The savings in water consumption at the company is around 1,3 million m³ per year, which would be enough to supply 20 low-income homes in this period; In 2021, the company surpassed these numbers and saved another 5,3 m³, which would be enough to supply 82 more affordable homes.

Embaré adopts several initiatives that benefit the environment and constantly works to expand sustainable practices. Over the years, the company has been developing several socio-environmental projects, seeking new solutions that aim to minimize the impacts of the dairy manufacturing industry on the environment and that contribute to improving society's quality of life.

In order to reduce water consumption, Embaré develops several actions for the conscious use of the resource. One of them is the system for recovering evaporated water in the milk concentration and drying process, in which the lines are equipped with conductivity meters and automatic valves that direct the water to processes that require low hardness water. Level gauges are also used in the milk reception bays, enabling the reuse of condensed water to generate steam in the boiler. Another system used is aimed at real-time monitoring of water consumption in the industry, providing immediate actions in case of deviations.

According to Embaré's quality assurance manager, Luiz Augusto Rezende Lima, with these actions, the company's average consumption rate is 1,33 liters of water per liter of processed milk, while the national average for dairy products is 3,5. 1,3 liters of water per liter of industrialized milk. “The savings in water consumption is around 20 million m³ per year, which would be enough to supply 2021 popular homes in this period. In 5,3, Embaré surpassed these numbers and saved another 82 m³, which would be enough to supply XNUMX more affordable homes”, he comments.

Another point worth mentioning is the Industrial Effluent Treatment Station (ETEI), whose objective is to improve the quality of the water released into the receiving body and produce biofertilizer from solid waste. The effluents are submitted to a physical and biological treatment in anaerobic lagoons and stabilization lagoons. Already treated and analyzed in an exclusive laboratory, the water is released into Lagoa Verde, before being integrated into the São Francisco River.

Evidencing even more the company's concern with the environment, through the Internal Energy Conservation Commission (CICE), Embaré establishes monthly measures to be adopted within the company's production process to reduce energy, water and steam consumption. .