Welcome to the Baking Industry Summit 2008

27th November 2008 - One Great George Street, London

In no other industry is food baked daily, packed daily, distributed daily and sold or thrown away - daily. As such the UK bakery sector is under a unique pressure to examine its efficiency across the chain, from where and how the wheat and ingredients are sourced, to energy, packing and distribution. Added to this are the consumer drivers of careful environmental management and social responsibility in production.

So whether you are a medium-sized regional bakery chain, a major plant operation, an ingredients supplier or equipment manufacturer, how do you - and when should you - implement the multi-layered strands of corporate social responsibility into your business?

This conference will examine where you start and what government, consumers and the supermarkets are asking for. It will seek to supply some answers as to how easily you can build corporate social responsibility into a sustainable business strategy - and examine the business benefits that this can bring.

Speakers will include packaging and waste experts who have tackled specific bakery-based issues head on and are ready to share their experiences. As well as this, will be leading figures from the supermarket, bakery supply, plant baking and retail bakery businesses such as Greggs and Bells of Lazonby who have started on implementation.