- Defining ethical shopping - Importance of ethical issues - Sales of ethical food and drink - The future of ethical shopping Defining ethical shopping Shoppers identify five key themes when they define what ethical shopping means to them. These are: higher animal welfare, fairly traded, environmentally friendly, organically produced and British/locally sourced. Many of the ...

- The Ageing Population - Provide accessible parking - Provide excellent customer service at the tills - Communicate the link between local food and the local economy - Continue to develop innovative and tasty healthier products - What next? The ageing population The UK's population is forecast to grow from 62.3 million in 2010 to 73 million in 2035. In part, this g...

Anyone who wonders why healthcare was the hottest topic in President’s Obama’s first year in office needs only to look at the figures. US healthcare spending broke through the $2.2 trillion barrier in 2007; that’s more than eight times the amount spent in 1980. It’s not just an American problem. Healthcare costs are spiralling around the world for a variety of reasons including the ageing p...

A free document outlining the key points made at IGD's Food & Grocery Industry Skills and Employment Summit 2010 Includes analysis on: Why Skills are so Important The Education System Attracting Recruits Giving Young People a Chance Developing Staff On 10th March 2010, IGD hosted an industry summit on the theme of skills & employment. With the industry increasingly conc...

Includes: An introduction to water as an issue The key aspects of water management A water resource navigation chart A directory of global organisations featuring names, activities and web links There is growing awareness of the importance of water along the whole of the food and grocery supply chain; from the farm through to the consumer, including manufacturing and retai...

It is inevitable that water will become a business continuity issue for many companies in the future. As demand starts to outstrip supply, everyone will need to become more efficient at preserving water. Already, the leading businesses of tomorrow are already embarking on this journey. Water scarcity will rise to between 50-65% by 2025, according to the United Nations. Population gro...

Very little research has been undertaken to better understand the total amount of waste arising along the whole UK food and drink supply chain, and assessing this against waste generated by UK households. As a result, WRAP sought to establish a baseline for this supply chain, from which to monitor progress, identify areas of greatest opportunity for cost savings, improved resource efficiencies a...

- Definition of a water footprint - A supply chain perspective - The different elements of water usage - Water footprint accounting - What can businesses do? Definition of a water footprint According to the Water Footprint Network, a corporate water footprint is defined as the total volume of fresh water used directly and indirectly to run and support a business. The water f...

- The importance of water - Raising awareness - Organisations engaged in water management - Key water management activities - Downloadable reference document - Further information The importance of water Understanding the importance of water to the food and beverage sector is business critical. Pressure on freshwater resources is increasing as a result of a growing global p...

The overall aim of this study was to develop a set of scenarios that explore how greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system may be reduced by 70% by the year 2050. The work is focused on all emissions from the supply chains and systems, not just the emissions from the UK food chain that arise in the UK. Download now Date: November 2009 Source: WWF-UK and the Food Climate Research N...