Toast Brewing Impact Report 2025

Toast Brewing turns surplus bread into beer, replacing ~25% of malted barley. All profits go to environmental charities. The 2025 report covers carbon footprint (87 tCO2e), product-level emissions, food waste reduction, charitable giving and progress toward 2030 emissions targets.

Report snapshot
3.9 million bread slices upcycled since 2016 Key Metric 1
87 tCO2e full value chain carbon footprint (99.9% Scope 3) Key Metric 2
£133,000+ donated to charitable organisations Key Metric 3
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📋About

Surplus bread brewing (replaces ~25% malted barley); environmental charity grants; carbon footprint reporting; NGO campaign support for legislative change Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

📊Key Metrics

3.9 million bread slices upcycled since 2016 Key Metric 1
87 tCO2e full value chain carbon footprint (99.9% Scope 3) Key Metric 2
£133,000+ donated to charitable organisations Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 484g CO2e per litre — 12% reduction in relative emissions since 2019
  • Can has 60% lower carbon footprint than bottle; pint has 75% lower carbon footprint than bottle
  • 82% Scope 3 emissions reduction target by 2030; strategy focused on shifting trade customers to kegs and consumers to cans

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2024

Impact Report 2023/24

222,500 homes changed for the better through £34 million of grants delivered via Ofgem's Energy Redress Scheme — a record-breaking year; £117 million allocated to 536 energy projects via Redress since 2018
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16,000 householders received online energy advice through Energy Advice London; 3,500 spoke to a specialist advisor by phone or email; 12,809 households received free advice through Wales Nest scheme with 4,816 receiving home improvement packages
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28,000+ free SME net zero resources accessed; 1,384 bespoke energy saving reports delivered to 969 SMEs; average annual energy bill saving of £595 for Nest scheme households in Wales
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Commissioned by the Climate Change Committee to analyse international climate policy responses and define lessons for UK — research highlighted 12 initiatives addressing gaps in UK climate policy
2026

Eden Project Impact Report — 25 Years of the Eden Project

£6.8 billion economic impact generated for the South West over 25 years (independently assessed by Counterculture)
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25 million+ visitors since opening in 2001; 690 FTE jobs created and sustained; 91% of staff live in Cornwall
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1,764 tCO₂e carbon savings to date; 3.5 GWh total energy savings since 2012/13; UK's largest operational geothermal power plant
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£8.4 billion total visitor spend generated in region over 25 years; 60% of that spend attributed to Eden's existence; £632m spent with suppliers (56% SW businesses)
2024

Annual Report 2024-25

200+ nature reserves managed across the UK; Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative won the Earthshot Prize 2024 (Protect and Restore Nature category) — Saiga Antelope population recovered from fewer than 40,000 to 2.8 million since RSPB co-founded the initiative in 2005
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Geltsdale in Cumbria completed as the largest RSPB nature reserve in England following final land purchase; 110,000 native trees already planted there; Wallasea Island in Essex expanded by 100 hectares via a £2.2m grant — the largest ever received from a trust by the RSPB
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Restore Nature Now march drew 60,000+ people and 350+ organisations to London — the largest ever march for nature and biggest single-issue demonstration ahead of the 2024 general election; neonicotinoid (bee-killing) pesticide ban upheld in England January 2025 following sustained RSPB campaigning
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Western European Turtle Dove breeding population increased 40% (615,000 more breeding pairs) following RSPB-led international hunting ban across Spain, Portugal and France 2021-2024; Flow Country (including RSPB Forsinard Flows) awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status — first ever peatland World Heritage Site