Environment publications
When the Food and Drink Federation launched its Five-fold Environmental Ambition
in October 2007 we committed, on behalf of our members, to make a significant
contribution to improving the environment by targeting those areas where we
felt
we could make the biggest difference.
Our members are committed to:
- Significantly reducing their CO2 emissions
- Striving to send zero food and packaging
waste to landfill
- Cutting the amount of packaging reaching
households
- Reducing the amount of water used in
their factories
- Achieving fewer, and friendlier, food
transport miles.
FDF has produced several publication reporting of the progress made by our
members
Our Five-fold Ambition - Progress report 2009
Published December 2009
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. This is the second progress report.
Download report Progress Report 2009 - pdf | 1.35mb
Federation House Commitment - Progress Report: 2009
Published July 2009
Our changing climate and the growing global
population mean that we are going to have to
change the way we think about water.
This is the first annual report of the Federation House Commitment
(FHC), explaining the Commitment's aims and sharing the progress
made in the first year. It introduces member companies and
features some of the measures individual companies have taken
to reduce their water use.
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Delivering for the environment: Our Ambition
Published: February 2009
Our achievements up to November 2008 are impressive and provide a strong
foundation on which we will build in the
years ahead as we look to meet the ambitions we set ourselves in 2007. As with
other sectors we are currently experiencing challenging economic times.
However,
our members remain determined to meet the commitments contained in FDF's
Five-fold Environmental Ambition.
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Our Five-fold Environmental Ambition: Progress Report
Published: November 2008
The launch of FDF's Five-fold Environmental Ambition last October, and the
progress set out in this report, is an impressive example of what businesses
can do
to improve the environmental performance of a sector.
Particularly impressive is the progress FDF members have made reducing CO2
emissions and by their promising start on other aspects of their environmental
commitments. The extent to which the adoption of best practice can yield
improvements
that benefit both economic performance and the environment is shown by the many
case studies in this report.
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Carbon Management Best Practice in Food and Drink Manufacturing
Published: October 2008
This short guide is designed to help food and drink manufacturers understand
the importance of Carbon Management and to provide practical advice on ways
of reducing CO2 emissions. From our sector's perspective, these primarily arise
from the burning of fossil fuels, upon which we depend for generating energy
and
raising steam.
The guide has been commissioned by the Food and Drink Federation in the
context of our Five-fold
Environmental Ambition launched in October 2007 to make a real difference to
the
environment.
Download full report: Carbon Management Best Practice in Food and Drink Manufacturing - pdf | 228kb
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Transport Efficiency: Making a Real Difference
Published: July 2008
Transporting food and drink, like all other goods, has environmental and
social impacts.
Research on the UK food
chain shows these overwhelmingly as the impacts of road congestion, damage to
infrastructure, and road accidents.
There are also impacts on air and noise pollution and CO2 emissions, though to
a
much lesser extent.
Last October, as part of our Five-fold Environmental Ambition FDF promised
to develop an environmental checklist to encourage our members to achieve fewer
and friendlier food miles. We
also promised to develop an environmental clause, for use by our members in
contracts as they fall for renewal.
Download leaflet: Transport Efficiency: Making a Real Difference - pdf | 769kb
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Water Efficiency: Making a Real Difference
Published: January 2008
The food and drink industry is a significant water user. As such, FDF and
Envirowise are extremely pleased to be
working together to promote water efficiency best practice across the sector as
a whole.
Importantly, this partnership
has led to the successful development of the 'Federation House Commitment', a
strategically significant framework
for encouraging progress.
It will help FDF members to achieve their collective goal of making significant
reductions in water use by 2020. This
aim was announced as part of FDF's Five-fold Environmental Ambition in October
2007.
Download leaflet: Water Efficiency: Making a Real Difference (pdf, 989kb)
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The Environment: Making a Real Difference
Published: October 2007
FDF members want to make a real difference by improving their carbon
footprint;
waste to landfill; levels of packaging reaching consumers; use of water
resources;
and the impact of food transportation
Our five-fold ambition goes right to the heart of the way the food and drink
manufacturing sector does business and will make a real difference to the
environment.
Our ambitious environmental goals are only part of the story. They
build
upon the improvements in environmental, social and economic performance which
FDF's
members have long been making in their drive towards sustainability.
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