Duncan Williamson

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-33 Why businesses need to take biodiversity seriously Green Scene Green Scene  WWF Philip Lymbery Duncan Williamson biodiversity

    Why businesses need to take biodiversity seriously

    Our food system is advancing the destruction of the natural world; but food businesses have the power to reverse it. By Nick Hughes. Delegates of a fatalistic disposition will have come away from October’s Extinction and Livestock conference in London… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint Hero More foodservice ‘influencers’ needed to shift people to plant-based diets Foodservice News and Information Out of Home sector news  WWF news-email Livewell Plate flexitarian Duncan Williamson DEFRA

    More foodservice ‘influencers’ needed to shift people to plant-based diets

    The UK needs to “rethink the way it eats” in order to meet the Paris Agreement targets, according to WWF-UK. And the charity, which published its revised “Livewell Plates” this week, has identified chefs and supermarkets as “key influencers” in… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint F41-p10 Sustainable diets in a post-Brexit world Behind the Headlines  WWF-UK Sustainable Diets news-email Duncan Williamson Brexit

    Sustainable diets in a post-Brexit world

    Britain is a long way from being self-sufficient – and now is the time to reshape the food industry with health and sustainability in mind, writes Duncan Williamson. Food – how we grow, rear and catch it and what we… Read More

  • Time to ring the changes

    FOOD BUSINESSES need to look closely at three climate reports which show we need a new model now to feed the world by 2050, says Duncan Williamson. Three recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly spell out the dangers… Read More

  • Soy sourcing scandal

    IT’S CALLED ‘the Brazilian miracle’ but rocketing demand in turning soy into an environmental disaster while foodservice firms stand by and do nothing. David Burrows reports.                 Foodservice companies have come under fire… Read More

  • Lamb versus lentils

    THE CONCEPT of cutting meat consumption to save the planet is a difficult one to swallow – especially for a nation that prides itself on livestock farming and craves roast beef on a Sunday. Indeed, it’s an idea that environmentalists… Read More