New Sustainability Challenges for UK Food and Drink Manufacturing
14 Oct 2016 --- New commitments to reduce the environmental impact from food and drink manufacturers as well as protect natural capital and contribute to sustainable food systems for the future, have been set by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). The FDF’s ‘Ambition 2025’ builds on its previous environmental ambitions initially launched in 2007, which was one of the first UK-wide set of environmental commitments. Almost ten years on, food and drink manufacturers are making progress on the original targets and the new ambitions covers key areas where FDF thinks the industry can help deliver bigger, positive impacts by working collaboratively across their supply chains - including commitments on carbon dioxide emissions, food waste, use of more sustainable packaging systems, water use, and transport emissions. “FDF's Five-fold Environmental Ambition was truly ground-breaking when we launched it in 2007. Now, having made great progress across a range of areas, including massive CO2 emission and water use reductions, we've looked again at what more we can deliver, engaging with more companies within our sector and beyond. The partnership approach has proven most effective at engaging the diverse parts of the UK food chain. We're working with Government and partners such as WRAP and the Natural Capital Coalition to help deliver wider objectives,” says Helen Munday, Director of Food Safety, Science and Sustainability & Chief Scientific Officer, Food and Drink Federation. Here are some of the achievements so far and the new FDF ambitions for 2025:
“The Ambition 2025 is the next step on our journey to help deliver a sustainable food system into the future. It is a journey that will see our industry continue to take a leading role to further improve resource efficiencies and address the wider sustainability agenda,” says Nick Vermont, Regional CEO, McCain Foods and chairman of FDF's Sustainability Steering Group. To contact our editorial team please email us at editorial@cnsmedia.com 
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