Watch the film about Footprint Forum: Mood Food. Speakers included Matt Dawson MBE courtesy of Sodexo, Oxford University’s Prof John Stein, Amanda Ursell courtesy of CH&Co, Vielife’s Jessica Colling, Felicity Yardy of Innocent, Lexington’s David Steel and Sue Gatenby of Pepsico. Join Footprint Forum
THE SUSTAINABILITY report is dead. Long live the sustainability factsheet, or interactive website or anything but a dull 40-page document that very few people will read. Sustainability reporting has come on leaps and bounds in the past 10 to 20 years, with some of the [...]
ON WEDNESDAY grandees of the foodservice industry gathered for the last Footprint Forum of 2012 at the Butchers Hall, sponsored by CH&Co, for a frank and open discussion about Sustainability Reporting in our sector. Tom Beagent advisor in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Sustainability and Climate Change Team took to [...]
THE HEAD of one of the UKs biggest milk buyers and dairy processors has suggested that the likes of Costa and Starbucks need to pay more for their milk. In a comment piece for the Daily Telegraph today, Mark Allen, chief executive [...]
CH&Cos Caroline Fry explains why she supports the idea of a fair price for dairy farmers, but its not always easy. When the recent media interest in the price paid to dairy farmers threw an unflattering spotlight on the buying practices of supermarkets, their PR departments [...]
POLITICIANS FEAR the idea. Environmentalists love it. Consumers dont understand it. And businesses are beginning to trial it. David Burrows investigates the controversial concept of sustainable diets. Obesity and diet-related illness are on the increase. Fewer young people are being taught how to [...]
THE NUMBER of vegetarian restaurants in the UK has continued to grow, with 30 premium restaurants now in operation across the country, up 50% since 2007. Sales of vegetarian foods have also increased, rising by 7.7% from £730.4m in the year [...]
FOOTPRINT AWARDS 2012: The inaugural Footprint Awards in 2011 were proof of concept; to minimise the impact of an awards scheme and remain true to the mantra of being the antithesis of the typical industry awards. Our objective was to create an event of exceptional standard, showing that sustainability can be sumptuous and doesnt have to [...]
IN A glittering ceremony that told a story of sustainability, last nights Footprint Awards at the stunning 8 Northumberland in London, rewarded its winners for their contributions to sustainability and environmental excellence. Details of the winners and runners-up are: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources [...]
Hippocrates: Organisations are what they eat
By footprint on November 1, 2012
Published in: Comment, Health and Vitality and tagged Acquire Services, Amanda Ursell, Brakes, CH&Co, Health & Vitality Honours, inoocent, Lord's, Nestle Professional, Sodexo.
AS WE enter the last week for submissions of the inaugural Health & Vitality Honours 2013, Amanda Ursell enlightens us about the importance of creating a platform for excellence. Napoleon, said to be one of the greatest military commanders of all time, is often quoted as having said that an army marches on its [...]