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    Carbon first for potato giant

    New water and waste initiatives lead to Branston becoming the first firm in the food sector to get a trio of Carbon Trust honours

    The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has just been awarded the Carbon Trust Waste Standard by the Carbon Trust, making it the first company in the food and agriculture sector to have achieved the standard in all three areas: carbon, water and waste.

    In 2008, Branston became the first company in the food and agriculture sector to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard. It has since been reaccredited, affirming its commitment to focus on long-term sustainability and continuous improvement.

    The latest accreditation from the Carbon Trust is in waste management, and Branston was the first company in its sector to receive it, thanks to small-scale waste reduction programmes for staff, and larger initiatives including utilising waste on site. Waste wood is used to fuel a biomass boiler, and outgrade potatoes generate electricity in the anaerobic digestion plant at the Lincoln site.

    2013 saw Branston take part in the pilot of the Carbon Trust Water Standard, and it was one of the first four companies to be awarded the new standard. Its water recycling facilities at both the Lincoln and South West sites enable the company to recycle over 60 per cent of its water, as well as reducing the quantity and improving the quality of the effluent leaving the sites.

    Vidyanath Gururajan, projects director, is responsible for building sustainability into all Branston’s developments. He said: “We’re delighted to have received the latest standard from the Carbon Trust. We’re proud of our extensive environmental management systems and we do everything we can, at all our sites, to reduce waste. It’s all part of our commitment to our low cost = low carbon strategy, looking after all our resources to improve long-term sustainability.

    “The Carbon Trust undertook an extremely thorough assessment of our waste management processes and our achievement of the Carbon Trust Waste Standard gives us reassurance that we’re continuing to make good progress.”

    The Carbon Trust is an independent company aimed at accelerating the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy. It provides guidance and advice as well as measuring and certifying a company’s environmental footprint.

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