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Footprint Forum Report: City living is under threat
CLIMATE CHANGE poses a real risk to the world’s growing urban populations, according to experts gathered at Footprint Forum. The sight recently of athletes running the Beijing marathon wearing gasmasks… Read More
“We must phase out fossil fuel use” says IPCC
IN A report out this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a stark warning that the use of fossil fuels must be phased out to avoid “severe, pervasive and irreversible” damage. … Read More
‘Scrap Climate Act’ says former Environment Secretary
IN A SPEECH to the Global Warming Policy Foundation the former Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, claimed that the government’s green polices were ‘fatally flawed’ and that scrapping the Climate Change Act could be the answer to ‘keeping the lights on’.… Read More
Record numbers tune into FootprintChannel.TV to hear new waste figures
LEADING SENIOR professionals from foodservice and hospitality businesses across the UK, including Hilton International, McDonald’s, Carillion, Coca-Cola, the House of Lords and The Greater London Authority tuned into the latest FootprintChannel.TV live broadcast to hear new figures on food waste in… Read More
Richard Swannell to lead live Footprint waste debate
Footprint Forum, one of the UK’s leading sustainability communities operating across the entire food supply chain, has today opened registration for its upcoming live debate, ‘Waste: A Moving Brief’. Register Here … Read More
Scientists quantify number of human deaths due to antibiotic use in chicken production
According to Dutch data 280 people are dying every year in the UK from blood infections caused by a highly antibiotic-resistant E.coli superbug, acquired from chicken. According to a new study, poultry-associated ESBL E.coli infections in the UK result… Read More
Steering farmers through the storm
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION leader Peter Kendall has seen members endure a miserable 10 months but concerns over food security, prices and sourcing in the wake of the horse meat scandal could offer new opportunities, he tells David Burrows. … Read More
Confusion over GM-free soya availability
DEBATE CONTINUES to rage over whether there is enough GM-free soya available for the UK’s poultry market. Earlier this week, four leading supermarkets announced that they have removed requirements for their poultry suppliers to use only GM-free feed, largely… Read More
Retailers drop anti-GM poultry feed stance
THREE OF THE country’s more ethical supermarkets have removed requirements for their suppliers to give poultry only GM-free feed. Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and The Coop have all announced changes to their policies given that they could no longer… Read More
Green10 – a new responsible purchasing solution
Footprint recently tied up with Green10 to explore the elixir of responsible purchasing. Watch this video to find out more. Read More