2025 programme
09:10 – 09:15
Chair’s opening remarks

09:15 – 09:35
Strategising Your Decarbonisation Journey
John Harper
Business Development Manager
Inspired PLC

09:35 – 09:55
Chilled Conscience: Back to the Future!
Reece Brumby
Managing Director
KOMA UK
09:55 – 10.20
Coffee & networking

10:20 – 10:40
Working as a Value Chain to Accelerate Decarbonisation
Tom Maidment
Group Product Sustainability Senior Manager
Hilton Foods

10:40 – 11:00
From Theory to Reality: How to Integrate LCA into Your Development Process
David Moore
Group Head of ESG
The Compleat Food Group

11:00 – 11:20
Delivering Sustainable Dairy
Ben Williams
Sustainability Manager
Leprino Foods

11:20 – 11:40
Align Sustainability Targets with Cost, Output and Food Safety
Sally Cooper
Regional Sales Manager
SKF (U.K.)
11:40 – 12:10
Coffee & networking

12:10 – 12:30
Noble Foods Impact Strategy 2050
Glenn Evans
Group Head of Sustainability
Noble Foods




12:30 – 13:00
Unlocking Sustainability: Expert Insights and Practical Solutions for Food & Beverage Manufacturers
Glenn Evans – Group Head of Sustainability – Noble Foods
Tom Maidment – Group Product Sustainability Senior Manager – Hilton Foods
David Moore – Group Head of ESG – The Compleat Food Group
Ben Williams – Sustainability Manager – Leprino Foods
13:00 – 13:40
Lunch & networking

13:40 – 14:20
How to Save the Planet, Save Substantial Costs, and Have an Engaged Workforce
Tom Hollands
Innovation and Technical Director
Raynor Foods

14:20 – 14:40
Quorn Foods: How We Built a Sustainability Team of Over 800 Members
Khanh Mach
Sustainability Specialist
Quorn Foods
14:40 – 15:10
Coffee & networking

15:10 – 15:30
Clustering, Collaboration and Connectivity: SmartParc’s Model for Food Industry Change
Phil Lovell
Chief Operating Officer, Europe
SmartParc

15:30 – 15:50
The Impact of Adopting Industrial Digital Technology (IDT): From Improved Productivity to Enhanced Sustainability
Alain Dilworth
Programme Manager, Made Smarter NW ProgrammeÂ
The Growth Company




15:50 – 16:25
Unlocking People: How Empowerment Drives Real Sustainability
Kate Cawley – Founder – Veris Strategies and Future Food Movement
Donna Edwards – Programme Director, Made Smarter NW Programme – The Growth Company
Tom Hollands – Innovation and Technical Director – Raynor Foods
Khanh Mach – Sustainability Specialist – Quorn Foods
16:25 – 16:30
Chair’s closing remarks
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2025 speakers

Tom Maidment
GROUP PRODUCT SUSTAINABILITY SENIOR MANAGERHILTON FOODS
Donna Edwards
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR NORTH WEST ADOPTION PROGRAMMEMADE SMARTER
Alain Dilworth
Made Smarter (NW) Programme ManagerMADE SMARTER
Phil Lovell
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, EUROPESMARTPARC
David Moore
GROUP HEAD OF ESGTHE COMPLEAT FOOD GROUP
Kate Cawley
FounderVeris Strategies and Future Food Movement
Reece Brumby
Managing DirectorKOMA UK
Ben Williams
Sustainability ManagerLeprino Foods
Khanh Mach
Sustainability SpecialistQuorn Foods
Tom Hollands
Innovation and Technical DirectorRaynor Foods
John Harper
Business Development ManagerInspired PLC
Glenn Evans
Group Head of SustainabilityNoble Foods
Sally Cooper
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