The Cold Chain Sustainability Awards 2024 winners were revealed at a presentation during the Cold Chain Federation’s Climate Summit at Warwick University. This is part two of a two-part series.
The Cold Chain Climate Summit (in association with The P&M Group, Olympus Power and Alt-Solar) saw more than 200 delegates gather to examine the impacts of climate change on global food systems, how temperature-controlled logistics operators will need to adapt to operating in a different climate, and the opportunities and challenges related to a possible change from a -18°C to -15°C set-point for storing and transporting frozen food. The keynote speakers who brought their specialist knowledge to the Summit included Georgios Tetradis-Mairis (head of R&D Futures, Nomad Foods); Chloe Brimicombe (climate scientist at the University of Graz, Austria); and Tim Fox (independent consultant in climate change mitigation and adaptation).
The Cold Chain Sustainability Awards 2024 winners are:
- Energy Efficiency: Small Cold Store of the Year 2023 (<25 000m3): FW Mansfield & Sons – Nickle Farm
- Energy Efficiency: Medium Cold Store of the Year 2023 (25 000 m3 – 100 000 m3): Lineage Logistics, Bellshill
- Energy Efficiency: Large Cold Store of the Year 2023 (>100 000 m3): Magnavale, Scunthorpe
- Innovation of the Year – Transport: Sunswap, Endurance TRU
- Innovation of the Year – Cold Storage: Star Refrigeration, Ethos System – Reaching Net Zero with Tesco
- Sustainable Cold Storage Operator of the Year 2023: FW Mansfield & Sons
- Sustainable Cold Chain Transport Operator 2023: Gist
- Cold Chain Champion 2023: Julie Owst of Bidfood and Rob Lamb of Star Refrigeration
The Cold Chain Sustainability Awards judging panel comprised Cold Chain Federation Chief Executive Phil Pluck, London South Bank University’s Judith Woods, and CCF Life Members Maurice Young, Gary Tilburn and Graham Eames.
Source: Refrigeration Industry