In fact, a photovoltaic system was installed in the production plant with a power of 93 kWp and an energy production of 122,000 kWh/year. Thus, 45,078 kg of CO2 that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere will be avoided every year.

The provision of photovoltaic panels is in addition to the sustainability actions implemented by Danesi Caffè, and follows the installation of charging stations for electric company vehicles. 

 “We are very pleased with the collaboration with Enel X, which allows us to contribute to the ongoing transition process and achieve significant energy savings. Our company, which has always offered quality products all over the world, has been very attentive, for several years, to the efficiency and sustainability of production processes, adopting the most innovative technologies on the market”, said Roberto Danesi of Danesi Caffè.

 “Enel X’s commitment to the energy transition is always maximum, for the benefit of the environment, the regions and the community. Supporting family businesses such as Danesi Caffè, now in its fourth generation, which have understood the value of innovation in favour of sustainability, is a source of pride for us because only by joining forces do we obtain concrete benefits”, said Ermanno Prosperini, Enel X Italia B2B Key Account Manager.

Danesi Caffè has relied on Enel X Global Retail, a global player in advanced energy services and the development of innovative solutions to support the energy transition, to take this important step in the context of sustainable production.

Placement activities provide for an integrated approach of information, orientation and support to the students and graduates, professors and enterprises to overcome the frequent disconnect between expectations of those entering the world of work and the different needs of the production system.

For those reasons, it is given to the students the possibility of doing an internship/training in the enterprises in order to provide the candidates with appropriate skills and professionalism to encourage and to facilitate the new graduates entrance in the world of work. All the above inserted in a wider context of participation in social and economic development of our Country and territory.

During 2016 Danesi Caffè S.p.A. joined the National Cluster Agrifood CL.A.N. – a partnership of significant enterprises, centers of research, local representatives and stakeholder in the agro industrial business – with the purpose of promoting a sustainable economic growth based on research, development and innovation technology and to be the single interlocutor of national and European Institutions.

The National Technological Cluster (8 in total) have been promoted by MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) with the aim of generating permanent dialogue platforms between public research system and enterprises, being consistent with “Horizon 2020” priorities.

Nowadays they represent an important intermediate infrastructure to which is delegated the task of promoting the cooperation of public/private research in terms of technological development and innovation and rebuilding national policies in areas of strategic interest as well as to encourage smart territorial specialization.

The project partnership also included Genechron Biotech Company and effective contribute has been provided by ENEA and Campus Biomedico University of Rome as research institutions.

The COMETA project, presented on 8th April 2019 at the Hub of our Headquarters in Via del Tempio degli Arvali 45, aims to achieve a multisensorial electronic system able to detect specific gas-phase chemical compounds released during the roasting process, the analysis of which allows optimal process parameters to be accurately identified.

Those parameters originate those specific organoleptic properties characterizing the coffee brew. The project has been carried out a genetic fingerprinting of different coffee species and varieties whose Danesi blends are made up. Such compounds have been associated to their genetic origin through the determination of metabolites released within the roasting process.

With COMETA project we intended to transfer our 100-year-old knowledge and expertise in producing Italian coffee into an electronic system to be used in the roasting process. Danesi has received overall an amount of € 144.652,93 as eligible costs to implement the project against which € 88.788,88 have been granted under POR FESR LAZIO 2014 – 2020 Public Notice “KETs Enabling Technologies” regional funding. The results of the project was presented on 28th October 2019, in the beautiful setting of the Istituto Nazionale Studi Romani. Below you can consult the flyer of the event:

https://www.danesicaffe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Progetto-Cometa-Agenda-28-Ottobre.pdf