January 25, 2024. Nordic energy company Gasum and Finland’s leading bakery operator Fazer Bakery Finland have signed a letter of intent in order to draft a plan for the role of renewable gas in reducing emissions created by Fazer’s bread transport and production. In addition to the utilization of food waste and the use of biogas, the goal is to start collaboration regarding e-methane produced with renewable energy.
Fazer Bakery Finland plans to phase out fossil fuels as a heat source for ovens by 2030. The planned partnership supports Fazer Bakery Finland’s sustainability strategy in terms of a reduction in CO2 emissions. Fazer is committed to science-based emission reduction measures and plans to reduce emissions by 42% by 2030.
Already today, all food waste generated by Fazer Bakery’s production that is inedible as such is utilized in the production of biogas in cooperation with Gasum. Biogas generated from production’s food waste can cover about a fifth of the energy needed to heat the ovens at Fazer’s bakeries in Vantaa, Lahti and Lappeenranta.
“We are already reducing food waste systematically and efficiently,” says Marko Bergholm, Managing Director at Fazer Bakery Finland. “However, it is important to continue reducing food waste and find new ways to use it. The new e-methane fuel can be used to heat the ovens in Fazer’s bakeries and in road transport for bread deliveries as fuel for full trailer combination trucks and delivery trucks from 2026.”
