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Otter Brewery, one of the country’s foremost regional brewers, has partnered with Devon Wildlife Trust to launch an exciting and ambitious environmental initiative. ‘Pints Mean Trees’ is a specific campaign that will support the Trust’s, ‘Saving Devon’s Treescape’ project, and… Read More

MJD, road hauliers to blue chip companies including Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), has announced a total transition to an Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) drop-in biofuel called GD+ across all its haulage operations. The fuel will be used with immediate effect in… Read More

Compass Group UK & Ireland has announced a number of systemic changes – which demonstrate progress on its journey to Climate Net Zero by 2030. These include – Banning air freight of fresh fruit and vegetable produce. The ban will see… Read More

Aramark Northern Europe has announced its commitment to become a net zero carbon organisation by 2050. This is the first region within Aramark to share a Net Zero Carbon Reduction plan, in support of Aramark Corporation’s commitment to SBTi’s new Net… Read More

Seeking high flying college students and apprentices in hospitality: Nestlé Professional has opened registrations for Toque d’Or®. Attracting more fresh talent than ever, the 2022 competition is open to all Level 2 and 3 students and apprentices. But with only a… Read More

This Recycling Week (Recycle Now’s annual event), Compass Group UK & Ireland is demonstrating its environmental commitments, by announcing Steamplicity’s closed loop recycling system for its trays. Steamplicity meals, created by chefs and nutritionists, are served at over 20 NHS… Read More

Carlsberg Group has signed the World Federation of Advertiser’s (WFA) Planet Pledge – a global commitment to making marketing teams a force for positive change both internally and by inspiring consumers to act. The global brewer, which brews, markets and… Read More

Brakes and Sysco Speciality Group are today announcing a partnership with #FairKitchens, a global movement fighting for a healthier and more sustainable hospitality industry.  The movement, co-founded by Unilever Food Solutions in 2018 to improve the wellbeing of hospitality and… Read More

James Smith bought the Owlet Fruit Juice business as the perfect complement to his fifth-generation, family-run fruit farm at Loddington, where he has implemented a regenerative agriculture strategy. Now managing director of Owlet, which produces a range of single-variety English… Read More

Whitbread is the UK’s largest operator of hotels and restaurants. The FTSE100 company’s well-loved brands include Premier Inn, Hub by Premier Inn, Zip, Beefeater, Bar and Block, Table Table, Cookhouse and Pub, Brewers Fayre and Thyme. Yvonne, tell us about… Read More