AS Cēsu alus, the largest brewery in Latvia, has received the highest sustainable business rating – Platinum category – for the fifth year in a row, according to the experts of the sustainability index. The received assessment confirms the high culture of social responsibility and the company’s sustainability performance, as well as openness and transparency in the company’s operation and communication.
Eva Sietiņsone, chairman of the board of Cēsu alus: “The basis of sustainable business development, which we have built over many years, helped us maintain a high sustainability performance even in the challenging year of 2020, creating new solutions for the efficient operation of the company in an extraordinary situation. We continued various investment projects, took even greater care of the safety and health of our employees, as well as strengthened cooperation with our customers and cooperation partners, and created new environments initiatives.”
In 2020, the essential focus of the company Cēsu alus was taking care of employees and ensuring a continuous product production process. While working on the development of the product portfolio, extensive public opinion research was conducted, learning about the beer market and buyers. Several projects have also been implemented in support of the fight against the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 – the production and donation of the disinfectant Sanitizer Forte to the medical institutions of the Vidzeme region, the foil caps provided for drinks in cans for additional safety, the creation of the Cēsu alus e-store and the provision of product delivery throughout Latvia, as well as strict safety measures at the production plant to take care of the health of employees. The creation of the employees’ self-service portal has made it possible to ensure convenient circulation of personnel documents, as well as to significantly save paper resources. In positions where it is possible, the concept of remote work has been introduced. In the field of environment, the most important projects have been the use of 100% green electricity for the production of products from January 2020, as well as work on the introduction of the deposit system in Latvia. Other important energy efficiency, investment, and work environment improvement projects have also been carried out at the Cēsu alus production facility, as well as the development of business processes in order to provide customers with the highest quality products and service level. Also, Cēsu alus annually donates about 40,000 liters of drinks to various charity, cultural and sports events.
JSC Cēsu alus has been participating in the evaluation of the Sustainability Index since its introduction in Latvia in 2010. In the first three years, JSC Cēsu alus received a Silver category assessment, but by purposefully developing the company’s operations and sustainability performance, from 2013, the company’s performance in the Sustainability Index was assessed at the Gold level, and since 2017 – at the highest Platinum level.
JSC Cēsu alus issues a Social Responsibility Report every year, which contains information about the company’s social responsibility strategy and goals, implemented activities and plans in each of the defined areas of responsibility. The latest Cēsu alus Social Responsibility Report can be found here: https://ej.uz/SA_parskats_2021
