Sustainable development

The malt industry generates limited amounts of waste, and what waste there is has the advantage of being reusable. All the byproducts of the malt industry are natural products for which Malteurop easily finds outlets for use in agriculture and animal fodder.

However the malt industry does need large quantities of water and energy for the process of turning cereal grains into malt. Water for steeping and germination. Energy for kilning. Thus water and energy consumptions are our two major environmental issues.

Finally, to minimize transportation, Malteurop has set the goal of sourcing 70% of its grain supplies from within a radius of 60 km of the Group’s malting plants, and conducts a policy of locating its maltings near its brewer customers and near barley growing regions.

  1. Social responsibility

    Malteurop is an international group, with 23 sites in 12 countries on four continents, and thus its approach to sustainable development includes concern for development of the local economies.

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  2. Soil

    Barley is among the cereal grains that require the fewest inputs (fertilizer and phytosanitary products). To rationalize and limit the use of these inputs as much as possible, Malteurop’s teams of agronomists accompany growers in putting rigorous growing itineraries in place.

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