Growing Green Case Studies
Every business is different, meaning your sustainability and net-zero journey is yours to shape.
This case study series, Growing a Green Business, was created to showcase the projects funded by the Growing Green programme. Some focused on waste product re-use, some on adopting different technology, others on energy efficiency, but each business came up with a decarbonisation project best suited to their operations.
Reducing distillery water usage by 90% through re-use
Pleasant Land Distillery, Ashford
Water is becoming scarcer as a resource. Contract distiller, Sebastian Barnick, from Pleasant Land Distillery is implementing a system that will enable him to have 10% of the water usage of a regular distillery and wants to share the knowledge with other small-scale distillers.
Turning 30 tonnes of food waste into profit
Nim's Crisps, Sittingbourne
Food waste is a big issue within the agri-food sector and for business owner, Nimisha Raja, of Nim’s Fruit Crisps this latest investment will not only massively cut down her food waste but open up a new business market.
Saving 20% on energy bills through cold store efficiency
JIB Cannon and Son, Tonbridge
With rising fuel prices hitting horticultural and agricultural growers, every saving counts. Giles Cannon, from JIB Cannon & Sons, a Kent-based fruit farm, is trialling a solution for his cold store that could help him reduce his energy bills by 20% across his business.
Insulating an electric van to cut 3000kg of carbon dioxide emissions
Ro-Gro, Sittingbourne
By insulating his electric vehicle and making it fit for transporting fresh produce, microgreens grower, Jason Perrot, is reducing 3 tons of carbon dioxide emissions when compared to using a diesel van.
Dehusking machine for nuts creates new market
Roughway Farm Online, Tonbridge
Hitting net-zero as a business means looking across all your operations. Tom Cannon, of Roughway Farm Online, is designing a new machine to efficiently remove the leaf from his cobnuts, helping him properly segregate waste to find new uses for his by-products and reduce product refrigeration time.
Encouraging bottle reuse rather than recycling
Zak's Kombucha, Wye
Of the 3 R’s, Reuse comes before Recycle. That’s what kombucha brewer, Zak Tozer, from Zak’s Kombucha, sets out to achieve with his bottle return scheme for customers buying his beverages.
