Muntons has been honoured with a prestigious King’s Award for Sustainable Development, recognising its excellence in world leading sustainability initiatives.
The Suffolk-based malting company who supplies products to the into the food & soft drinks, brewing and distilling industries. The award recognises the monumental efforts taken to reduce their environmental impact both up- and downstream supply chain, including farms growing barley.
The company has worked closely with its suppliers and clients to encourage further improvement in the wider food and drink industry, launching a new Sustainable Supplier Programme to educate their partners on how to make greener choices.
Within their own processes Muntons have two biomass energy centres, located at each of their UK malting facilities, a focus on energy efficiency and generation has enabled Muntons to be resilient in the turbulent energy market. It has cut carbon emissions radically in the past three years and will be net zero by 2030. It has been an early adopter of sustainable practices: introducing circular economy gains (especially in re-use of spent ingredients) and lowering the environmental impact of its main ingredient, barley.
Group Managing Director Mark Tyldesley commented on this impressive achievement: "We are immensely proud to have been given the King’s Award for Sustainable Development in 2024. It is a testament to the work we have done for many years to challenge what is possible in our industry to make a real difference on sustainability. We take pride in the actions we have taken so far, not only reducing our own carbon emissions, but helping our suppliers and customers achieve their goals too, as well as sharing what we have done within our industry. There is still more we can do, and we’re excited about what is to come. Every member of the Muntons team will take pride in this award, with everyone playing their role in delivering our vision of a sustainable future”.
The King’s Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, were renamed last year to reflect His Majesty The King’s desire to continue the legacy of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s by recognising outstanding UK businesses. The Award programme, now in its 58th year, is the most prestigious business award in the country, with successful businesses able to use the esteemed King’s Awards Emblem for the next five years. Applications for King’s Awards for Enterprise 2025 open on His Majesty The King’s Coronation, 6th May 2024 For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/kingsawards-for-enterprise.
