Farming and food supply library

The last year has seen unprecedented change and uncertainty impacting our industry, compelling businesses to be more innovative and forward thinking than ever before. As we look ahead at 2023, the opportunity to collaborate, share learnings and evolve our industry together has never been more important. The Social Impact team at IGD are facilitating several Advisory Groups and networks , to p...

IGD is working with industry and other key stakeholders to develop a harmonised solution to environmental labelling. Two key objectives underpin this work: To help consumers make more sustainable purchasing decisions by providing information about the environmental impact of products. To enable business decisions around supply chain efficiencies and sourcing, by providing more transpa...

At IGD, our ambition is to accelerate progress towards a sustainable food system. We are focused on working with the food and consumer goods industry to tackle climate change, reduce food waste and deliver sustainable packaging systems. There is a huge opportunity for businesses of all sizes to innovate and lead the UK’s transition to a Net Zero economy. We have partnered with climate change s...

Harriet Illman, Head of Sustainability, outlines why there has never been a more important time to reduce food waste and highlights the benefits of acting to reduce food waste through the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap .

Read this summary report to find out about how lifecycle assessment (LCA) can help organisations to make decisions that will reduce the environmental impact of their packaging. Download .addAfter { position:relative; } a.addAfter:after { content: ""; position: absolute; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; border-right: 17px solid white; border-top: 10px solid transparent; }   [style*="--...

This guide will help the sector undertake packaging LCAs in a standardised way and enable organisations to make decisions to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging. Lifecycle assessment is a valuable tool, enabling organisations to make decisions to help reduce the environmental impact of their packaging. IGD has developed this guide in collaboration with the food and consumer good...

As food waste reduction climbs the nation’s agenda due to the cost of living crisis, this webinar highlights the importance of sharing food waste data with WRAP and call on organisations to sign up to the roadmap and share their data. Watch this recording to: Find out how your business can set a target to halve food waste by 2030, measure and report food surplus and waste data in a consi...

Delivering sustainable packaging systems is a critical industry issue. Collectively, we are working on solutions to meet a shared ambition - to halve the environmental impact of all packaging systems by 2030 - and accelerate our industry’s progress towards Net Zero. Reducing the need for single-use packaging through reusables is a vital part of the solution. In this webinar recording, we...

Delivering sustainable packaging systems is a critical industry issue. Reducing the need for single-use packaging through reusables is a vital part of the solution. Download PDF This report, based on brand-new research with over 2,000 UK consumers, outlines key opportunities to help consumers adopt refill and return packaging solutions; and in turn, to influence longer-term behaviou...

IGD has kicked off a new workstream on environment labelling, to mobilise food and consumer goods businesses to develop a harmonised solution that the whole sector can get behind. . The workstream’s initial focus is on creating a strategic framework for an environment labelling scheme that will provide consistent and transparent information for consumers, enabling them to make more informed ch...