JUSTIN KING has become the latest business chief to identify water as, potentially, the biggest environmental concern facing the food industry. From our point of view, [water] is more important than carbon, he said at this years City Food Lecture The discussion panel after the Sainsburys CEOs speech at the event was flooded [...]
UNILEVER FOOD Solutions has launched an interactive video wall for operators to share their success and exchange best practice on reducing avoidable food waste. The wall shows how chefs and caterers have used the companys Wise up on Waste toolkit a simple waste audit to cut waste and save money. Ashley Maskel, [...]
APPRENTICES FROM Compass Group UK have raised £20,000 for charity as part of National Apprenticeship Week. Ten teams from the Compass academy were tasked with turning £200 into £2,000 and, following charity dinners, raffles, sports challenges and more initiatives, met their target. The challenge was designed to help raise awareness of the work of [...]
CATERING STUDENTS from South Staffordshire College’s Cannock Campus have received recognition for their contribution to a major charity event. Chairman of Cannock Chase District Council, John Beddows (pictured), visited the College’s Gordons Restaurant at its Cannock Campus to personally thank the 10 students who provided the catering for the Council’s premier charity fundraiser, The Chairman’s [...]
GENETICALLY MODIFIED crops are now grown by over 16.7 million farmers in 29 countries covering 160 million hectares of land. This is an 8% increase compared with last year, according to figures released by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). Particularly striking is the fact that farmers in developing countries [...]
THE HOTEL group Accor, which owns Novotel, Ibis and Sofitel, has set up a working group to look at providing more sustainable menus for its clients. This could include the integration of more vegetarian options over the coming years. Speaking exclusively to Foodservice Footprint, the hotel groups executive vice president for sustainable development, Sophie Flak, [...]
In 2007 Tesco launched what it called a revolution in green consumption which would see all its 70,000 products go through carbon footprint analysis and receive an accompanying carbon label. Five years and 500 labels on, the project has been ditched. Reports suggested the supermarket had become frustrated by the lack of activity among [...]
COMPASS GROUP UK & Ireland was yesterday congratulated by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, as one of a number of companies opening their doors to young people from all walks of life. Compass is named as one of the signatories to the Business Compact, the Deputy Prime Ministers flagship scheme to create fairer opportunities [...]
THE FOOD Standards Agency has given a huge endorsement to the safety of British eggs by relaxing its advice on using eggs after their best before date. The Agency, which had previously stated that all eggs must be used within their best before date, now says that it is ok to eat eggs a couple [...]
No surprise that Tesco ditches carbon label
By David Burrows on February 4, 2012
Published in: Comment, News, News Analysis and tagged Carbon Trust, Tesco.
When he launched a project to label all 70,000 products in his supermarkets portfolio, Sir Terry Leahy was undaunted by the task: Many of those people who talk about the need for a carbon currency say it is too complicated to develop; that it will take years. However, at Tesco, we believe in action, in [...]