All the action and atmosphere from the Footprint Awards 2011 – celebrating the best in Sustainability and Environmental Excellence in the Foodservice Sector. Comments from the winners and views of the event at RIBA in the West End of London.
This first Video Quarterly features an unique 3-way interview with Unilever, 3663 and Elior Tracey Rogers, Lindsay Winser and Steven Reeve explore their approaches to waste management and reduction. A written report of the interview is also available in the Autumn 2011issue of Foodservice Footprint. (Click here to download the magazines). Foodservice Footprint [...]
THE ACCOR Group says it is about to change the face of the hospitality sector with an ambitious five-year action plan to reduce its environmental impacts. And it might do just that. You’ve probably turned over expecting to read about green hotels: hotels [...]
ITS NOT all about polar bears and pandas. While the icy critters and bamboo chompers have stolen the show when it comes to climate change and conservation, more and more companies are waking up to their reliance on almost every part of the worlds biodiversity. Cadbury and Starbucks, for instance, are essentially reliant on one [...]
HE’S A trailblazer in nose-to-tail eating whose passion for meat shows no sign of dwindling. Fergus Henderson tells David Burrows why we should all learn to love offal. It takes about 30 seconds to get a feeling for how passionate Fergus Henderson is about meat. I love butchers, he says. Its so sad to [...]
REPRESENTATIVES OF leading manufacturers and suppliers of catering equipment give their views on where we are in terms of sustainability in the modern commercial kitchen and offer advice on what to look for. Kathy Bowry reports As a nation we love our familiar brands and caterers are no exception to the rule. However, those [...]
THE 20 pence per litre tax differential for biodiesel produced from used cooking oil comes to an end next month. This will mean more oil ends up in landfill or down the plughole as operators and distributors abandon their environmental fuel policies, says Keystone Distribution Europe VP Paul Pegg. It was back in December [...]
WATER FLOWS through foodservice operations like there is no tomorrow and if we carry on the way we are there wont be. But dont worry, help is at hand to stem the flow. Nick Hughes reports. The complex and fragmented nature of the foodservice industry means that a businesss water footprint is much more than [...]
OPERATORS WHO are dragging their heels about whether or not to buy sustainable catering equipment wont have that luxury of choice much longer as Europe moves to impose energy efficiency standards. Kathy Bowry talks to Keith Warren, director of the Catering Equipment Suppliers Association. A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Directive, the Ecodesign Directive, includes a series [...]
Marketing green products
By impala on March 29, 2012
Published in: Comment, Foodservice News, Uncategorized and tagged Honda, Honda UK, Mark Moll.
MARTIN MOLL, Head of Marketing Honda UK explains how he markets eco-markets and how this can apply to any number of other manufacturing industries and when it comes to selling green products, the car industry is ahead of most. Convincing customers that your products are truly environmentally friendly is challenging in itself. However, for many brands, [...]