UK sushi manufacturer, ichiban UK, earned the top prize as the "Greenest Business" in the 2016 Creating the Greenest County Awards.
The company, which has invested heavily in enhancing its environmental credentials over recent years, beat off competition from around its home county of Suffolk to be confirmed winner in a ceremony last week.
The company's 450 employees produce over 1,800 tons of cooked sushi rice every year and is sole supplier to two of the UK’s leading retailers.
Amongst the reasons for ichiban’s selection as greenest business, was its significant investment in a woodchip biomass boiler, which it commissioned in late 2015 to replace a kerosene steam boiler.
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