Sustainability

A blueprint for modern sustainability leadership
Emily Coon reveals the qualities a new generation of sustainability leaders will need to bring to the table to help build long-term resilience into the bones of businesses
Is hospitality ready for DRS?
With just a year to go until deposit return schemes launch across the whole of the UK, businesses need to start figuring out how they will be impacted by this transformational change in how drinks packaging is managed
Secrets for successful food waste reduction
Sodexo’s sustainability director, Claire Atkins-Morris, reveals the strategy that has led to a 50% reduction in food waste over the past decade and cost savings of £3.6m
IGD seizes the initiative over food strategy
There has been confusion and concern expressed over the “next phase” of England’s national food strategy, as food policy experts lined up to question the increasing role of industry in developing the framework
What we’ll take away from Footprint Festival 2026
Footprint’s director of insights and special projects, Amy Fetzer, joins Nick to reflect on what they heard and saw over two compelling days at the inaugural Footprint Festival at Barnsgrove
Realism or retreat – should we be worried by net-zero backsliding?
Businesses including McDonald’s and Starbucks are struggling to decarbonise large, legacy operations, leading to questions over whether they remain fully committed to emissions reduction
Will Burnham warm to food and climate agenda?
As the new prime minister spends his early days in office focusing on living standards, could it be that the most useful clues to his views on food policy are to be found in his past?
Isabel Hope – Speaking the same supply chain language: aligning data, reporting and supplier conversations to drive action
Isabel Hope explores how better supplier engagement, aligned data and shared reporting frameworks can drive action across food supply chains
Can hospitality have its regenerative cake and eat it?
‘Big food’s’ scale may be exactly what regenerative agriculture needs to go mainstream – but that’s no reason for hospitality to ease off the push for healthier menus
Farming enters ‘climate doop loop’
The brown fields and dry rivers have told their own story, but the data crunchers at the Met Office have now confirmed what we can see with our own eyes