Nordic energy company Gasum and Finnish food and confectionery group Fazer have entered into a partnership to utilize biogas produced from bakery food waste for transporting Fazer’s products across Finland. This initiative aligns with Fazer’s sustainability objectives by integrating waste management with renewable energy solutions.
Inedible food waste generated at Fazer’s bakeries is processed into biogas at Gasum’s facilities. This approach enables some of Fazer’s products to be transported using energy derived from the company’s own waste. Fazer aims to reduce its carbon footprint by at least 42% by 2030, focusing on increasing renewable energy usage in production, transitioning to fossil-free transport, and replacing natural gas with biogas.
Currently, Fazer operates two biogas-powered trucks, with biogas accounting for 8% of its transportation fuel. The company plans to incrementally increase the number of biogas and electric vehicles, aiming for all transports to be emission-free by the end of the decade.
Jarno Hämäläinen, Vice President of Supply Chain at Fazer Bakery Finland, emphasized the environmental benefits of the collaboration, stating that utilizing their own food waste could power all the bakeries’ full trailer combination routes for a year on biofuel.
Ville Pesonen, Vice President of Industry and Traffic at Gasum, highlighted the partnership as an example of effective collaboration in reducing emissions from industry and logistics.
Looking ahead, Fazer plans to adopt e-methane—a renewable gas produced with renewable electricity—that Gasum intends to introduce to the market from 2027. Fazer Bakery is interested in piloting the use of e-methane for zero-emission transport solutions. Both biogas and e-methane are renewable fuels with lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions approximately 90% lower than those of fossil fuels.
Gasum’s strategic goal is to supply seven terawatt-hours (7 TWh) of renewable gas annually by 2027, which could result in a total yearly carbon dioxide reduction of 1.8 million tons for its customers.
This collaboration between Fazer and Gasum exemplifies a circular economy approach, where waste products are repurposed into valuable resources, contributing to more sustainable industrial practices.
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