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Good Practice Guide: Environmental Sustainability Support Available
Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability means two things : that we continue to make a healthy and growing contribution to the economy; and that by continuing to behave responsibly towards the environment we benefit our reputation and success.
VISION
There are a host of support organisations and trade associations who offer free or part-funded advice and support to food and drink businesses in Scotland to help them grow sustainably and meet the increasing number of sustainability requirements from customers. Taking action to improve on environmental sustainability can help businesses to comply with legislation, protect themselves from rising energy, water, waste and raw materials costs, gain competitive advantage and increase job security.
Environmental Sustainability Journey
The purpose of this document is to enhance environmental sustainability within organisations and provide support to the food and drink sector to embed environmental sustainability throughout the food and drink supply chain.
Depending on what stage your company is on the environmental sustainability journey this Good Practice Guide which will highlight the support available from various support organisations.
Legal Compliance
Find out whether your business complies with the most up to date environmental legislation
NETREGS • Environmental guidance for businesses in the following sectors:• Agriculture, Fishing and Aquaculture, Food and Drink Manufacture, Hospitality, leisure and tourism• The Self-Assessment Tool and E-Learning Tool to check your environmental compliance
Food Standards Scotland • Advice on food safety and hygiene legislation for business and industry in the following sectors:• Farming & Primary Production, Manufacturers, Catering and Retail
Scottish Water • Learn more about Water Byelaws and how you can ensure you comply with them• A self-assessment to help you comply with Water Byelaws
Scottish Natural Heritage • Support on wildlife management including the Wildlife Management Framework • Guidance, support and portal for species licensing• Guidance that may be of specific interest to industry include:• Planning & Development, Farmers & Foresters, Deer managers, SSSI owner and occupiers, Marine users
Farm Advisory Service • Guidance to help you comply with the Standards of Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition
Resource Efficient Scotland • Waste (Scotland) Regulations: 5 easy steps to stay within the law
Do you know if your business complies with all environmental
regulations?
Identify quick wins for environmental and economic benefits
Engaged – measuring, monitoring and training
Where, when and how your business uses energy, water, raw materials and waste and mapping that against production data is key to unlocking resource efficiency savings.
Resource Efficient Scotland • Template Tracking Spreadsheets to help you to collate and analyse your measurement data• Measure and monitor energy use, Measure and monitor raw materials and waste use, Measure and monitor water use• Green Champion Online Training Course develop resource efficiency skills• The Staff Engagement Toolkit provides step-by-step actions for motivating staff in your business
Energy Saving Trust • Free Fuel Good Driver Training available to your employees• Employee Engagement Service – interactive employee engagement programme to reduce household bills and improving
wellbeing of your staff.
Skills Development Scotland • Low Carbon Skills Fund - Up to £5,000 is available for businesses with less than 100 employees• Skills for Growth Programme - A free skills diagnostic service to help you create a detailed people plan• Work- based Learning through Modern, Foundation and Graduate Level Apprenticeships
Business Stream • Discover the benefits of being water efficient and find out more on Water Saving Devices & Tips• The water benchmark calculator allows you to check how you measure up against similar organisations
Food and Drink Federation Scotland
• Find out more on FDF's “Ambition 2025 – Shaping Sustainable Value Chains” which builds on the success of FDF’s Five-Fold Environmental Ambition. More information can be found on the 2016 Progress Report.
• The Carbon Management Guidance provide practical advice on ways of reducing CO2 emissions.
How much does your business spending on resource usage?
(Energy, Raw materials + Waste)
What training is available to help you appoint a green champion to manage your
environmental performance?
How can you obtain senior management buy in to environmental sustainability a
priority in your business?
Engaged – measuring, monitoring and training
Scotch Whisky Association • Scotch Whisky industry Environmental Strategy - Scottish whisky industry’s environmental targets and commitments• Environmental Strategy Report 2015 – find out how the Scotch Whisky industry's is progressing against industry targets• Range of case studies to demonstrate how and where progress is being made across members
Dairy UK • Dairy Roadmap 2015 Report - Find out more about the UK dairy industry's commitment to reduce its environmental footprint
Scotland’s Environment A trusted gateway to everything you want to know about Scotland’s environment. Useful information on the following topics:• Air, Water, Land, Climate, Transport, Energy, Videos
SRUC Advice on carbon savings for farming sector• Farming for a Better Climate – Carbon Foot printing – to identify the key sources of emissions on the farm• SAC Consulting's AgRE Calc© - resource efficiency carbon calculator with benchmarking facility
Farm Advisory Service • Request a fully funded Carbon Audit of your farm or croft to see where performance improvements and savings can be made• Receive a detailed Integrated Land Management Plan that will identify opportunities and cost savings for your business
Retailer - engagement with supply chain
• Retailers are working to engage and support the wider supply chain via online platforms for sharing ideas and best practices. Subject to terms and conditions, direct suppliers can join the following networks:
• ASDA Sustain & Save Exchange• M&S Supplier Exchange• Tesco Supplier Network• Sainsbury's development groups - agriculture & horticulture • Co-op Channel to be launched
Taking action and best practice
Set achievable targets on key performance indicators E.g. energy, water, waste, packaging, food waste, raw materials and sustainable transport so you can demonstrate continuous improvement. Once you have identified your business’s cost saving opportunities, from no cost, low cost quick wins to long term improvement project; take action and address any barriers to implementation.
