Tag: Food and Drink Federation

Food and Drink Federation launches ambition to reach Net Zero by 2040

Stuart Mitchell

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF), the voice of the food and drink industry, has announced its ambition on behalf of the sector to reach Net Zero by 2040. Food and Drink manufacturers have already made great strides in environmental sustainability as shown in the FDF’s Ambition 2025 progress report published earlier this year. This included achieving the target of reducing onsite carbon emissions by 55%, five years before the 2025 target. But with emissions from the supply chain accounting for the majority of food and drink products’ carbon footprint,…

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FDF members report reduction in CO2 emissions and water consumption

Stuart Mitchell

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has today published its annual sustainability progress report, outlining the steps taken by members to deliver its Ambition 2025, a set of commitments to help deliver a more sustainable food system. The 2018 report illustrates the work done by FDF and its members towards FDF’s environmental ambitions set out in 2016. This includes a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, down 53% since 1990, and a reduction in water consumption, down 39% since 2008. Over the course of the last year, FDF supported several sustainability…

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