About 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions originate from the food industry. With the world’s population expected to grow by 33% by 2050, the need for more sustainable food production has become of paramount importance.

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SmartParc is an innovative new business park solution, which is specifically designed to address the challenges facing food manufacturers. It is dedicated to the development of sustainable food production to ensure global security, while meeting increased demand.

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SmartParc is a collection of specialist food manufacturing parks, which enable collaboration between businesses, encourage innovation and increase production efficiency. This unique combination allows SmartParc tenants to thrive and grow, whilst also making a meaningful contribution to reducing climate change.

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Each park is designed to achieve the following objectives;

• Sustainability: Create a sustainable food and beverage sector.
• Engineering Excellence: Reduce operating costs and energy consumption for all SmartParc tenants.
• Positive Social Impact: Provide flexible jobs for the local community with opportunities for training to nurture talent within the food industry.
• Reduced Food Miles: Consolidate all deliveries and create new routes to market.

“SmartParc creates the space for food businesses to collaborate, helping them to reduce operating costs by 20%, and increase productivity by 30%.”

- Jackie Wild - CEO, SmartParc

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SmartParc’s First State-of-the-Art Facility in the Heart of England

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In collaboration with commercial property developer SEGRO, SmartParc has developed a state-of-the-art food manufacturing and distribution park on a 155 acre site in Derby, in the East Midlands, which is designed to encourage business collaboration and sustainable practice.

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Derby has a reputation for engineering excellence. SmartParc and SEGRO are dedicated to leveraging this heritage and applying it to the food industry, which is a staggering 10-15 years behind other comparable sectors.

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The Derby facility is designed to deliver 20% cost savings through the following reductions;

• Energy - recycling and balancing around the SmartParc energy hub.
• Water usage - water harvesting, treatments and recycling.
• Transportation emissions - shared logistics hub to reduce food miles
• Waste – 5% reduction in food waste and 10% reduction in general waste year on year.

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“We’re answering all the questions the food industry asks when they’re looking for a new building, and we’re delivering it to them in these new facilities. They don’t have to apply for utility upgrades, it’s all here ready to be taken.”

- Kate Hancock – Director, SmartParc

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Food Production Reimagined

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As the world’s population continues to grow, pressure on the food industry to meet increasing demand sustainably, continues to rise. Over the next decade SmartParc is aiming to provide up to 100 new food business parks worldwide. This will allow SmartParc tenants to collaborate and deliver higher yields in an environmentally friendly way. It will also ensure that sustaining the population does not come at the cost of the planet.

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“SmartParc is a genuinely new asset class in food production, delivering real commercial, operational and environmental benefits to tenants and local communities.”

‍- Jackie Wild - CEO, SmartParc

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