Event Reports

Video: Engagement and Sustainability

Video: Engagement and Sustainability

  The Footprint Forum in October, turned it’s attention to the issue of Stakeholder Engagement in Sustainability. Hear some of the comments from the speakers at the Forum and read the report here

Footprint chairs Creed Sustainability Seminar

Creed Foodservice’s first Seminar on Sustainability    Sustainability issues in the food sector were top of the agenda for a seminar chaired by Foodservice Footprint. Sustainability: Matters? was brought together by Creed Foodservice and Leapfrog PR and included a seminar and discussion designed to help regional operators understand the key – and current – issues [...]

Footprint Round Table: Early Adopters Group

No Time to waste Footprint’s Early Adopters Round Table gets the ball rolling on WRAP’s planned voluntary agreement to reduce packaging and food waste in foodservice.   Recent Events 14th June – Government Waste Review Published 14th June – WRAP unveils plans to save economy £2 billion 7th July – Hospitality waste report outlines opportunity to save [...]

Footprint Forum: Water – Why Worry?

Footprint Forum: Water – Why Worry?

The news parts of England were in drought conditions set the scene for an inspirational Footprint Forum on water. The challenges we face are here and now, as David Burrows reports.   We hadn’t planned it – honest. The morning of the Footprint Forum on water, the Environment Secretary announced that parts East Anglia are [...]

Footprint Forum: Foodservice and Agriculture, What the Panel Thinks…

The Footprint Forum Panel of foodservice experts was asked whether action on sustainable agriculture should be demand driven or would restrictions in supply shape the future? Tim Innocent was first to answer saying: “ What Nestlé is trying to look at is that if demand is increased, the way to get security is to work [...]

Sustainable British Farming – Footprint Forum: 21st September 2010

Kevin Pearce, Head of Food and Farming, National Famers Union, talks about growers engaging with the foodservice industry and food security.   Kevin Pearce, who heads up the Food and Farming Department of the NFU, which looks after all the key agricultural sectors and works on the food chain, welcomed the opportunity to talk to [...]

Innovation and Agriculture – Footprint Forum: 21st September 2010

The latest Footprint Forum, entitled ‘Foodservice and Agriculture: Promoting Understanding’, organised by Footprint Experience, was held at Farmers’ and Fletchers’ Hall in the City of London on 21 September. Headlining the event was Lord Carter of Coles who spoke compellingly about the work of the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Farming [...]

The Throwaway Industry? Footprint Forum: 27 May 2010

An expert panel assembled for the third Footprint Forum at Pret A Manager’s London headquarter to discuss the environmental impact of packaging in the foodservice supply chain and some of the innovations and initiatives being implemented to counter this. Delegates, including operators, suppliers and distributors, heard panellists acknowledge that whilst cutting down on packaging, food [...]