Spooner, a provider of industrial bakery equipment, announces the launch of its new report, ‘Decarbonising Your Bakery: A Practical Guide’. The report is designed to help bakeries minimise their carbon footprint by adopting energy-efficiency measures and transitioning to low-carbon machinery and solutions.
With over nine decades of experience in the baking operations industry, Spooner hopes this report will support industrial bakers through the complex and multifaceted net-zero transition, with valuable insight from both industrial bakeries and industry experts.
“As the bakery sector continues to evolve, we are seeing a clear shift towards decarbonising production and reducing environmental impact. That’s why we developed this report to address the industry’s current challenges and provide practical guidance for meaningful change.” – Ian Thornham, Sales & Marketing Director at Spooner Industries Ltd
Your Guide to a Low-Carbon Future
The global bakery market produces millions of tonnes of baked goods each year, leading to the European bakery sector generating over 10 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, linked to wheat and wheat flour production. In the UK alone, the industrial bakery sector consumes approximately 2,000 GWh of energy each year, resulting in around 570,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions.
With the industrial bakery sector facing greater pressure to reduce carbon emissions, more bakeries are seeking sustainable practices and decarbonisation strategies they can implement.
“We’ve received a lot more inquiries recently surrounding energy reduction and sustainability amongst our bakery clients. They’re keen to understand what Spooner can provide, especially in terms of enhancing their existing equipment.” – Andrew Stead, General Manager at SpoonerPlus
What’s Inside This Practical Guide?
‘Decarbonising Your Bakery’ offers actionable insights that can help bakeries reduce their carbon footprint and minimise their environmental impact. Bakeries can expect to learn more about:
- The current landscape of the bakery industry.
- The decarbonisation journey highlighting the industry’s carbon footprint.
- The key challenges faced by bakeries that are hindering the transition to net zero.
- The drivers that are supporting bakeries on their decarbonisation journey.
- The sustainability projects that industrial bakeries are currently implementing.
- The new hybrid or electric systems that are being specifically designed for the bakery sector.
“Bakeries need to consider how they maintain flexibility to cover whatever changes might come their way, be it product, grid, infrastructure, or levy changes; they need to be prepared for what is around the corner.” – Andrew Marson, Technical Director at Spooner Industries Ltd
This practical guide features first-hand contributions from major industry experts across the sector, including Baker & Baker, Federation of Bakers, Siemens, American Pan, and more.
‘Decarbonising Your Bakery: A Practical Guide’ is now available free to download
