Silvery Tweed Cereals achieves 35% emissions cut in sustainability push

Silvery Tweed Cereals, a key supplier to the UK breakfast cereal, bread, and bakery markets, has announced significant progress in its environmental stewardship, detailing a 35% reduction in total net emissions across its operations in its newly published 2025 sustainability report.

This achievement follows a year of dedicated collaboration with environmental consultants, Beyondly. The partnership was initiated to establish a rigorous emissions baseline across the company’s Scope 1 (direct activities) and Scope 2 (purchased energy consumption) emissions in 2024, providing a clear roadmap for environmental improvements.

The initial 2024 energy report identified electricity consumption as the most substantial contributor to the firm’s carbon footprint, simultaneously highlighting the potential to save 272 tonnes of carbon through targeted energy-saving measures. In direct response, Silvery Tweed made a strategic shift to procuring energy exclusively from 100% renewable sources, a decision that has been the primary driver behind the impressive 35% emissions reduction recorded in the latest report.

Bob Gladstone, managing director of Silvery Tweed Cereals, emphasised the company’s commitment to action over compensation: “Although our business is below the carbon reporting threshold, carbon management has long been a priority for us. We have opted against carbon offsetting and instead decided to invest the money we would have spent on carbon credits into making our operations more energy efficient.”

The work with Beyondly is not merely focused on reporting past performance but on identifying future areas for capital investment and operational improvement. Following the 2025 report findings, the business has already pinpointed and acted upon a new area for enhancement: upgrading the compressed air provision across its production facilities. This focused investment is expected to contribute to further substantial reductions in carbon emissions going forward.

Mr Gladstone concluded by stressing the intrinsic link between the agricultural roots of the business and its operational strategy for food manufacturers: “As a business rooted in agriculture and food production, we have a responsibility to operate sustainably and protect the environment we all depend on. Sustainability isn’t just a goal for our business, it’s a commitment to our customers, our community and the planet.”

Silvery Tweed Cereals, which employs over 70 people and sources grain largely within a 40-mile radius of its Berwick-upon-Tweed base, assures its manufacturing partners that this intensive focus on operational sustainability will continue, ensuring its supply chain remains both resilient and environmentally responsible.