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Join us for what will be an exciting and informative day for food and drink manufacturers from Notts, Derbys and Leics.About this Event
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Welcome to the booking page for the Race to Zero Decarbonisation Event for Food and Drink Manufacturers.
Join us for what will be an exciting and inspiring day for any Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire or Leicestershire Food or Drink business, hosted at the amazing School of Artisan Food, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire - S80 3LR.
Our event will offer small and medium-sized food and drink manufacturers the opportunity to delve deeply into how they can reduce their carbon footprint and how together we can work to achieve net-zero.
*******************************************************************************The day will consist of keynote speaker sessions, workshops - where you will have the opportunity to choose from a range of topics and networking opportunities.
We are excited to have a range of subject areas specialists, academics and small businesses sharing their knowledge and advice on transport and logistics, diet, energy consumption, packaging and food waste, and topics of concern within the food and drink manufacturing sector.
As a small producer, decarbonising your production space may seem daunting. The event will provide inspiration and ideas on what changes can realistically be made within your environment and the opportunity to start developing your decarbonisation plan and reduce the negative impact on our environment and, of course save money.
Our programme of events for the day can be seen below, with more information on the workshop choices available at the end.Programme
9.00 Registration and networking
9.30 Welcome and introduction
9.40 Keynote speakers
Andy Richardson, Corporate Affairs Director, Volac – An insight into the Food and Drink Industry and an overview of the challenges and opportunities for decarbonisation
Dr Nicholas Watson – University of Nottingham – Digital Technologies for Sustainable Food Production - How digital technologies can reduce the environmental impact of food production.
10.45 Break
11.00 Workshop 1 (choices below)
12.00 Workshop 2 (choices below)
1.00 Lunch and tour of the School of Artisan Food
2.00 Richard Garner, Zellar – Sustainability Made Simple - Carbon Tracker Zellar will highlight the importance of being a sustainable business and how this can be done in the simplest, fastest, most cost-efficient way possible.
3.00 Steve Peace, Datrys Ltd - Manufacturing efficiencies – still the great opportunity?
3.30 Victoria Prince - Your Big Vision - How to take action to implement your Decarbonisation Plan
4.00 Close of dayWorkshop Choices
Workshop 1A
Protein Progress or Insanity? You Decide!
Andrew Goddard, Freeland Horticulture
The presentation will review what sources of protein are available and why it is the time to change the habits of a lifetime. It will stress the positive reasons to change from two key aspects - health benefits and environmental benefits.
It will also link protein requirements to other global trends, particularly the urbanisation of the human population.
Workshop 1B
Thinking Big in Waste Recycling - The True Value of Recycling Food Industry Waste –
Andrew Stacey, Avgo Biotech Ltd.
Recycling food waste is not only beneficial to the direct waste producer. Avgo investigates its experience within the food supply chain and where value can be gained within the food industry. Join us for the session to learn more about how you can resolve the issue of food waste.
Workshop 2A
Sustainability Demands from Retailers - Are you Retail Ready?
Matt Trigg, Trigg and Associates, Retail Sales and Marketing Business Development Advisor
During this session, Matt will share with delegates the expectations of retailers in 2022 and beyond, providing information on retailer plans for carbon reduction. Before departing this session, you will discover the best ways to pitch and sell your products based on the measures you take to become more sustainable. Join us for this session on how to be retail ready, meet the demands of retailers, and increase your sales.
Workshop 2B
Future of Packaging Innovation and Environmental Legislative Update - Chris Smith and Emma Wilkinson, Comply Direct
Chris and Emma will cover everything you need to know about packaging sustainability, legislation and how to ensure you meet the increasing demands of reducing packaging while still being able to preserve, protect and present your products.
1. Regulatory and environmental legislative update – Plastic Packaging Tax, Extended Producer Responsibility, Deposit Return Scheme, local authority consistent collections
2. Future of Packaging Optimisation, Innovation, Design for Recyclability and Carbon footprinting
Q&A and roundtable discussion
Workshop 2C
Active Buildings – Making energy work for you
Chris Bailey, Business Development Manager – SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University
This workshop will cover how we make Active Buildings by focusing on the ability to Generate, Store and Release renewable energy to be used as power, heat and transport in a smart controlled system. This applies to domestic, industrial and commercial buildings and processes, including the capture, storage and potential transportation of heat using novel materials, among many other potential ways to “activate” buildings to make energy work for you. SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre is led by Swansea University and funded by the EPSRC and ERDF.
Event and Booking Information
The conference is for Nottingham/shire, Derby/shire and Leicester/shire businesses only that are working within food and drink processing. If your business is not in this area, we will be unable to send you full joining instructions.
This is a physical event, taking place at the School of Artisan Food. If you register to attend, we will expect to see you at the event on the date and times provided. A full buffet lunch and materials will be provided to all attendees.
You will receive full joining instructions nearer the event.
The event is free of charge, but non-attendees may be charged or delegates who do not provide a full 48 hours’ notice of cancellation.
If you have difficulty booking a session, please send an email to [email protected], who will be able to provide support. Alternatively, please call 0115 9758810.
We look forward to having you as part of our event.Disclaimer
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
School of Artisan Food, Lower Motor Yard, Welbeck, United Kingdom
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