[gallery] As sustainability becomes more and more embedded in the day to day running of foodservice businesses, engaging stakeholders is the next step in implementing your sustainability plans and achieving success. The Footprint Forum on 6 October - Advantage Through Stakeholder Engagement - focussed on how stakeholder engagement can improve…
Read moreFootprint 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…
Read moreFootprint 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 hadnt planned it honest. The morning of the Footprint Forum on water, the Environment Secretary announced that parts East Anglia are…
Read moreFootprint Forum: Preparing for change on ethical landscape
Consumers who leave their ethics at home when eating out, poor guidance from government, pressure on margins and a confusing array of accreditation schemes and labels have made the ethical landscape a difficult one to navigate for the foodservice sector. Foodservice Footprints latest Forum looked at the lie of the land and how companies could…
Read moreHalal in the Spotlight
Even snowy conditions couldnt keep Government officials, global meat producers, Muslim groups dealing with Halal Accreditation and other industry representatives from this special Footprint Media Roundtable to discuss the hot topic of Halal. Its been almost two months since the Mail on Sunday (MoS) published its Halal expose: Britain goes Halal
but no-one tells…
Read moreFootprint 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…
Read moreSustainable 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…
Read moreInnovation 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…
Read moreThe 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…
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