FOOD BUSINESSES must be careful not to see target-setting as a competition. One of the most difficult tasks facing sustainability managers is how to set targets. “The first time you set them you’re never quite sure,” admits Inder Poonaji, the head of environmental [...]
THE USE of unsustainable palm oil is rife in UK chocolate products. The charity Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) and Ethical Consumer magazine surveyed more than 70 brands, asking about their practices and policies in relation to palm oil sourcing. They also carried out an investigation [...]
UNILEVER, NESTLÉ UK&I and 3663 are setting an example for caterers facing the tricky task of sending less waste to landfill, writes David Burrows. Dealing with waste in a sector like foodservice isn’t easy – the lines of responsibility are easily blurred. [...]
NESTLES WORK to help cocoa and coffee farmers adapt to environmental challenges has been recognised as an example of best practice by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The company is helping farmers preserve crops vulnerable to the effects of climate change by [...]
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 [...]
WATER WILL run out before oil. So claimed Nestlé chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe not long ago. More recently, Justin King, Sainsburys chief, used his lecture at this years City Food Lecture to highlight water as potentially the biggest environmental concern facing the food industry. Various surveys have also shown that water scarcity is concerning businesses from [...]
THE BRITISH food industry must boost innovation in order to improve productivity, but sustainably. This was one of the key points made by Lord Carter of Coles in his talk Innovation in Agriculture and Food. He was speaking at the first ever Thought Leaders and Innovators Conference and Partnering Event, organised by Footprint Forum in [...]
THREE NEW salt pledges, specifically focused on the catering sector, have been announced by the Department of Health (DH). The pledges, which are part of the Governments much-hyped Responsibility Deal on health, will encourage more companies to make their commitment to improving public health through salt [...]
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. [...]
