{"id":16632,"date":"2024-09-11T11:20:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education-today.co.uk\/?p=16632"},"modified":"2024-09-11T11:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:20:21","slug":"apetito-recognised-with-the-kings-award-for-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education-today.co.uk\/apetito-recognised-with-the-kings-award-for-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Apetito recognised with The King’s Award for Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading meals provider to the Education sector, apetito, has been presented with the prestigious King\u2019s Awards for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, by Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Lt. General Sir Andrew Gregory KBE, CB, DL.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Award is the company\u2019s fourth Royal honour, with apetito having previously won three Queen\u2019s Awards for Enterprise (two for Innovation in 2005 and 2016, and one in 2019 for Sustainable Development). This latest honour recognises apetito\u2019s commitment to conducting business in a way that impacts positively on the environment, society and economy. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In particular, it celebrates apetito\u2019s outstanding dedication to sustainability, its pledge to reach Net Zero by 2040, and the work the company has taken in delivering actions to meet challenging short-term targets for carbon reduction and supporting climate change \u2013 targets which are validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Central to its King\u2019s Awards for Enterprise 2024 win, was apetito\u2019s work in launching the world\u2019s-first closed loop recycling scheme for plastic meal trays, \u201cProject Boomerang.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the Boomerang\u2019 initiative, once the meals have been eaten, the used trays are collected from the company\u2019s customers and turned back into new meal trays. The award-winning initiative is far more effective than household kerbside collections. Not only does it \u201ccollect\u201d more (apetito collects close to 50% of all trays compared to household recycling which collects just 39%), apetito then guarantees that 100% of clean trays collected will be turned into new ones. This is in stark contrast to UK household recycling rates, where it is estimated that 46% is sent abroad for processing, often with uncertain results, including being sent to landfill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To celebrate the occasion, apetito held a celebratory lunch, inviting over 40 of its Long Service Heroes, members of team apetito with more than 20 years\u2019 dedicated service.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the occasion, the Vice Lord-Lieutenant was full of praise for apetito for achieving yet another Royal honour: <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s impressive for a business to be recognised four times with the UK\u2019s highest business accolade. <\/span>apetito is one of just 29 businesses that were recognised in 2024 for their work in Sustainable Development.\u00a0 The company is an exemplar of a business that leads the way through its actions to reduce its impact on the environment. <\/span>To present this award today to a Wiltshire-based business has been a privilege.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The presentation also was attended by the CEO and Chair of apetito UK, Paul Freeston, and many of those involved with the award entry and sustainability projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul dedicated this award to all members of staff who made it possible: <\/span>\u201cThis award reflects the hard work, commitment and vision of everyone here at apetito | Wiltshire Farm Foods. We are proud to be making a real difference in the area of ethics and sustainability and making significant strides on our journey to Net Zero by 2040.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe continued success of our sustainability journey is the culmination of all the hard work and passion of everyone who works here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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