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We care deeply about human communities too. Every squad member across our brands and locations receives dedicated volunteering time each year to support local causes.
Cleaning kennels, walking dogs, painting cat cabins, and making enrichment toys at partner shelters across the UK, Ireland, Benelux, Germany, and Poland.
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Cooking meals and sorting donations for local food banks, and supporting holiday celebrations to combat social isolation for local seniors.
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Supporting local hospital charity fairs and hosting charity football matches for mental health initiatives like Andy's Man Club.
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Yes. We're proud to be a certified B Corporation, meaning we've met B Lab’s rigorous standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. But becoming a certified B Corp isn't a one-off achievement. We're regularly reassessed and continuously work to improve our impact. We recently re-certified as a B Corp in August 2025 improving our overall B Impact Assessment score by 17.7 points compared with our first certification. We’re now working towards certification under B Lab’s new standards, that raise the bar even further. These updated standards require businesses to meet minimum performance requirements across seven core impact topics, with independent third-party verification and stronger alignment with emerging global regulations.
We monitor the environmental impact of our business across a range of areas, including:
Carbon emissions from our operations, purchased ingredients, packaging and deliveries
Water consumption
Waste generation and recycling
Tracking this data helps us understand where we can make the biggest improvements and reduce our overall environmental footprint.
We work towards reducing our environmental footprint through our dedicated Planet pillar.
This includes tracking the carbon emissions from our own energy usage, as well as from our supply chain and deliveries, as well as how much water we use and what we do with our waste.
Gas efficiency: In 2025, we reduced Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions intensity and gas consumption intensity by 17.5% per kilogram of food produced. This improvement was primarily driven by significant investments made in 2024 in energy-efficient manufacturing technologies, including heat recovery systems and high-efficiency steam ovens.
Renewable electricity: Although 100% of our purchased electricity is matched with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), we recognise that electricity supplied through the national grid continues to come from a mix of renewable and fossil fuel generation. To further reduce our environmental impact, we are investing in rooftop solar panels at Ace's Pantry, enabling us to generate renewable electricity on-site and reduce our reliance on grid-supplied power.
Waste reduction: All of our existing and new production sites in Poland operate as zero-waste-to-landfill facilities. We continue to focus on waste prevention and increasing resource recovery. By the end of 2025, 91% of our total waste was either recycled or converted into biogas, supporting our commitment to a circular approach to waste management.
Our boxes, toppers and leaflets are made from FSC-certified sources and are fully recyclable in your household recycling bin. Our ice packs, as well as all the plastic in our treats and extras range, are made from LDPE soft plastic - the most widely recycled soft plastic. We advise checking with your local council if they can go in your home recycling. If not, you can pop them into a soft plastics recycling bin at your local supermarket.
To ensure food safety and durability, our pouches are made from a food-grade, BPA-free blend of Polyethylene (PE) and Polyamide (PA) designed to safely withstand extreme temperature shifts during cooking and freezing. Because these mixed materials cannot currently be separated for recycling, the pouches are not yet recyclable; however, we minimise manufacturing waste and our team is actively researching sustainable, recyclable alternatives that maintain the same high standards of quality and protection.
Our fresh meals are cooked gently right inside the pouch to lock in nutrients without needing artificial preservatives. While traditional tin cans are widely recyclable, metal cans can’t support our unique fresh-cooking and freezing process. Our current pouches use a food-grade, BPA-free blend of Polyethylene and Polyamide to handle extreme temperature changes safely. Because this mixed plastic isn't recyclable yet, we minimise manufacturing waste while our research and development team conducts ongoing tests for recyclable alternative materials.
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We structure our charitable work around three core pillars to ensure our support creates lasting, meaningful change for animals and communities.
Rescue animals hold a special place in our hearts. Beyond food, we fund essential shelter infrastructure, from purchasing industrial storage freezers so rescues can hold fresh food, to sponsoring new play areas, dog houses, and kennel renovations across the UK, Ireland, and Europe.


Every dog deserves to be safe, healthy, and cared for. We partner with global organisations like Dogs Trust to fund high-impact international welfare projects—such as large-scale catch, neuter, vaccinate, and return (CNVR) programmes that eliminate rabies and stabilise street dog populations.
Fresh food will always be at the heart of what we do. For every new customer who signs up, we donate a meal (or its equivalent value) to a pet in need. We regularly send fresh bulk drops to our long-term shelter partners and donate unsold surplus stock to ensure no good food ever goes to waste.
