Technical Session 07: Sustainability Session
Nigel L Davies, Manufacturing and Technical Director, Muntons, UK
ABSTRACT: It is untenable to simply say your factory is
sustainable these days—you must prove in very practical ways that you
are serious about making changes right along the supply chain. This
paper looks at how a detailed analysis of its carbon footprint has lead
the malting company Muntons to challenge the supply chain to adopt major
changes in practice from farming to consumer and to make environmental
assessment of carbon simple with easily recognizable actions. The
benefits of being “green” and environmentally aware are shown to be
financially viable and to develop competitive advantage. Opportunities
to develop new products that are cost-effective and environmentally
preferred are explained, along with the ability to work right across the
supply chain to encourage and lead environmental excellence.
Nigel
Davies is manufacturing and technical director of Muntons plc, a
U.K.-based malting company and the largest producer of malted
ingredients in the world. He has led Muntons to achieve numerous
environmental accolades and developed a farming footprint calculator
specifically for growers of malting barley. After earning his doctorate
he lectured in biological sciences at London University before joining
Brewing Research International (BRi), where he specialized in cereal
physiology and pioneered the use of freezing-stage electron microscopy
to study many different foods, becoming manager for confidential
international malting and brewing projects. He is also experienced in
flavor analysis of malts, beers, and wines and regularly acts as an
expert witness in cases where food safety of cereals is at issue.
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