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Case Study: United Biscuits

At the start of 2008, United Biscuits (UB) formally launched its 'Achieving Sustainability' environmental programme. This involved publicly committing to a wide range of clear, measurable environmental goals and implementing a business structure to deliver them.

UB's scheme focuses on: reducing carbon emissions, reducing waste sent to landfi ll, reducing water use, reducing packaging waste, driving environmentally friendly transport, and increasing sustainable sourcing. UB reports annually on its progress, highlighting the importance the company places on its environmental programme, both internally and externally.

Progress over the last two years has been excellent, and in 2009 UB upped its efforts to engage its employees in the programme, for example by running environmental roadshows at each site and encouraging employees to make their own environmental pledges. UB has also worked to educate its local communities about its environmental programme. As a result, progress in 2009 included UB reducing the amount of non food waste it sent to landfi ll by 44%, reducing water use by 28% since 2007 – exceeding its 25% target 10 years early, and reducing transport carbon emissions by 29% since 2005 – exceeding its target of 22% by 2012.

Achieving targets early gave UB the opportunity to challenge itself further and raise the bar in several areas including: resetting its target for water reduction to a 45% reduction by 2020 and reducing its carbon emissions by 40% by 2012.

Gold Award Winner of 2010 Community Partnership Awards: Environment

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More Information

• Community Partnership Awards
• Winners 2010 - Community Partnership Awards

FDF has published a booklet Community Partnership Awards 2010 (pdf, 2Mb) featuring a range of company case studies from Community Partnership Award winners.