My Viewpoint

  • Analysis: Stay a step ahead of the green pressure groups

    Analysis: Stay a step ahead of the green pressure groups

    Environment campaigners will focus on deforestation, emissions from meat production, packaging and waste next year. Foodservice and hospitality companies should be prepared, says Robert Blood of Sigwatch. Plastics (again) We’re already seeing intense pressure from activists for commitments to reduce… Read More

  • Eating up the planet – how our food system needs urgent change to protect the environment

    Eating up the planet – how our food system needs urgent change to protect the environment

    David Read, Chairman and Founder of Prestige Purchasing thinks we all have a critical role in building a better food system. In the middle of what is perhaps the biggest constitutional crisis in living memory, it’s easy to be drawn… Read More

  • Eating up the planet – how our food system needs urgent change to protect the environment

    Eating up the planet – how our food system needs urgent change to protect the environment

    David Read, Chairman and Founder of Prestige Purchasing thinks we all have a critical role in building a better food system In the middle of what is perhaps the biggest constitutional crisis in living memory, it’s easy to be drawn… Read More

  • Pret A Manger tragedies should not provoke a rush to legislate

    Pret A Manger tragedies should not provoke a rush to legislate

    Two deaths from allergic reactions will rightly raise questions – but laws targeting bigger businesses are not the answer. By Dominic Watkins. It will have been difficult to have missed the tragic story of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, the teenager who died… Read More

  • The race to zero

    The race to zero

    Environmental communications expert and Waste2Zero Awards judge John Twitchen analyses the key trends emerging from the second annual Waste2Zero awards held at the In & Out Club, London, on 4 October 2018. A particularly strong theme at the Footprint-hosted second… Read More

  • Let’s plant the seeds of a revolution in eating

    Let’s plant the seeds of a revolution in eating

    The government’s public procurement plans for food ignore the importance of plant-based diets. Now’s the perfect time to change that, says Mark Driscoll. We have all heard or seen the overwhelming volume of evidence relating to the significant environmental and… Read More

  • Why you need to meet your suppliers in the flesh

    Why you need to meet your suppliers in the flesh

    Buyers need to satisfy themselves that the meat they are buying is what they think it is. By David Read, chairman of Prestige Purchasing. Benjamin Franklin once wrote: “Nothing in this world is certain, except death and taxes.” Food scandals… Read More

  • Coffee cup crackdown can’t wait any longer

    Coffee cup crackdown can’t wait any longer

    A combination of carrot and stick is needed to tackle single-use cup waste, argues Ecoffee Cup founder David McLagan.  The waste created by single-use items is a significant global issue and takeaway coffee cups contribute more than their fair share: 100… Read More

  • Ten things I hate about PRNs

    Ten things I hate about PRNs

    Foodservice businesses are among those calling for changes to the producer responsibility scheme for packaging waste. But reform needs to be bold, says Libby Peake. Hatred is quite a strong emotion to feel for inanimate evidence notes intended to show… Read More

  • As Brexit looms it’s time for industry to seize the day

    As Brexit looms it’s time for industry to seize the day

    Leaving the EU is an enormous risk for the food sector – but also an unprecedented chance to rethink the way we do business. By David Read. The farming minister George Eustice said on BBC radio this week: “The food and… Read More