Prepared vegetables supplier Freshtime has been shortlisted for the Boston Business Green Award for a 43 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and packaging improvements.
Freshtime’s health and training co-ordinator Graham Dayes said just 0.14 per cent of the company’s waste is sent to landfill. “Changes we’ve made to the way we use packaging means that we have saved 312 tonnes of CO2 from entering the environment,” he added.
Dayes said a recently-installed tracker system, which compares monthly energy usage and waste streams to figures from 2012, showed a 17 per cent improvement in carbon dioxide emissions per tonne of product.
The system also recorded an overall improvement of 43 per cent of total emissions for 2013.
Dayes said: “We recognise that many of our activities have an impact on the environment and we aim to conduct our business and operations to reflect best environmental practice.”
The awards, in their fifth year, will be presented at the Princess Royal Sports Arena in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 28 November. The event will be compered by BBC Radio Lincolnshire presenter Melvyn Prior.
Chairman of the awards committee Peter Bateson, said: “These awards are a great opportunity for businesses to profile and highlight the successes they are enjoying and the contributions they make to our great town.
“Too many people often shy away from putting themselves in the spotlight – but this really is a chance to change that and let everyone know there really are some fantastic businesses out there.”
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