Reducing carbon emissions to meet net zero holds challenges and opportunities for Scotland’s food and drink industry. Our manufacturers and producers have made great progress - but we need to do more, faster.
Our Net Zero Commitment Programme is here to ensure that everyone in Scotland’s food and drink industry understand net zero, knows where we’re going and knows how to get there.
We are hosting this programme on behalf of the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership. This is part of partnership's Net Zero Commitment to ensure we can deliver net zero food and drink products on our supermarket shelves by 2045.
Scotland has great potential to be a world leader in more sustainable food and drink production. For more information on where to begin, visit Scotland Food & Drink’s net zero page.
Find out more about what net zero is and the actions the food and drink industry can take now in our frequently asked questions.
Meet the team
Iain Clunie - Programme Director
Simon McKeating- Programme Manager
Get in touch
Our Net Zero Commitment Programme is leading the Scottish food and drink industry on its journey to net zero.
Whether you are a food and drink business looking for support or an organisation that can help the industry, get in touch.
Resources
Guidance
Navigating Net Zero - Making sense of sustainability jargon
To help navigate the path ahead, the Scotland Food & Drink Net Zero Commitment Programme have put together a document to demystify the jargon and acronyms around Net Zero.
Net Zero Handbook
Launched at COP26, this handbook guides manufacturers on actions to reduce the embodied carbon emissions of their products towards Net Zero
Report
Decarbonisation of heat
Launched in June 2020, this report outlines how carbon emissions from heat generation in food and drink Manufacturing can be reduced to Net Zero.