Sustainability

  • Beyond the Label: Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade; the same, just different..

    With over 100 eco-labelling schemes in the EU alone, accusations of greenwash filling the columns and once simple eco-ethical claims becoming more complicated, the humble – yet enormously powerful – consumer can be forgiven for finding themselves in the health…

  • Meat of the Matter

    With increasing demand for protein from those parts of the world where a vegetable-based diet has been the historical norm, questions are being raised as to the environmental impact of the burgeoning livestock industry.   You name it, whether we…

  • Why the Status Quo is Unsustainable

    Businesses are keen to find a solution to a more sustainable industry without actually understanding why the status quo is ultimately unsustainable.   What is sustainability? What does this overused word, synonymous with all environmental issues, actually mean? The most…

  • Will Sustainability Survive the Slump?

    Peter Backman, Managing Director of foodservice consultants Horizons, says we must commit to sustainability sooner than we think.   While the issue of sustainability is likely to grow in significance for the hospitality sector over the next 10 years, it…

  • A Major Vision

    A global food crisis could mean a future in which ‘local’ is focal, says Nick Fenwicke-Clennell “Fifty years on from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers…