Sustainability
Sustainability is about 'achieving a better quality of life for everyone, now
and for future generations to come'. The environment is a central facet of this.
Food and Drink Federation members are committed to making a significant
contribution to
improving the environment.
Working collectively, they are making solid progress on their five-fold ambition
to:
- Make a significant contribution to WRAP's work to achieve an absolute reduction
in the
level of packaging reaching households by 2010 compared to 2006 and provide
more
advice to consumers on how best to recycle or otherwise recover used packaging.
- Achieve significant reductions in water use to help reduce stress on the
nation's water
supplies and contribute to an industry-wide absolute target to reduce water use
by 20%
by 2020 compared to 2007.
- Embed environmental standards in their 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 2002.
FDF is also committed to measuring progress against each of our ambitions and
publishing annual progress - see our progress report.
A key milestone already achieved was the launch of the Federation House Commitment on water efficiency best practice on 28 January 2008. The Commitment was
jointly
developed by FDF and Envirowise, the Government's expert body on water
efficiency,
to help FDF achieve its water saving ambition and to help the sector as a
whole.
21 FDF member companies, with a combined turnover of £15 billion, were the
very
first to sign up to it.
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Last reviewed: 28 Jul 2009