Sustainable Responsible Business
In this report we explore how an ever-growing number of foodservice businesses are leveraging real-time environmental data and insight to drive decision making in key areas such as supply chain, menu offerings and procurement.
The 2023 Footprint Drinks ESG Trends Report, in association with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, identifies key trends and opportunities to help drinks industry leaders build their businesses, develop proactive strategies, benchmark good practice and identify issues in need of greater attention.
Our 2022 report considered the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on foodservice packaging, and whether efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle had waned. We found brands were still committed but were struggling to find and fund suitably sustainable solutions. The pace of policy making had also slowed.
This report – arranged into 10 key insights – highlights important trends in the sustainable diets space.
A survey by not-for-profit Be Inclusive Hospitality published in June 2021 found high proportions of professionals from Black (53%), Asian (68%) and Mixed Ethnic groups (57%) reported experiencing racism in the workplace either individually or at a company level.
This new guide, produced by Footprint Intelligence in association with Meiko UK, identifies creative ways that foodservice operators can meaningfully tackle carbon ‘back of house’ in foodservice operator environments to support the rapid reductions needed in emissions to meet UK and global climate goals.
The 2022 Index identifies key trends and opportunities to help foodservice leaders capitalise on opportunities and conquer challenges.
In March 2020 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) added reusable bottles and cups to its ‘inflation basket’ of goods for the first time. The decision reflected “a growing number of people switching away from single-use products”. More food brands were launching refill pilots and most had made public-facing commitments to tackle single-use plastic. Some were publishing their plastic packaging footprints for the first time and most were investing in ways to ensure all their disposable packaging was recyclable or compostable.
