Event aims to show laundries how to maintain momentum and achieve measurable outcomes
Double Tree by Hilton, Wokingham, 22 April 2026, 9.30am – 3.45pm
The TSA’s Sustainability Summit 2026 will give delegates insight into what comes next for the laundry industry in terms of sustainability. The focus will be on helping laundries accelerate their progress through practical strategies, credible data and real-world solutions.
A highlight of the day will be the presentation by sustainability leader Mike Barry, the co-founder of the Planeatary Alliance and former director of sustainable business for Marks and Spencer. He’ll cover areas such as practical leadership behaviours, decision-making principles, business strategies to accelerate sustainability progress, and how to translate commitments into meaningful outcomes.
Another key session will explore how laundries can maximise the benefits of the new Climate Change Agreement and claim their share of the £40million tax rebate.
“We’ve carefully curated the Summit to give laundries both insight and the tools that can help enhance their sustainability measures,” says the TSA’s managing director Emma Kiviniemi Wilson. “We know that as an industry we are performing well in terms of the journey to net zero –we need to understand the next steps so that we can continue the good work.”
Other presentations will examine de-carbonising laundries, carbon footprinting, and an overview of the industry’s journey to net zero. Dr Kelly Manders from the Strategy Team (Future of Gas), Cadent, will examine a crucial area here, looking at how low-carbon gasses, such as hydrogen, may offer practical, cost-effective replacements to natural gas. Meanwhile Innovate UK will explore cross-sector technologies for the laundry industry to optimise thermal energy. The Summit will also hear from suppliers offering innovations available to the sector right now.
The day culminates with a special session called ‘start tomorrow’, a series of intensive ten-minute segments, each focusing on practical actions laundries can implement immediately across various parts of the business, from logistics to machinery.
During the Summit there will be various networking opportunities, including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch. In addition, on 21 April, the evening before the Summit, TSA has organised an informal buffet dinner for those staying at the hotel. (During the day on 21 April the TSA will have hosted a Safety Summit at the same venue).
Tickets for the Sustainability Summit cost £120 +VAT per person for TSA members and £240 +VAT for non-members. For more information and to book a place click here (tinyurl.com/ync7bhjw).
Editors’ Notes – Mike Barry
Mike is a sustainable business transformation agent, committed to helping business big and small, new and established to prepare for and succeed in the great sustainability disruption that are washing through the economy and society. He focuses on the practicality and reality of ‘getting sustainability done’ across companies, value chains and sectors.
He’s the co-founder of Planeatary Alliance that’s helping companies transform the food system by linking their work on human health and sustainability.
Mike was until 2019 Director of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer, spearheading its ground-breaking Plan A (because there is no Plan B for the one planet we have) sustainability program. He co-chaired the Consumer Goods Forum’s sustainability work bringing the world’s largest retailers and fast-moving consumer goods brands together to work on issues such as deforestation, plastics and forced labour. He is a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a Trustee at Blueprint for Better Business. And Chair of local charity Greener Henley.