Resource Efficient Scotland • One to One Support – resource opportunity assessments for energy, water & raw materials and food & drink waste audits SME Loan Scheme - Interest-free, unsecured loans of between £1,000 and £100,000 for resource efficiency Workshops, Webinars & Showcase Tours to help your business save money by becoming more resource efficient.
• Use the Online Savings Finder to help you create a free report on your savings opportunities• Guides & Templates: Developing a business case for your resource efficiency projects, Developing a business case - Financial projections
model template
Carbon Trust • Energy Opportunity Assessment to help identify energy saving opportunities• The Green Business Fund capital contribution of 30% of the project cost (up to a max of £10,000) to SMEs• Carbon Trust SME Network - Online support to reduce their energy overheads and improve their bottom line• Food and drink processing guide - Energy efficiency and carbon saving advice for the food and drink sector
Energy Saving Trust • Business transport advice and support services• Sustainable Business Transport Review, Grey Fleet Review, Low Carbon Transport Business Loan• Business Transport Case Studies• District Heating Loan Scheme - designed to help address the financial and technical barriers to district heating
ECO Stars • Access to expert support and consultancy for transport - HGVs, buses, coaches, vans and taxis• Transport case studies
Sustrans • Scottish Workplace Network offers the following support:• Active travel campaigns, Workplaces training in Scotland, Active Travel Champions in Scotland
WRAP • Business Resource Efficiency Hub• Resource efficiency guides, Resource efficiency online tools, Good Practice case studies• Become a signatory for Courtauld Commitment 2025
• Grocery Manufacturing and Retail Resource Listing provides a summary of all the resources produced by WRAP to support grocery
manufacturers and retailers in taking action on resource efficiency.
What support or funding do you need to implement any changes?
What are other businesses doing to improve environmental
performance?
Can you share your environmental achievements with industry?
Taking action and best practice
Fareshare • Dedicated Food Team to help your business deal with your unsold food - redistributing surplus food for social good • FareShare Food Efficiency Framework to help your business prepare and plan for any potential food surplus
Scottish Enterprise • Sustainability Specialist Service• Manufacturing Review - your local practitioner will: Talk through identified improvement areas and propose how and where SMAS
and our wider partner network can support you to implement improvements
Scottish Government • Scottish Rural Development Programme offers the following schemes:• Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation Grant Scheme, Aquaculture, processing and marketing grant scheme - European
Maritime and Fisheries Fund, Beef Efficiency Scheme , Crofting Agricultural Grant Scheme
Local Energy Scotland • Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) provides grant and loan funding for rural businesses Pre-planning Loan (with minimum community benefit payments specified) - support of up to £150,000 for projects to take forward plans for renewable energy generation schemes for communities and rural businesses in Scotland
• Online Toolkits designed to guide the user through the process of developing a renewable energy project.Scottish Natural Heritage • Biodiversity Communications Toolkit
• Advice & guidance to support the development of renewable energy• Guidance on sources of funding for environmental and nature conservation projects• Dedicated Scottish Rural Development Programme enquiries team covering North, West, East and South of Scotland.
Food and Drink Federation Scotland • Ambition 2025 Case Studies - Member's case studies demonstrating commitment to FDF's Ambition 2025.
SRUC • Farming for A Better Climate provides practical support to benefit the farm and help reduce our impact on the climate• Practical Guides - Developing Renewable Energy• Practical Guide - Energy and Fuel Use• Case Studies – What Have Other Farmers Done?• Guidance on Renewable Energy and Case Studies
Innovation and Beyond
Adopt long term innovative thinking and find out what opportunities is available to your business whether it is on the circular economy or new product design. Reach beyond the boundaries of your own operations and work closely with your supply chain to identify further cost savings and environmental
improvements.
Make Innovation Happen • The Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s new Scottish Food and Drink Innovation Hub which will act as a starting point for any innovationenquires.
