Environment

Committed to the environment

Maheso is one of the pioneering food industry companies to be certified in the ISO 14001 Environmental Management standard, for their criteria of sustainability and environmental friendliness. As a result of obtaining this standard, Gedesco SA’s management has set up an Environmental Policy focused on the control of environmental impacts generated by the company’s business activity.  

This Environmental Policy is public, is reviewed annually to adapt to changing business, and is embodied in the following measures:  

•    Control of wastewater generated by the activity at the plant. Since 1998, Maheso has had a biological wastewater treatment plant with a capacity to treat 600 m3/day of wastewater. With the purified water at this facility, a total of 1,500 families would have their daily water consumption needs met.

•    Control and monitoring of combustion gas emissions into the atmosphere.

•    Management of waste generated, in accordance with current legislation.

•    Compliance with statutory environmental requirements.

•    Promotion of energy efficiency and recycling.

The aim of all the above actions is care for the environment, showing Maheso’s commitment to an environmentally-friendly and resource-saving industrial business activity.