Tag: Premier Foods

Premier Foods, one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, has unveiled an investment in developing low carbon wheat as part of its on-going sustainability efforts. The firm, home to iconic brands such as Mr Kipling, Batchelors and McDougalls, is partnering with wheat supplier Bartholomews to back an agriculture trial on 165 acres of arable land in southern England. The trial is particularly focused on the use of low carbon fertiliser, which is created using renewable energy. It’s designed to provide a more controlled release of nutrients and is coupled with…

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Premier Foods has announced that its 2030 decarbonisation targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) following a rigorous validation process, meaning the food producer has some of the most ambitious targets for reducing emissions amongst UK businesses. Home to iconic brands such as Batchelors, Ambrosia, Mr Kipling and Sharwood’s, Premier Foods set itself specific goals to reduce emissions from its own operations and from those it buys goods and services from by 2030. The SBTi has recognised these are in line with international efforts to limit…

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