Sustainability
Video: Footprint Forum at Fruit Towers (2 videos available)
The Footprint Forum went to Fruit Towers to talk about Agriculture Abroad and the positive contribution that Foodservice can make to the global food system and sustainability. For the written report of what went on at the Forum click here…
Have Ethical labels have lost their value?
Sustainability labels cannot deliver sufficient business value or drive the level of consumer demand needed to develop a sustainable economy, according to a new report published today. Signed, Sealed… Delivered? assesses the value and challenges that businesses find in using certification and labelling…
OLYMPIC SPONSORS NEED TO PULL WEIGHT
The Olympic Games in London 2012 may not meet its sustainability goals unless sponsors start taking on some of the burden. According to reports in the Financial Times, the head of the organising committee, David Stubbs, said of the targets:…
A Sea of Sustainability
Seafood taken from the worlds oceans has increased five-fold in the past 50 years. Yet Britains appetite continues to grow, especially out of home where it accounts for 18 per cent of meals. These two combined factors are putting a…
Brakes puts Sustainability First
Brakes Group can claim a lot of firsts in its effort to promote sustainability in foodservice over the past 10 years. Brakes Group is a leading foodservice supplier in Europe with 10,000 employees in 80 locations, and 1,000…
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…
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…
