Our Five-Fold Environmental Ambition
"Our Ambition is far more than a
showcase of industry best practice.
It is a road map for the positive
combined activity of our sector to
address an uncertain future".
The Food and Drink Federation's Five-fold Environmental
Ambition has now been running for two years, turning
the commitments we made on behalf of our members in
October 2007 into real environmental improvements across
all the areas where we felt we could make the biggest
difference.
Specifically, our members are working collectively:
- To make significant reductions in the levels of packaging
reaching households through our support for WRAP's
Courtauld Commitment, which aims to achieve an
absolute reduction in 2010 compared with 2006
- To embed environmental standards in our members'
food transport practices to achieve 'fewer and friendlier'
food transport miles – and to contribute to an absolute
target for the food chain to reduce its environmental and
social impacts by 20% by 2012 compared with 2002
- To use the Federation House Commitment to help
our members achieve significant reductions in water
use – and to contribute to an industry-wide target to
reduce water use, outside of that embedded in products
themselves, by 20% by 2020 against a 2007 baseline
We are pleased to be publishing this, our second annual
progress report, which shows how far we have come in
delivering what we set out to do.
“I'm delighted to support the FDF's second progress report on its Five-Fold
Environmental Ambition, setting out the food and drink sector's environmental
achievements in the past year."
View the full statement of support from
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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Last reviewed: 24 Nov 2008