Carbon Trust

Efficient steam boilers bring cash benefits

01-Apr-2012 By Rod Addy and Rick Pendrous

Heinz and Greene King are two of the latest firms in the food and drink sector to take advantage of energy efficient improvements to significantly cut the operational costs of their boilers.

Plant baking focus: Bakers wipe the slate green

01-Nov-2010

As energy costs rise and green initiatives move up the agenda, the 
baking sector has become a target for change, reports Anne Bruce

Yeo Valley saves cash through energy-saving initiatives

04-Jun-2010

Organic dairy manufacturer Yeo Valley has saved £30,000 and 368t of carbon dioxide by replacing old compressors with more energy-efficient versions and installing variable speed drives on condenser units.

New initiatives to cut carbon

27-Jan-2009 By Rod Addy

The Carbon Trust is working closely with processors on a host of new schemes

Firms bleed cash through poor energy management

22-Jul-2008 By Sarah Britton

Food, drink and tobacco firms are wasting over £280,000 daily due to poor energy management and they must take advantage of cost-cutting...

Shoppers attack processors for not reducing packaging

30-Jun-2008 By Rod Addy

Recycling is biggest 'green' issue for public

Spiralling costs help make the business case

07-Aug-2006 By Rick Pendrous

Reduce, reuse and recycle could at long last be a phrase that has moved out of the classroom and is now being discussed at Board level. Rick Pendrous reports