Following the successful Sustainability Roundtable "Sustainability II: The Brewers Perspective" at the Brewers' Hall last year, the IBD Southern Section will host a roundtable on the same day as the IBD Southern Section Annual Banquet. The roundtable will be chaired by Professor David Cook from University of Nottingham and also a trustee of the IBD.
The aim of the seminar is to update IBD members and guests (LBA, SIBA, BFBI, BBPA) on latest developments in brewing industry practices to reduce carbon footprint with an emphasis on smaller brewers in the UK.
At the roundtable, you will:
- Get an update on the progress of the roadmap to net zero and discuss the issues
- Discover the industry perspective on risk and resilience to climate change
- Understand the measurement and benchmarking of smaller and medium sized breweries
- Find out about grants and projects available for investment to smaller and medium sized brewers
- Share best practice for reducing energy and reducing carbon footprint at smaller and medium sized breweries
Schedule
11.00 Steve Livens update from the BBPA perspective, application of learnings from bigger breweries, update since last year, the revised roadmap, pack formats, risk and resilience to climate change. 25 mins
11.30 Neil Fuller (Atlas Sustainable Soils program), farmer perspective on reducing carbon footprint 25mins
12.00 Panel Q&A and discussion regarding Barley Agronomics, Sequestration and genetics with Nigel Davies (Malt Doctor), Neil Fuller (Biosystems), Rob Jackson (Syngenta). 30 mins
12.30 Lunch break
13.00 Barry Watts (SIBA) with Ben Richardson (Zevero) SIBAs Sustainability strategy and benchmarking
13.30 Opportunities for Govt grants Lily Tozer (Dept of Energy Security) 25 mins
14.00 The smaller brewers a holistic perspective- Felix James (Small Beer)
14.30 Round table Q&A best practices in small brewers including Ed Wray (Hepworths), Greg Pilley (Stroud Brewery), Felix James (Small Beer), Will Calvert (Windsor and Eton), Sam McMeekin (Gipsy Hill), Eddie Gadd (Ramsgate Brewery).
