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Climate targets: businesses a hit; government a miss
More than 150 companies have committed to set emissions reduction targets in line with the global effort to keep warming well below 2°C. Compass, Sodexo and Unilever are among the firms that have committed to setting goals through the Science…
Responsible Business Week 2016; new Sodexo CR report
At the start of Business in the Community’s Responsible Business Week, Sodexo has released its 2016 Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report. The report tracks Sodexo’s progress against a series of measures relating to environment, local communities, nutrition, health and wellbeing and…
Hit and miss – Sodexo’s sustainability performance
Setting sustainability targets is a mug’s game, as Sodexo is finding out. The caterer has just published its 2016 corporate responsibility report, replete with progress updates on the range of commitments contained within its Better Tomorrow Plan. It makes for…
The power of plant-based protein
Humans need protein in order to survive, but there has to be a change in the way we currently produce and consume it if we are to protect our environment and our health, says Forum for the Future’s Simon Billing.…
Students not so ethically minded
Here’s a turn-up for the books: students aren’t drinking and they’re not bothered about buying ethical foods. Perhaps less surprisingly, price trumps all when it comes to their buying habits. “Only a minority of students said they expected to see…
Sustainable diets not on the menu in Paris
REDUCING MEAT consumption does not feature in a single national emissions reduction plan submitted in advance of the COP21 climate change meeting in Paris. Starting this week, the talks could see a new global deal struck to reduce greenhouse…
Responsibility Deal – high costs of failure
PLANS TO DITCH the public health responsibility deal could cost foodservice firms dear, according to the British Hospitality Association. “Lots of companies have invested a lot of money [in this initiative]. We want to see that investment continue,” said chief…
Sodexo and WWF pilot Green & Lean meals
SODEXO HAS teamed up with conservation charity WWF to develop and pilot a set of 10 sustainable meals. The project is part of Sodexo’s partnership with WWF on LiveWell, WWF-UK’s flagship programme of work which aims to encourage businesses and…
Milk crisis comes to our doorsteps
FARMERS SUFFERING from low prices have so far targeted supermarkets with their protest but foodservice firms can’t afford to ignore the issue, writes David Burrows. The milk crisis has finally spilled over into the foodservice sector. In recent weeks retail…
