The UK's foremost event on decarbonising your food and beverage operations
11 JUNE 2025 | 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.
The Sustainable Food Factory Conference and Exhibition 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 Conference
- Tailored for the needs of food and beverage sustainability professionals.
- Content-rich with presentations and interactive panel discussions.
- World-class content delivered by low-carbon experts.
- Latest sustainability thinking to keep you informed and moving forward.
- Free-to-attend for food and beverage manufacturers.
Interested in positioning yourself as a thought leader or your brand as a sustainability leader?
The Conference
- 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 solution-providers – 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.
Case studies
Learn from peers who have successfully integrated low-carbon technologies and practices into their operations and processes. Discover the next best steps you should take.
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Key themes & topics
RENEWABLES
HEAT PUMPS
CHP
ELECTRIFICATION
BOILERS
BIOENERGY
AI
HEAT DECARBONISATION
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
REFRIGERATION
PLANT & PRODUCTION
COMPONENTS
HYDROGEN & LOW-CARBON ALTERNATIVES
ROBOTICS
AND MORE...
Frequently asked questions
Who should attend the Sustainable Food Factory Conference and Exhibition?
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 attendees and delegates, 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 conference topics and themes?
The conference covers a wide range of topics and technologies including energy management, LCA, Scope 3 emission reduction, waste and wastewater management, shared services models, industrial boilers, anaerobic digestion, CHP, AI, renewables, refrigeration, plant and production management, maintenance and monitoring, components, robotics and more.
2025 supporters
Headline Sponsors
Event Sponsors
APS UK
Beckhoff Automation
CERTUSS (UK)
Clegg Food Projects
Contrinex
DK Heat Recovery
Excelerate
Fulton
Hoval
HPS
ifm electronic
L&C Utility
Noble Green Energy
On-Site Energy
Penmann
PLUS Automation
Promtek
ProSpare
ReeR Safety
Rulmeca UK
Satron Instruments
SmartParc
SpaceVac Technologies
WAGO
Wattstor
WAVE
