋 Measure to manage better: we’ve implemented a supervision system to closely monitor our energy consumption, especially on dryers.
- ♻️ Substitute rather than compensate: we’re working to replace natural gas with biosourced gas from methanization.
- 🌱 Treat differently: our R&D teams are actively exploring natural alternatives to chemical seed treatment, particularly plant-based solutions.
These actions are part of a broader agroecological approach, driven by our industrial sites in close collaboration with local stakeholders.
🎥 In this new episode, hear from Bertrand Despagnet and Anne Marie Tachéé as they explain how we work daily to produce better with less environmental impact.
📢 How can we combine industrial innovation, energy efficiency, and on-the-ground requirements?
📲 Watch the video and see how we’re shaping the future of seed production!
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