The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has released a guide that aims to show how food and drink manufacturers can become more sustainable.
The Achieving Net Zero handbook outlines how the FDF and the food and drink sector can address the current ecological challenges facing the industry. The guide aims to provide practical guidance for manufacturers, particularly those at the early stages of developing their climate strategy.
Action required across the supply chain
Emma Piercy, head of energy and climate change policy at FDF, said: “In order to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals, changes in how the global food system meets the needs of a growing population need to accelerate. When considering the reliance of food systems on the natural environment, how we adapt to the causes and consequences of climate change are key. In our sector, all participants, including manufacturers, have a role in achieving these changes which will require action and collaboration across the full supply chain.”
She added: “The FDF’s Achieving Net Zero handbook provides information and practical guidance for all food and drink manufacturers in establishing their carbon footprint, and the actions and influence they can bear on each part of the supply chain as they undertake their own journeys to decarbonisation.”
“An indispensable blueprint”
Ian Wright CBE, chief executive, Food and Drink Federation, said: “The handbook will be an important tool for food and drink manufacturers – and others across the supply chain – striving to achieve net zero by 2040.”
He continued: “This work demonstrates the huge value of ever stronger collaboration with all stakeholders across the farm-to-fork supply chain. Created and published in the slipstream of COP26, the ideas and actions outlined here provide an indispensable blueprint for food and drink businesses to deliver their net zero ambitions.”
