ANNE PIERCE, the CEO of The Springboard Charity, was last night [23rd May] revealed as the winner of the Footprint ‘Special Achievement’ award 2013, for her contribution to the social sustainability of the industry, at a ceremony held at RIBA, London. Other winners of the night [...]
The award was presented by Donald Smith, Commercial Director. Entries had to demonstrate where cost savings or business advantage has been created by the introduction of a strategy that supports sustainability. Judges were looking at strength of policy, tangible increase in revenues and profitability, stakeholder engagement [...]
The award was presented by Heather Angus, People & Sustainability Director of 3663 Energy Efficiency has been a big focus for the industry this year and is not set to stop so this really is a very important category. Entrants to this category needed to highlight [...]
The awards was presented by Brakes Marketing Director James Armitage. One of the most hotly contended categories. In hardship businesses are always looking to keep costs down, maintain employment yet boost profit. Many businesses have used this opportunity to look at sustainability; their impact and have [...]
The first in an ongoing series of farm visits Footprint Forum:#LivestockLive gave the senior executives of the foodservice industry an insight into sustainable livestock farming. Watch this film to see that sustainable livestock farming is largely about animal welfare but also about peripheral aspects of agriculture and innovating as well as embracing traditional methods wherever [...]
WHETHER IT’S a vegetarian-only menu, stocking the biggest range of real ales, using only local or organic ingredients in the food, offering space for local community groups, or doing a bit of all of these, almost 50 of the capital’s pubs are battling it out to become the greenest. [...]
SALES OF ORGANIC food are up for the first time in almost four years thanks to the horse meat scandal and fears that chickens are now being fed GM soya. The latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal organic sales through supermarkets have increased steadily [...]
ANDREW PICKUP has been appointed corporate affairs director at Compass Group UK & Ireland. This is a new position, in which Pickup has assumed overall responsibility for corporate responsibility and sustainability (CRS), public affairs and communications across the UK & Ireland. Prior to joining Compass, Pickup [...]
THE CONCEPT of cutting meat consumption to save the planet is a difficult one to swallow – especially for a nation that prides itself on livestock farming and craves roast beef on a Sunday. Indeed, it’s an idea that environmentalists love, politicians hate, food companies (often) ignore and consumers don’t really understand. [...]
LEADING FOODSERVICE figures met on the second birthday of the governments wide-ranging health deal to discuss whether it’s been a success and what challenges lie ahead. The government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal is reaching a critical stage. Last month the wide-ranging deal had its second birthday [...]
