Who we are

Dairy Energy Savings Limited (DES) is a company set up by Dairy UK to operate the dairy sector Climate Change Agreement (CCA).

From 1 April 2001 the Government introduced an energy tax, namely the Climate Change Levy.

This levy has added approximately 15 per cent to your company energy bill per annum.

Milk processing companies can save 80% of this tax by joining the DES scheme and agreeing to reduce their relative energy consumption over time.

To date the agreement covers 130 processing sites from 76 companies, saving these companies approximately £4.75 million per annum.

All milk processing sites, regardless of size or Dairy UK membership, are entitled to register with Dairy Energy Savings Ltd.

Dates to remember

7th November 2008
DES to receive energy & production data from all members for period 1st October 2007 to 30th September 2008.

January 2009
DES to send out first six month instalment of 2009 annual membership fees.

1st October 2009
Start of the fifth target period.