For Bakers Maison, business is about benefitting the environment as much as baking bread.
Specialist bakery manufacturer Bakers Maison has set out to reduce its carbon footprint wherever possible, achieving a 30 per cent reduction in the last two years.
The company produces more than 100 traditional breads and pastries. Its range of frozen products, available as fully baked, par baked, ready to bake and ready to prove, is delivering unexpected environmental benefits.
Bakers Maison managing director Pascal Chaneliere told Food & Drink Business the amount of food waste in Australia was an “environmental travesty”.
Up to five million tonnes of food ends up as landfill, or enough to fill 9000 Olympic-size swimming pools. An uptake of frozen items could help reduce that, he says.
Issues of freshness, reducing food waste, less frequent deliveries (meaning less truck trips) all appeal to businesses trying to reduce their costs and carbon footprint, Chaneliere says.
“We’re serious about environmental impact in our manufacturing process. That premise was one of the drivers when we changed to solar power a couple of years ago,” Chaneliere says. The company installed 1900 square metres of solar panels on its facility roof that generates 200kVA.
