UNILEVER FOOD Solutions (UFS) has pledged to donate 150,ooo meals to children in Indonesia. The target has been set as part of the company’s support for the World Food Programme, and its aim to end child hunger in Indonesia. Throughout April to June [...]
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. [...]
BRITS MAY make 165 million cups of tea a day, but the nation’s favourite brew faces a number of challenges to survive. Climate change, water scarcity and competition for land use are all expected to combine to make those 165 million cups harder to come by. [...]
AGAINST A background of job shortages and rising university fees, the foodservice sector is an increasingly attractive option for young talent from the UK, writes Nick Hughes. Convincing young, homegrown talent to consider a career in the foodservice sector has historically been an uphill struggle for employers. [...]
THE QUANTITY of information that customers and consumers want on issues such as nutrition and sustainability is expected to double in the next five years. Foodservice companies will be expected to provide more and more data on issues ranging from waste to allergies A [...]
Aviko claims to have achieved nearly one-third of its goal to use only 100% certified sustainable palm oil by 2015 in the second year of its CSR drive. In February 2011, Aviko became the first chilled and frozen potato supplier to join [...]
BUSINESSES HAVE to start producing more disruptive innovation in order to meet the sustainability challenges and goals of the future. The combination of rising energy and commodity prices, concerns over security of supply and consumers who are demanding increased levels of corporate responsibility will force [...]
UNILEVER HAS set a new target to purchase all its palm oil from traceable sources by 2020. This means it will be able to track all of the certified oil it buys back to the plantation on which it was originally grown. The [...]
THE ACCOR Group says it is about to change the face of the hospitality sector with an ambitious five-year action plan to reduce its environmental impacts. And it might do just that. You’ve probably turned over expecting to read about green hotels: hotels [...]
Hear the top line from speakers at the Footprint Forum. Water Scarcity, water management, water stewardship is fast becoming an essential part of sustainability policy – water is also becoming an ever increasing cost and an ever dwindling resource.
