Unilever

  • Zero waste heros

    UNILEVER, NESTLÉ UK&I and 3663 are setting an example for caterers facing the tricky task of sending less waste to landfill, writes David Burrows.                            Dealing with waste… Read More

  • Tea coalition launched

    BRITS MAY make 165 million cups of tea a day, but the nation’s favourite brew faces a number of challenges to survive. Climate change, water scarcity and competition for land use are all expected to combine to make those 165… Read More

  • FootprintFeature: Opening the kitchen doors

    AGAINST A background of job shortages and rising university fees, the foodservice sector is an increasingly attractive option for young talent from the UK, writes Nick Hughes.   Convincing young, homegrown talent to consider a career in the foodservice sector has… Read More

  • Demand for info on sustainability set to rocket

    THE QUANTITY of information that customers and consumers want on issues such as nutrition and sustainability is expected to double in the next five years.                     Foodservice companies will be expected… Read More

  • Potato Processor one step closer to sustainable palm oil

    Aviko claims to have achieved nearly one-third of its goal to use only 100% certified sustainable palm oil by 2015 in the second year of its CSR drive.   In February 2011, Aviko became the first chilled and frozen potato… Read More

  • Demand for more disruptive innovation

    BUSINESSES HAVE to start producing more ‘disruptive innovation’ in order to meet the sustainability challenges and goals of the future.                     The combination of rising energy and commodity prices, concerns over… Read More

  • Unilever sets new palm oil target

    UNILEVER HAS set a new target to purchase all its palm oil from traceable sources by 2020. This means it will be able to track all of the certified oil it buys back to the plantation on which it was… Read More

  • What does the hotel of the future look like?

    THE ACCOR Group says it is about to change the face of the hospitality sector with an ambitious five-year action plan to reduce its environmental impacts. And it might do just that.                  … Read More

  • Video: Water Why Worry?

    Hear the top line from speakers at the Footprint Forum. Water Scarcity, water management, water stewardship is fast becoming an essential part of sustainability policy – water is also becoming an ever increasing cost and an ever dwindling resource. Read More

  • Footprint Forum: Water – Why Worry?

    The news parts of England were in drought conditions set the scene for an inspirational Footprint Forum on water. The challenges we face are here and now, as David Burrows reports.   We hadn’t planned it – honest. The morning… Read More