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A big deal for environmental diplomacy
Talks to secure a global plastics treaty reached a dead-end in December, but there are high hopes for a deal this year as a strong ‘coalition of the willing’ emerges. By David Burrows No deal. Countries negotiating an international legally binding instrument on… Read More
Empowering choice: how and why to market higher welfare in hospitality and foodservice, in association with RSPCA Assured
Ask most hospitality and foodservice insiders what marketing they’re doing around animal welfare and most likely you’ll have a tumbleweed moment. The reality is too few people are even talking about the (often considerable) commitments they have made, finding the… Read More
The 2024 waste2zero Awards winners announced
The 2024 waste2zero awards that recognise excellence in Waste Management and Prevention in the out of home food and drink sector, were presented at an exclusive dinner held at the famous In & Out in London’s St.James’s Square tonight. This is… Read More
NET-ZERO NOTEBOOK: Time to get real-zero?
Research shows ethics are out of mind when people eat out of home, while the upset around offsets leads to new standards and concerns for the future of the Notebook. By David Burrows. We are now into the thick of… Read More
The 3.2 Billion Cup Challenge: making the most of the mandatory take back scheme in foodservice settings, in association with Valpak and Reconomy.
It was in March 2016 that celebrity chef-turned campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall travelled through London in his ‘coffee cup battle bus’ to raise awareness of the 2.5 billion paper cups being thrown away in the UK every year. The cups were being sold… Read More
Consistency as standard – the drive to define scope 3
Moves aimed at harmonising how food and drink businesses account for value chain emissions have the potential to unlock a range of benefits. By Nick Hughes. Any food business on the path towards net-zero will know by now that scope… Read More
Soft plastics scandal makes cup takeback harder
Could the unsavoury stories of supermarket plastic collections make consumers cautious about a mandatory takeback scheme for single-use cups? By David Burrows. An investigation has found soft plastic packaging collected by Sainsbury’s and Tesco is not being recycled. Instead, 70% of the packaging… Read More
The Shortlist is announced for the 2024 waste2zero Awards
The judging has concluded and we are delighted to announced the Shortlist for the 2024 cycle of waste2zero, the awards scheme that recognises excellence in Waste Management and Prevention in the out of home food and drink sector. The objective of waste2zero – the… Read More
The 2024 Drinks Sustainability Awards Winners Announced
Leaders from across the drinks industry were at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London’s Portland Place last night as businesses came together to recognise the work the industry has done to make a positive impact to sustainability… Read More
Unlocking the community benefits of regenerative agriculture from field to fork, in association with Nestlé Professional
In 2023, Footprint published the report Is regenerative the future of farming? in partnership with Nestlé Professional UK&I, in which we explored the growing interest in regenerative agriculture. With evidence pointing to the broken nature of our current food system, we concluded that… Read More