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FROM BOREHOLES for water to eco-friendly chefs wear made of recycled plastic bottles, Stalbridge Linen is actively helping the textile services industry reduce its carbon footprint through continued investment in, and development of, energy efficient processes and sustainable practices. As a major specialist [...]
Aviko claims to have achieved nearly one-third of its goal to use only 100% certified sustainable palm oil by 2015 in the second year of its CSR drive. In February 2011, Aviko became the first chilled and frozen potato supplier to join [...]
LLWCHWR WORKING Mens Club is based on the outskirts of Swansea, Wales. The building consists of two stories, with a total capacity of 400 people. Steve Hill is the secretary of the club, having taken up the position in 2005. One of his responsibilities is the management of the clubs energy provision, and it was [...]
PKL, the leading portable kitchen and catering equipment hire specialist, serves the world from its base in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The company supplies catering facilities to high profile events including the Olympics, Commonwealth and the Asian Games. Wherever you find catering facilities, from feeding thousands of athletes at major sporting events and soldiers in Afghanistan down [...]
MONKLANDS IS leading the way regarding food waste handling. It is the first hospital in the UK to install a Meiko Disperator GTS food waste handling system. Monklands is a district general hospital with a 24-hour accident and emergency department and 521 inpatient beds. King started looking for alternatives to the hospitals macerator system [...]
Sodexo, a leading provider of on-site service solutions, has launched the Better Tomorrow Plan (BTP) App. Available free to download from the App store the interactive application has been developed to provide tips on how people can lead a more sustainable lifestyle. In [...]
THE CHALLENGES posed to the global coffee market climate change, the economic crisis, rising production costs, volatile prices are well documented. Perhaps less well-documented but just as important is the role that coffee companies the world over are playing in helping minimise the risk of shortages. [...]
SODEXO DEFENCE has taken delivery of Sodexos first electric retail vehicles as part of a programme to reduce its fuel consumption and carbon footprint. The two vehicles, which are noise and C02 emissions-free, are mobile catering vans designed to offer hot and cold snacks and drinks. They [...]
In a letter to foodservice operators, Delphis Eco recently asked some tough questions….. “Everybody has a green-wash story, the circle of blame means nothing gets down or heads are down because of the economy. Yes nobody fully understands the meaning [...]
Last week I spoke at Footprint Forums Thought Leaders & Innovators Partnering event. I was on the Sustainable Procurement panel talking about Cafédirects innovative businesses model, which 20 years ago went against the coffee industry. Instead of procuring coffee through anonymous auctions, we went direct to the smallholder farmers, hence getting them a better price. [...]
