How Galenica is reducing its CO₂ emissions

Alloga has been using a new heat pump to heat its warehouse building in Burgdorf since the start of 2022. This modern heating technology helps to save around 120 tonnes of CO₂ emissions every year. By way of comparison, around 9,600 trees would have to be planted to compensate for this output. The heat pump is an additional heating system at Alloga that extracts heat from the groundwater and feeds it directly into the building’s existing heating system. This reduces current gas consumption by around two-thirds. In addition, installing a heat pump supports Alloga’s fundamental energy-saving goal to reduce CO₂ emissions by 80% and energy consumption by around 20% within 10 years.

Alloga has also fitted the 25,000m² roof with additional insulation. The new insulation allows for additional energy savings of 10-15% each year. The new insulation also enables a future expansion of the existing photovoltaic system, which, with an output of 1,200 kWh in full sunlight, is one of the largest systems in the Burgdorf region.

Other companies within the Group are also making important contributions to Galenica‘s sustainability goals. Galexis, for instance, has been using a biogas-powered vehicle to transport goods between the platform in Oensingen and the distribution centre in Niederbipp since March 2021. Galexis also plans to install a photovoltaic system on the roof of the Niederbipp distribution centre, which is set to commence operation in 2023. The approximately 16,000m² system is expected to generate up to 1.7 MWh of electricity, thus saving over 300 tonnes of CO₂ each year. These investments, which also include the newly installed photovoltaic system at the modernised Lausanne-Ecublens distribution centre, are concrete measures designed to help us to achieve our sustainability goals.