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  • Viewpoint

    THERE’S THIS performance artist, and eating is his current medium. He’s eating his wardrobe. Time isn’t an issue. He’s focused on the long game. Every day, he sands down a bit more of his wardrobe and sprinkles the accumulated dust…

  • Sustainable futures are made in the present

    A look towards 2020 tells us that the foodservice sector should get serious about sustainability today, says Sally Uren, deputy chief executive, Forum For The Future. FMCG brands and retailers will help make green living normal and easy for millions…

  • Footprint Comment: Osborne’s call to mediocrity

    George Osborne declared last week ‘Let’s at the very least resolve that we’re going to cut our carbon emissions no slower but also no faster than our fellow countries in Europe’. To put this into context under the Climate Change…

  • Food Governance: Why we have the power to make changes good for the environment and ourselves

    Issues facing restaurants are becoming more defined as a greater understanding develops with customers and suppliers. For me, it is clear that as more people understand about issues that relate to the environment in general they are beginning to look…

  • Less is More

    Steve Kelsey   Steve Kelsey, an expert in sustainable branding with consultancy Pi Global, explains how to add meaning to ethical labelling.     ONE OF the paradoxes involved in designing for brands is that you learn early on that…

  • Eat Less… Taste More

    The food supply chains of the future will be closer aligned, more efficient and produce nutritious, low impact food at the right price. Diana Spellman, managing director at catering procurement specialist, Partners in Purchasing, outlines her view of the future.…

  • WWF-UK One Planet Food Programme

      “At the beginning of January, WWF-UK gathered an audience of policymakers, academics, food industry associations and NGOs to present the findings of a new report. However, instead of highlighting a new environmental threat to habitats or species, this report…

  • SOAPBOX – On the Up

    Emiliana Silvestri finds out she can now purchase a handbag made from rubbish rather than just filling one with it. It is now time to start upcycling.   So, you’ve insulated your house, replaced all the bad lightbulbs with good…

  • Water Void

    Businesses can play a key role in improving the management of water supplies and reducing their impact on biodiversity and society, writes Toby Pickard, a Sustainability Business Analyst at IGD Companies. Although awareness of the importance of water is increasing,…

  • Wagner & Sustainability

    Rory Sutherland, in a July column about climate change in The Spectator, concluded “Perhaps right-wing people can learn to like environmentalism the way left-wing people learn to like Wagner – by separating the outcome from the motivation”. Whilst I don’t necessarily…