Female-Founded SME, Healthy Nibbles, Celebrate Queen's Award For Enterprise In Sustainable Development

2 years ago

Pioneering health and wellness brand, Healthy Nibbles has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development.

Now in its 56th year, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise recognise outstanding achievement in the fields of international trade, innovation, promoting opportunity (through social mobility) and sustainable development; with winning businesses able to use the esteemed Queen’s Awards Emblem for the next five years.

The Sustainable Development Award is given to commercially successful products, services and management that benefit the environment, society and the economy.

Healthy Nibbles is one of 226 organisations nationally to be recognised and one of only 31 organisations to receive the award for Sustainable Development.

Queen’s Awards for Enterprise commented; "For a small, young company, it demonstrates a wide, innovative and exemplary set of initiatives with impressive results which would be a major achievement for a company much larger. Healthy Nibbles is awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development because it has combined a wide range of initiatives that tackle suppliers, products, and the direct impact of the company into a programme that is more than the sum of its parts with a commendable commitment to transparency."

Sara Roberts, Healthy Nibbles Founder and CEO: “We are incredibly proud to have received this award for the work we do in sustainable development. Championing health and wellbeing for people at the same time as committing to the highest standards of social, economic and environmental impact has been our raison d'être and is at the heart of Healthy Nibbles.

Sustainability, now more than ever, is a business imperative. We have established ourselves as leaders within our sector in our approach to sustainability and were the first in our industry to be certified with BCorp certification. Receiving the Queen’s Award is a testament to the business as we aim to be transparently Earth Positive, demonstrating sustainable stewardship of resources, contributing more to society, the environment and the global economy than we remove.”

Healthy Nibbles was set up in 2015 as a retail innovation and platform company that believes in making healthy, sustainable food accessible; delivering great food across vending, unmanned retail and corporate gifting to create a better future at work, home and on-the-go.

Notes to Editors

Additional Notes to Editors:
Applications for Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2023 open on the 1st May 2022.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/queens-awards-for-enterprise.

Notes to Editors
The Healthy Nibbles story began when its Founder, Sara, was at her father’s hospital bedside. Hungry, at 3 am, she found that the only food available was from a vending machine. A poster next to the machine warned her ominously that “diabetes and obesity kill.” But the machine offered only the usual selection of crisps, chocolate bars and fizzy drinks; there were no healthy choices. Frustrated by this juxtaposition, and alongside her personal wellness journey, Sara developed the concept of Healthy Nibbles. Today, she is leading the charge by bringing healthy out-of-home choices to UK offices, travel hubs and letterboxes.

The need for Healthy Nibbles is clear and simple, yet urgent. Rising levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease are placing significant burdens on the UK economy. Businesses are losing 97m workdays annually due to poor diet. The NHS is at breaking point. The time for preventative healthcare is now.

Healthy Nibbles are committed to enabling healthier choices, providing an opportunity for people to make positive lifestyle choices beginning with their health. Our goal is to help companies and organisations improve their culture, pioneer new workplace wellness ideas thereby increasing health, happiness and productivity.

As a business, Healthy Nibbles is built with strong foundations and robust principles. We are made up of a team of skilled people who have similar goals and ambitions, committed to building a sustainable business with purpose.

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About Healthy Nibbles

Healthy Nibbles was set up in 2015 as a retail innovation and platform company that believes in making healthy, sustainable food accessible; delivering great food across vending, unmanned retail and corporate gifting to create a better future at work, home and on-the-go. Founder Information: Sara is the founder and CEO of Healthy Nibbles, as a retail innovation and platform company that believes in making healthy, sustainable food accessible; delivering great food across vending, unmanned retail and corporate gifting to create a better future at work, home and on-the-go. Prior to Healthy Nibbles, Sara founded a brand and innovation consultancy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sara sits on both the Global Nourishment Advisory Board and Covid-19 Taskforce led by the International WELL Building Institute, is an Ambassador for Women’s Enterprise Scotland, is one of EY’s European Winning Women and is currently participating in Goldman Sachs entrepreneur programme.

Press Contacts

Sara Roberts

Founder / CEO

07467148575

sara@healthynibbles.co.uk