Reports

Footprint Drinks Industry ESG Trends report 2022

Welcome to the Drinks Industry ESG Trends Report 2022, produced in association with Pernod Ricard UK. It scans the horizon, identifying key trends and opportunities to help drinks industry leaders build their business, develop a proactive strategy, benchmark good practice and identify issues in need of greater attention. The world has shifted on its axis…
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Foodservice packaging: the pandemic, changing perceptions and future progress in association with kp

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.

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A Caterer’s Guide to Better Meat in association with RSPCA Assured

The way meat is produced and consumed has come under the spotlight as evidence mounts of its contribution to climate change and other environmental pressures. The UK’s Climate Change Committee says meat and dairy consumption needs to fall by 20% by 2035 to put the UK on the path to net zero. Others have gone…
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Footprint Sustainability Index 2021

Launched, in association with Nestlé Professional, the annual Footprint Sustainability Index is the guide to a more sustainable future for the out of home sector. The 2021 Index identifies key trends and opportunities to help foodservice leaders build their business sustainability, develop a responsive strategy and benchmark good practice. Click to read the report The research…
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Sustainable success in the new normal: conquering challenges in education catering in a COVID-19 world

COVID-19 has created a raft of new challenges for those involved in catering for the education sector, from disruption in the supply chain and the availability of products, to multiple sittings, an increased propensity towards pack lunches and wildly fluctuating student numbers. The sector has been amazing, responding with innovation and imagination to provide nutritious food to young people.

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