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CSR plans lack teeth in tackling food challenges
Corporate CSR plans are failing to drive the systemic change needed to move towards a more sustainable food system, according to a leading expert. Olivier De Schutter, co-chair of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food), said…
Falling OOH visits could be sign of recession
Total visits in the eat-out or out-of-home (OOH) foodservice market dropped 1% in the first quarter of the year against the same period last year, according to the NPD Group. The fall, equivalent to 28 million visits, represents a “warning…
Farmed fish has bigger carbon footprint than cows
Aquaculture can emit more methane, and create more greenhouse gases, than cows, whilst one pint of beer can create three times more emissions and use four times more land than another. The findings are in a new study published in…
Kids’ sugar intakes are double recommended levels
Children in England have consumed more than a year’s worth of sugar in less than six months, according to figures from Public Health England (PHE). Children aged four to 10 years should have no more than the equivalent of five…
Hospitality wants tougher plastics laws
More than eight out of 10 (85%) hospitality businesses consider themselves sustainable, yet almost half don’t have specific corporate social responsibility (CSR) targets in place. Of those that have set targets, reducing waste is the most popular (81%), followed by…
Pay farmers for healthy food, say MPs
Farmers should be financially rewarded for producing healthy, nutritious food, a committee of MPs has said. The environment, food and rural affairs (EFRA) committee said that healthy food makes a wider contribution to public health and should be supported as…
Food sector must speak with one voice, says FDF chief
The food industry is “absurdly fragmented”, according to one of its leading figures, and must put aside divisions to highlight the importance of the sector to the UK after Brexit. Delivering a speech at food and drink consultancy Camden BRI…
Polluters faced with closure under new rules
Companies in water-intensive industries such as food and drink, and leisure face having their facilities shut down under new EU rules, experts have warned. New sector guidelines are currently being drawn up as part of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED),…
Protein companies failing to manage sustainability risks
More than half of the world’s largest meat and fish companies are at high risk of losing shareholder value because of their vulnerability to health, environmental and social issues. A new Protein Producer Index by FAIRR, the $5.9tn investor network,…
‘Common Food Policy’ will address CAP failings
An alliance of 200 farmers, NGOs, academics and scientists plan to create a new food policy for Europe after claiming that current policies are failing on sustainability. Participants at the EU Food and Farming Forum met this week to design…