We are proud to have an Environmental Representative at each of our sites across the world to champion site level environmental program activities. With a culture of continuous improvement, the team review the environmental performance of their operations, share best practices and implement site level improvements.
This year, projects included:
- Energy efficiency and behavioural change initiatives
- LED lights have been installed throughout our Lønningdal, Norway site resulting in reduced energy consumption and lower maintenance costs.
- A ‘switch off’ campaign to reduce energy use was launched at our shrimp genetics site in Fellsmere, Florida.
- Waste reduction programmes
- A waste reduction effort on a CleanTreat® vessel resulted in 50% less waste.
- In line with our commitment to reduce waste across the business during the opening event of our new salmon egg incubation centre in Iceland no single use plastics were used.
- Recycling schemes
- Redundant IT equipment from our office in Bangkok, Thailand has been donated to a local temple.
- Rainwater is collected at our office in Dendermonde, Belgium which is used for flushing toilets.
Collectively these smaller projects add up and make a difference in reducing Benchmark’s environmental footprint.
