As part of its progressive Environmental Sustainability Programme, Noble Foods is continuing its tree planting scheme to help increase tree-cover and biodiversity levels across its owned-farms.
Led by the company’s group head of sustainability, Glenn Evans, volunteers from Noble Foods’ Gainsborough poultry site planted over 950 trees across three days to help improve the overall tree canopy. Zoe Harding-Hubbard, Kriss Brown, Lee Green and Kat Harvey, all from Noble Foods, worked among Beckingham Farm’s free-range flock, which will benefit from even more natural shade. The additional trees, including Crab Apple, Elder and Hazel varieties, will link existing areas of woodland together, to further enhance biodiversity levels on site.
Tree planting is part of the company’s biodiversity action plan, which aims to sustain and increase biodiversity levels across all owned sites. This recent tree planting brings the total number planted by Noble Foods to over 4,900 this year.
“Our business is very closely connected to nature, so being proactive and passionate when it comes to the environment is so important to all of us,” said Evans. “These plans will help us action the building blocks we need to encourage wildlife and improve biodiversity levels for the future.”