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EVOO design: Beyond a container
When the consumer walks along a Supermarket aisle, the packaging is the first impression they experience about the product. Therefore, the packaging must reflect the content, its origin, its use and, if possible, also convey emotions.
Read moreOrganic Casas de Hualdo: The Desired
We launch the Organic EVOO Casas de Hualdo! This new oil is the answer to the received demand for a certified product, and the challenge of working with raw material from an extreme climate. This interesting EVOO is another example of our commitment to the environment, sustainability and continuous improvement.
Read moreCarbon Footprint at Casas de Hualdo
When companies talk about sustainability, they often refer to a series of generalities that in most cases are nothing more than declarations of good intentions with very few concrete measures. At Casas de Hualdo we wanted to convert our commitment into action in order to measure the actual impact of our decisions. To do this, a few years ago we measured our carbon footprint based on the international GHG protocol, a corporate accounting and reporting standard for the organization’s Greenhouse Gases (GHG). The gases studied were: CO2 (carbon dioxide), CH4 (methane) and N2 O (nitrous oxide), as they are considered the most important due to their impact on the environment (included in the Kyoto protocol along with three other families of gases: HFC, PFC and S6)
Read moreContinuous Cooling of the Olive before Grinding
Two years ago, we launched the OLIVPREM18 project. Our aim is to continue to improve the quality of our early harvest oils, with innovative techniques that allow us a better management of the olives during the first days of the campaign. One of them is the cooling of the olive with a cryogenic tunnel.
Read moreWe inaugurated a photovoltaic plant to irrigate our olive trees
Our vision of the future and our commitment to the environment have led us to undertake this large-scale investment: one of the largest photovoltaic solar plants for pumping in Spain. The facility covers an area of 1.3 hectares within the Hualdo estate. It has an installed power of 567 kWp. The power is used for the irrigation of approximately 100 ha of arable crops and 270 ha of olive grove.
Read moreDoctoral Thesis on Irrigation Management in Olive Grove
For more than 12 years, we have collaborated with the Polytechnic University of Madrid in agronomic trials in our olive groves, studying various aspects of crop management
Read moreEnvironmental standard ISO 14.001 certification
Our commitment to environment led us to consider the implementation of an Environmental Management System. We chose the UNE-EN ISO 14001 standard, which has allowed us to structure the environmental aspects related to the different processes developed in Casas de Hualdo, to promote environmental protection and pollution prevention from a point of view of balance with the socio-economic aspects.
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