Fighting climate change on the move 

We are always looking at ways to reduce our impact on the move. Delivering lower carbon products to your door. 

Whether it’s our LOCAL CHAMPIONS delivering our range of products to our customers plants or to our consumers doors, we are always looking at ways to reduce our carbon emissions. This ranges from reducing transport movements when delivering our range of sugar products and non-sugar products; ranging from animal feed, soil conditioners, bioethanol, potable alcohol and much more.

Transport methods can vary, depending on which product, size of product, packaging required and delivery location. Our businesses sell their products not only within their countries of operation, but into neighbouring countries, as well as overseas. For example, sugar sold in the UK is transported across the UK, into Europe and further afield. Our Fairtrade sugar from our Southern African business is sold into the UK. The bioethanol produced in the UK will be transported by either tanker throughout the UK or by ship for overseas customers.

Depending on the type of product, it’s not just the choice of transport, but also how the product is packaged that needs to be considered. Ranging from size, adherence to food standards and regulations, through to safety requirements, and much more need to be considered. For example, our sugar products range from small bags found on supermarket shelves, through to large bags, or loaded directly into tankers to be delivered to our industrial customers factories, like food and drink manufacturers.

Packaging choices for our range of sugar products are sought to be reusable, recyclable, biodegradable or compostable – but when it comes to our wider product range there is much to consider in how they are moved and their final destination.