Zero Waste Scotland • Circular Economy Investment Fund seeks to support work that will help deliver circular economy growth• Circular Economy Business Support Service - one-to-one consultancy service • Beer, Whisky and Fish report - identified innovative technologies for processing waste and by-products into higher value products• Circular Economy Case Studies showing the implementation of a circular economy model and thinking• Join the Resource Efficiency Industry Advisory Group - a forum to identify and prioritise the most pressing energy, water and waste
efficiency issues in the food and drink sector.Food Waste Net • The network aims to use industrial biotechnology to realise the potential of using food waste and by-products to produce renewable
chemicals & biomaterials with added value and market potential. Funding available:• Business Interaction Vouchers , Proof of Concept Funding, Consortium Building Meeting Fund -
Food Innovation Network • The Food Innovation Network will improve access to research, skills, expertise and different funding mechanisms.• Agri-Food landscape Tool - provide a high-level representation of organisations and funders within the UK Agri-Food Landscape• Agri-Food Timeline - intended to show the significant innovations in the AgriFood sector in recent times
SRUC • The Carbon Management Centre supports research, learning and consultancy activities that contribute to a reduction of carbon emissions from agriculture and food production
Food and Drink Federation Scotland • Find out more from the Sustainable Sourcing Guide - Five Steps Towards Managing Supply Chain Risk
Do you have a circular economy idea that would benefit your business
Could you benefit with collaborating with Academia?
Innovation and Beyond
Resource Efficient Scotland • Find out more from the Supply Chain Management and Sustainable Procurement Guide
Innovate UK - Knowledge Transfer Network
• Funding opportunities within the following areas of interest• Agri-food• Sustainability & Circular Economy
Enterprise Europe Network Scotland • Services to help SMEs innovate and grow internationally:• Access EU Innovation funding, Identify partners for your R&D project, Make international connections
Scottish Enterprise • Specialist Innovation Support
Scottish Government • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund - primary agricultural sector.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise • Innovate Your Business
Interface • Innovation Vouchers - up to £5,000 funding aimed at encouraging new business and academic partnerships• Follow on Innovation Vouchers - Up to £20,000 of match funding to encourage sustained relationships with academia
Awards and Recognition
Celebrate success and publish a case study to showcase your achievements and inspire other businesses. Raise your company’s profile through various Awards and recognition schemes which are relevant to the food and drink industry
Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards
• Make an entry to the Environmental Sustainability Category
Food and Drink Federation Awards
• Make an entry to the Environmental Leadership Category
Scottish Environment Business Awards (VIBES)
• Make an entry to the Scottish Environment Business Awards. Categories include: Management, Innovation, Environmental Product, Transport, Circular Economy, Green Teams, Micro Business and Hydro Nation Challenge
UK Government • Make an entry to The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation or Sustainable Development category
The Green Organisation • Make an entry to The Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice
North East Scotland Food & Drink Awards
• Make an entry to the Innovation Category
Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards
• Make an entry to the Environment Award
Resource Efficient Scotland • Join the Green Network for Business• Resource Efficiency Pledge - The Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum reward system recognizes Scottish businesses that are steadfast in
their year-on-year sustainable growth.
Ecostars • Join the ECO Stars Fleet Recognition Scheme
Would you like to showcase your achievements?
Would recognition create new business opportunities or improve
morale of your staff?
Summary + Case Study
This document should help organisations to enhance their environmental sustainability credentials and provide support to industry and stakeholders to
embed environmental sustainability throughout the food and drink supply chain. There is a huge amount of advice and support available in Scotland and
this document should act as a starting point so you can receive the support you need.
Case study: Ogilvy Spirits – Courtesy of Zero Waste Scotland
Family run farm in Forfar takes low grade potatoes that would normally be used for cattle feed and turns them into a high value exportable product with a
long shelf-life.
Jarron Farm run a mixed farm where they grow potatoes, cereal crops and rear livestock. The potato crop is sorted each year in different grades, with the highest quality and highest value potatoes sold to supermarkets and the lowest grade potatoes (damaged, unsuitably sized) are used for cattle feed.
Looking to find a higher value use for the crop, the Jarron Farm turned to vodka distilling as a way to turn this low value, perishable crop into an exportable product. The product was successfully launched in January 2015 after trialling twenty prototypes since the distillery was built the previous year. Sales are successful both locally and internationally and Ogilvy Spirits has gained recognition through a number of awards.
Embracing a circular economy meant that Jarron Farms were able to produce a high value product from a material that was treated as a low value waste.. Not only is the commercial value of their crop increased by the production of potato vodka but the by-products from the distillation process are also utilised.
