In a rare interview, Sodexo chief executive Aidan Connolly explains why, where sustainability is concerned, actions speak louder than words. By Nick Hughes. For a man who declares his principal hobby as recreational eating Aidan Connolly has ascended to his dream job. As chief executive of Sodexo UK & Ireland Connolly is responsible [...]
Interviews
As a man who declares his principal hobby as recreational eating Aidan Connolly has ascended to his dream job. Chief executive of Sodexo UK & Ireland Connolly gives a rare interview about the challenges facing foodservice, and his dislike for the word ‘sustainability’. Click here for the Full Interview
Q: How seriously does Sodexo take the issue of water management and how long has water been on the agenda? A: Our clients and the markets we operate in are placing increasing emphasis on resources and sustainability initiatives. They are increasingly aware of the connections between the services we provide and sustainability, and expect [...]
In just a few weeks, Tetley will start selling its first boxes of Rainforest Alliance-certified tea. Sara Howe, the brands Director of Sustainability, tells David Burrows how the logo with the little frog represents a giant leap forward in sustainability. Sara Howe doesnt look like a builder, yet the marks on her cup betray [...]
Keith Warren, Director of the Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA), says operators and equipment suppliers must work together to ensure the sustainable kitchen is what the industry needs and not what the EC legislators impose on us. Like all good trade associations the world over CESA exists to protect and further the interests of [...]
Michel Roux Jnr tells Foodservice Footprint about his latest venture, Parliament Square, and his passion for local produce. Michel Roux Jnr took over the celebrated Michelin-starred Le Gavroche in Londons West End in 1991, a restaurant that had been made famous by his father and uncle, Michel and Albert Roux, in the 1970s. [...]
However innovative disposables manufacturers are in producing bio-degradable and recyclable solutions for packaging, they cannot control whether the consumer uses the appropriate waste stream if, indeed, said waste stream exists. John Young, Foodservice Sales & Marketing Director of food packaging and disposables giant Huhtamaki, talks to Kathy Bowry about the problems faced. There seems to [...]
Andrew Kobia Ethuru, a Cafédirect grower director at the Michimikuru tea factory in Kenya, talks to Footprint about the realities of climate change in that country and its impact on tea planters. Whilst we in the UK might not feel the effects of climate shifts, growers in far-flung corners of the world such as Kenya [...]
Footprints Charles Miers caught up with Charlton House Managing Director Caroline Fry following the recent brand re-launch of this highly successful contract caterer. Q: Charlton House is transforming corporate staff restaurants into vibrant and colourful foodie environments with displays of fresh produce and the use of natural materials such as wood, glass, wicker and slate. [...]
If any operation has sustainability built into its DNA, its Sodexo. Phil Hooper explains the companys strategy to Foodservice Footprint It has been said that sustainability runs through the DNA of Sodexo. Arguably, the company is the absolute pin up in this area with its own approach to corporate citizenship and the Better Tomorrow Plan [...]
