David Burrows
Businesses rail against reuse
More than 100 businesses – including foodservice and drinks companies like McDonald’s, Restaurant Brands International, Heineken, Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and Molson Coors – are putting pressure on the European Commission to postpone some of its most ambitious packaging regulations
Is foodservice prepared for its next packaging pain point?
A harmful group of ‘forever chemicals’ commonly present in convenience food packaging is in the crosshairs of regulators, triggering a rush to seek alternatives
MPs demand PFAS precautions
The UK Government should set limits on the levels and types of PFAS permitted in food, giving producers, retailers and regulators a consistent basis for protecting public health
The big school food shake-up
Ministers set out proposals for “the most ambitious overhaul in a generation” of school food standards, a raft of changes that will limit foods high in fat, salt and sugar
A(nother) shock to the system
Crude oil has surged in price and fertiliser supplies have been reduced to a trickle as the food system once again goes into ‘shock’ mode
The long and winding road to net-zero
Impressive progress from businesses in reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions contrasts with slow progress in decarbonising supply chains. Now is the time to move the needle on scope 3
Plastic price gap continues to cause problems
Drinks businesses are struggling to achieve their carbon reduction targets as the plastics recycling sector crisis deepens.
Willing to pay for higher welfare
Higher welfare standards for British bacon and eggs could boost UK farmer incomes, as consumers are willing to pay more for food with labelled welfare scores, research has shown.
Calculating and cutting scope 3 emissions
In the second of a six-part series getting under the skin of environmental data, David Burrows looks at how foodservice and hospitality companies are beginning to deliver on their scope 3 targets. Ask any foodservice company where their biggest challenges…
Fears rise as water table falls
JUSTIN KING has become the latest business chief to identify water as, potentially, the biggest environmental concern facing the food industry. From our point of view, [water] is more important than carbon, he said at this years City Food…
