Our Five-Fold Ambition
FDF members are committed to making a significant contribution to improving
the environment by targeting priorities where they can make the biggest
difference. Working collectively, our five-fold ambition is to:
- Achieve a 20% absolute reduction in CO2 emissions by 2010 compared to 19901and to show leadership nationally and internationally by aspiring to a 30%
reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020. More info.
- Send zero food and packaging waste to landfill from 2015. More info.
- Make a significant contribution to WRAP's work to achieve an absolute
reduction (340,000 tonnes) in the level of packaging reaching households by
2010
compared to 2005 and provide more advice to consumers on how best to recycle or
otherwise recover used packaging. More info.
- Achieve significant reductions in water use2to help reduce stress on the nation's water supplies and contribute to an
industry-wide absolute target3 to reduce water use by 20% by 2020 compared to 2007. More info.
- Embed environmental standards in our transport practices, including contracts
with hauliers as they fall for renewal, to achieve fewer and friendlier food
transport miles and contribute to an absolute target for the food chain to
reduce its environmental and social impacts by 20% by 2012 compared to 20024.
More info.
Footnote 1: Proposed in the Food Industry Sustainability Strategy published by
Defra in 2006.
Footnote 2: Water use outside of that embedded in products themselves.
Footnote 3: Proposed in the Food Industry Sustainability Strategy published by
Defra in 2006.
Footnote 4: Proposed in the Food Industry Sustainability Strategy published by
Defra in 2006.
The information in this section is taken from a document entitled The Environment: Making a real difference (pdf, 1.4Mb) published by FDF in October 2007 .
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Last reviewed: 22 Nov 2007