PwC

  • Foodservice Footprint Unknown-34 Give peas a chance Next Green Thing Tesco PwC Peas Please Co-op BaxterStorey

    Give peas a chance

    The Food Foundation’s new campaign could finally be the spur to get Britain eating more veg, writes Nick Hughes. It’s not often that the entire food sector unites around a single ambition. So hats off to the Food Foundation, whose… Read More

  • Foodservice Footprint shutterstock_48799291 Tax avoiders have hell to pay Features Features Foodservice Industry Briefing Tax Avoidance Starbucks Richard Murphy PwC PAC Mondolez HMRC Cadbury Andrew Packman

    Tax avoiders have hell to pay

    Campaign groups, newspapers, MPs and even the European Commission are on the warpath. Can companies afford to keep dodging the Revenue? In December, Starbucks declared its largest ever UK profit and its biggest tax bill. Three years after the company… Read More

  • 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

  • Carbon Trust recognises business waste reduction success

    THE CARBON Trust has launched an international standard for organisational waste reduction.   The Carbon Trust Waste Standard will be awarded to organisations able to demonstrate that they are measuring, managing and reducing waste year-on-year.   Following the successful completion… Read More

  • Boxing unclever

    MARKETING PRODUCTS based on the sustainability of the packaging is a dangerous game that could just confuse shoppers. Have Vivid Water and Tetra Pak fallen into the trap with Water in a Box?              … Read More

  • The Next Green Thing: The resource crunch

    THE ONGOING series of The Next Green Thing looks at the upward pressure of energy prices and what companies need to do to make better use of the resources they have.   Brutally exposed   Twice in three years Russia… Read More

  • Are Environmental P&L accounts the way forward?

    Sustainability Reporting was the topic of discussion at the latest Footprint Forum. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Tom Beagent gave a candid account of PwC’s work on Puma’s Environmental P&L. It should be an inspiration to foodservice businesses. Listen to Puma’s CEO talk about… Read More

  • CEO’s fear energy costs more than consumer spending

    THE RISING costs of energy and raw materials now concerns businesses more than consumer spending and behaviour.   According to preliminary results from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ global annual survey of almost 800 CEOs, 53% said energy and raw material costs are a… Read More

  • Doha: Progress or Failure?

    ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS have reacted angrily to the “failure” that was the Doha climate talks, while the UK Government has called the agreement “a step forward”. Most agree, however, that the progress was modest, with a mismatch between the scale and… Read More

  • Footprint Forum: Sustainability Reporting

    ON WEDNESDAY grandees of the foodservice industry gathered for the last Footprint Forum of 2012 at the Butchers Hall, sponsored by CH&Co, for a frank and open discussion about Sustainability Reporting in our sector.           Tom… Read More