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Energy Playbook for Food and Drink Manufacturers

Get practical recommendations and frameworks to make energy your competitive advantage.

In the food and drink industry, energy isn’t just a utility - it’s a competitive edge. This playbook reveals how leading manufacturers are transforming their energy strategies to cut costs, boost resilience and decarbonise at pace. 

If you're still treating energy as overhead, you're already behind. Discover how to turn your manufacturing site into a high-performance energy ecosystem, before your competitors do.

In the playbook, you’ll to learn how to:

  • Protect food and drink production from power dips and outages with layered resilience strategies
  • Decarbonise Scope 1, 2 and even Scope 3 emissions with auditable, fundable solutions
  • Align energy investments with board-level KPIs and operational outcomes
  • Choose the right blend of Solar PV, CHP, Heat Pumps, Battery Storage and EV charging
  • Fund your energy transformation with zero capex through tailored finance models
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