SAES for Bees
SAES launches 4 Beehives to Promote Biodiversity and Sustainability
To celebrate World Bee Day, on 20th May 2024, SAES Getters has inaugurated four corporate beehives at its Lainate headquarters. This initiative, carried out in collaboration with Apicoltura Urbana, an Italian company specializing in corporate beehive adoption, highlights SAES’s strong commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility. By adopting these beehives, SAES reinforces its dedication to protecting the environment and local ecosystems, promoting pollination, safeguarding bees, and actively supporting biodiversity.
The beehives, located in a specially prepared green area within the production site, will house approximately 240,000 bees. The area is fenced and features informational boards as well as recycled plastic furnishings created by Idea Plast, a Lainate-based company that designs and manufactures recycled plastic products. These measures aim to raise awareness among employees and visitors about the crucial role bees play in our ecosystem, particularly in agriculture, wild plant reproduction, and honey production.
Apicoltura Urbana will manage the care of the beehives, ensuring the bees’ well-being and overseeing the honey collection.
In addition to supporting biodiversity, this project will enable SAES to harvest high-quality wildflower honey. At the end of the beekeeping season, between September and October, the honey produced will be collected and distributed to the company’s stakeholders.