Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK; August 27, 2024: Simpsons Malt Limited, the UK’s largest independent malting company, has released its 2024 Sustainability Report.
The annual report offers a background to the fifth-generation, family business and references carbon reduction efforts within its own operations (Scope 1 & 2 emissions) and engagement with the wider supply chain (Scope 3 emissions), with exciting updates on the company’s low-carbon fertiliser and Energy Centre projects.
But, as a Certified B Corporation – for which the company is currently undergoing reverification – sustainability goes beyond environmental, so the report also contains colleague and community updates, as well as feedback about the product quality and customer service it provides both its malting and farming customers.
The Sustainability Report can be read by clicking HERE, and some of the headlines from it include:
– An 11% carbon footprint reduction from the 2019 baseline, despite acquiring the W.N. Lindsay Ltd business in 2021 and integrating it into the company’s operations.
– Progress on the Tweed Valley Maltings Energy Centre project, which is set to reduce company-wide Scope 1 & 2 emissions by around 55% when it is operational in 2025.
– Information on how the company is tackling Scope 3 emissions through industry-leading partnerships with two of the world’s leading fertiliser brands – Yara and OCI – on the supply of low-carbon fertilisers.
– The link-up with BASF Agricultural Solutions and use of its Xarvio platform to detail all on-farm management practices which, over time, will build up a comprehensive data set that will enable growers to farm more precisely, efficiently and sustainably.
– The donation of £182,854 to charities and good causes local to the company’s two malting sites and six grain storage sites in 2023.
– Certification as a Great Place to Work with a 75% positive response rate.
– An A- rating for Supplier Engagement on Sustainability by the CDP, which is above the global average for food and beverage processing.
– Improved results in Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys across both the Simpsons Malt (68 to 87) and McCreath Simpson & Prentice (21 to 33) divisions of the business.
– Case studies on the development of Growers Groups with The Macallan for malting barley and Chivas Brothers for distilling wheat.
– Details of continued investments across all sites.
If any readers would like to find out additional information on any of the initiatives or projects mentioned in the report, reach out in the first instance to the company’s Marketing Department (bam@simpsonsmalt.co.uk), who will direct any questions to the appropriate colleague.
