The UK's leading event for decarbonising your food and beverage operations
16th June 2026 | DERBY ARENA
What is it?
As environmental responsibility becomes an ever-greater priority, food and beverage manufacturers face a crucial challenge: creating more sustainable manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Sustainable Food Factory 2026 can help!
This one-day event is designed for senior decision-makers responsible for decarbonising food and beverage operations.
We bring together the UK’s value chain to learn, collaborate, network and share best practices in sustainable food and beverage operations.
The Seminars
- Tailored for the needs of food and beverage sustainability professionals.
- Content-rich with presentations and interactive panel discussions.
- World-class seminars delivered by low-carbon experts.
- Latest sustainability thinking to keep you informed and moving forward.
- Free-to-attend for food and beverage manufacturers.
The Exhibition
- Learn from peers and other experts how to transform your supply chain.
- Discover innovative solutions to help you overcome your sustainability challenges.
- Find out how technology can help you reach your sustainable manufacturing goals.
- Meet best-in-class exhibitors who can accelerate your decarbonisation journey.
- Explore how to boost efficiency, reduce waste and improve your bottom line.
Interested in exhibiting?
Why attend?
Learn from industry leaders and discover how your peers navigate their sustainability challenges.
Gain actionable insights – from informative presentations and thought-provoking panel debates – to implement in your business.
Connect with leading exhibitors and find the latest products, services and technologies to help you achieve and surpass your sustainability goals.
Expert speakers
Leading sustainable manufacturing and supply chain experts will deliver thought-leading insights – including case studies and panel debates – to help keep you on track.
Technologies
From our exhibitors and content, you’ll find out how existing technologies have a key role to play and how emerging technologies can yield step-change results.
Network
Peers, speakers and exhibitors – this is a day-long, deep dive into low-carbon manufacturing. It will provide you with solutions you can implement into your own operations.
Reduce costs
Learn about the quick and easy wins that translate into lower energy use and reduced emissions.
Enhance your sustainability credentials
Never has it been more important to be on the sustainability path. You’ll learn how to sustainably develop your operations and be a supplier of choice.
Business models
Learn new ways of creating low-carbon manufacturing and meet solution-providers who can partner with you.
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Key themes & topics
RENEWABLES
HEAT PUMPS
CHP
ELECTRIFICATION
BOILERS
BIOENERGY
AI
HEAT DECARBONISATION
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
REFRIGERATION
PLANT & PRODUCTION
WATER STEWARDSHIP
HYDROGEN & LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVES
ROBOTICS
AND MORE...
Frequently asked questions
Who should attend Sustainable Food Factory 2026?
The conference is suitable for senior-level UK food and drink manufacturers with a responsibility to decarbonise their manufacturing and supply chain operations. Attendees include those with roles in production, energy, technical, engineering, CapEx, site operations, sustainability, utilities, financial, and purchasing as well as owners and managing directors.
It is also relevant for designers, integrators, consulting engineers, architects, developers and other groups and bodies who support the sector.
What are the benefits of attending?
Attendees will learn from expert speakers delivering thought-provoking presentations on how low-carbon technologies can transform food and beverage operations and be able to meet exhibitors who can help them on their sustainable operations journey.
Plenty of networking opportunities will also be available to meet colleagues – old and new!
Who can exhibit?
Vendors, OEMs, distributors and other solution providers with a focus on the UK’s food and beverage manufacturing sector.
Exhibitors will have the chance to network with visitors, keep their industry knowledge up-to-speed, launch new sustainable manufacturing and supply chain solutions and services into the sector and partner with a world-class event.
What are the key seminar themes?
Topics covered will include: energy procurement strategies; heating, cooling and refrigeration; Scope 3 emission reduction; renewables; water stewardship; reliability and asset management and more…
2025 supporters
Headline Sponsors
Event Sponsors
APS UK
Beckhoff Automation
Caldera
CERTUSS (UK)
Clegg Food Projects
Consultus Sustainability
Contrinex
Custom Solar
Devtank
DK Heat Recovery
Elgin Bay
Excelerate
Fulton
Hoval
HPS
ifm electronic
JWF Process Solutions
L&C Utility
MCP Consulting Group
NIRAS
Noble Green Energy
On-Site Energy
Penmann
PLUS Automation
Point74
Promtek
ProSpare
ReeR Safety
Rulmeca UK
Satron Instruments
SmartParc
SpaceVac Technologies
Stream Measurement
WAGO
Wattstor
WAVE
