Green Gold Finalists
Preston Foods was named a finalist in the Green Gold Sustainability category at the 2025 Wellington Gold Awards, in recognition of our sustainable business practices.
These practices include:
- Saving 4,700 litres of water with our new thermoformer packaging machine.
- Upgrading to CO2 refrigeration with a global warming potential (GWP) of 1.
- Using less packaging by re-using cartons and avoiding strapping where practical.
- Recycling 28,201kg of cardboard and 94kg of film in the last year.
- Replacing vehicles in our fleet with hybrids, with a policy that all new vehicles will be hybrid or electric.
- Replacing the lightbulbs in our office and factory areas with EcoPoint Tri Proof light fittings, with signs reminding people to turn them off when they leave the room.
- Reducing food waste and supporting food equality, both in our own operations and through our work with charities.
- Working with our sister company KAM Transport, who provide 70% of our transport and have lowered their CO2 emissions by 16% through their eco-friendly fleet, CO2 efficiency monitoring and utilisation reports.
- Partnering with other eco-friendly businesses.
- Offsetting our carbon emissions when we travel.
- Our Toitū enviromark gold certification.
- The Environmental Management System we run day to day.
Get in touch to see how we can help
To find out more about our sustainable practices, or to talk about what we can produce for your business, chat to our experienced team.