SOMERSET SUN. A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRESENTED BY: TOM CLOTHIER DIRECTOR OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

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1 SOMERSET SUN. NOURISHES OUR SOIL. GROWS OUR GRASS. FEEDS OUR COWS. WARMS OUR AIR. FUELS OUR SOLAR PANELS. POWERS OUR FARM. CREATES OUR CHEDDAR. A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRESENTED BY: TOM CLOTHIER DIRECTOR OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

2 WE WISH TO OPERATE OUR BUSINESS IN A WAY THAT HAS MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE SOMERSET ENVIRONMENT AND TO CREATE A TRULY SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTRYSIDE THAT PROVIDES OUR FOOD, OUR INCOME AND OUR HOME.

3 OUR HISTORY Dad Uncle Jim mowing

4 FACTS ABOUT WYKE Wyke is an 150 year old family farmhouse cheese making business Family farm 1500 acres and have 1000 milking cows in Somerset Sourcing milk from 110 farm assured farms most within a 35 miles radius of the dairy Wyke process up to 300 million litres milk per annum Wyke is 5% of the UK cheddar market with a 25% penetration of UK households Trading in UK retailers and 160 countries Leading the field in Green and Sustainable branding 66k fans on Facebook 26k followers on Twitter Guardian Sustainable Business of the Year 2014 & 2015 Grocer Sustainable Supplier of the Year 2014 & 2016 Europe's Most Sustainable Business! Carbon Trust Triple Standard Water, Waste & Carbon

5 H OW DID WE GET INTO R ENEWABLES? Business undertaking a cost cutting process looking at: Reducing waste More efficient working Energy costs Pursuit of savings in all areas At same time, looking to diversify..

6 W HAT WERE OUR O BJECTIVES? DISPEL THE PRODUCTION MYTH THAT GREEN COSTS MORE AND PROVE THERE ARE COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVES TO BURNING FOSSIL FUEL THE FUTURE OF ENERGY GENERATION CAN BE FOUND ON FARMS LIKE WYKE NOT IN NUCLEAR REACTORS LOW CARBON EQUALS LOW COST

7 O UR INTEGRATED S USTAINABILITY P L A N Our goal is to create a sustainable working farm, one in which we source all of our electricity and gas from both solar and biogas, generated from our farm and dairy waste which is currently of no value.

8 A N A L Y S E N A T U R A L A SSETS L O O K I N G F OR E A S Y W I N S South facings roofs suitable for Solar PV Livestock producing waste/manure/slurry Too much dairy waste! Lactose permeate. Abundance of Organic waste: e.g. Silage tops ends, bad silage not fit for cows, pomace, sludge Water flow in the River Brue to potentially drive H.E.P? Prevailing wind for turbines?

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11 A.D Plant running on waste AD plant generating biogas from farm and dairy waste and waste from local suppliers Our Commitment to save over 20 million kgs CO2 Per Year Sustainable Dairying We are able to upgrade and inject 7 million cu mtrs Green gas to grid per year saving up to 15 million kgs CO2 per year CHP s running on Biogas generating over 8 million kwh electric saving >5 million kgs CO2 per year Sustainable Cheese-making Water recovery 90% of water recovered saving up to 900 cu mtrs per day Approx 100,000 cumtr digestate containing 250,000 kg nitrogen displacing artificial fertilizer saving 1.5 million kgs CO2 per year Sustainable farming Green vehicles We run 6 Nissan Leafs powered by solar generated electric for shop deliveries etc Farm and factory roof solar project with a target to reach 2MW per hour peak saving over 1 million kgs CO2 per year Solar on our roofs

12 W E D O N T W A S T E W H A T WE G E N E R A T E! Fitted inverters to motors saving from 15% to 50% New efficient Byworth boiler for the Factory, 110k saved per yr. Cooling tower fans were put on inverters and these fans now rarely go above 50% L.E.D. Lights in all areas with auto-switchoff New highly efficient chiller with heat recovery Maturing store cooling saving 20 to 30% saving, Plus less load on heat pumps.

13 W H A T I S WY K E F A R M S % G R E E N? A strategy for sustainable working -not just a marketing tool A cultural commitment Green promises to our shoppers Values conveyed through web Logo conveyed on pack..taking responsibility for addressing climate change.

14 O UR C H A N G I N G S H O P P E R Eco is the new reality -Consumers expect green now and they look for it. 93% of customers cared about being green a rise from 60% the previous year! Retailer A - 92% of customers have bought a green product in the last month. There are many drivers for this behavioural change

15 O UR GR E E N P R O M I S E S T O O UR S H O P P E R S Produce all our own energy from renewable sources. Including for our 3 rd party suppliers Save energy through investment and changes in work practices. Maximising use of organic nitrogen on our farm and supplier farms replacing artificial fertiliser. Minimise waste. Recover heat in our production. Filter and re-use waste water. Knowledge share and encourage our suppliers to work in more sustainable ways Encourage wildlife within the Brue Valley. We will measure ourselves against these commitments at the end of every year in order to monitor our progress.

16 A F EW K EY T A K E OUTS Involve the stakeholders local community, your team, finance guys and customers Contingency plan for the unexpected Keep close to government policy as it can be unpredictable Analyse and utilise natural assets to produce green energy this will be the lowest cost route If you let it, it can mobilise your team, business partners, community and customers.

17 W HAT I S N EXT? More gas production More solar Building infrastructure/engineering design savings Motivate suppliers pay premium Transport milk tankers? Can only be as Green as current technology allows

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19 W HY W OULD I E N C OURAGE Y OU? Sustainability makes good business sense saves cost not adds cost! Diversifies business insulates from commodity swings Most businesses already have the natural assets (that external investors such as pension funds don t have) Utilise existing resource, Labour/Management etc. The general public care about Green 60% shopper panel Climate change is happening. It s the right thing to do for future generations.