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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.

• Our role as food and drink manufacturers is to supply consumers with safe,
  nutritious, appetising and affordable food and to help them make sustainable
  choices which will secure these benefits for the future
• We will lead by example, building on the success of FDF’s Five-fold
  Environmental Ambition to extend our influence across the supply chain as part
  of a longer
  term food strategy
• We will work with our suppliers, customers, employees, policy makers and other
  stakeholders to develop the necessary information, skills and business
  environment to deliver continuous improvement in the use of energy, water and
  other
  natural resources to help address the pressing global issues of climate change
  and
  loss of biodiversity
• We will encourage the development of life-cycle thinking throughout the supply
  chain and try to remove systemic barriers to improving resource efficiency,
  from
  the sourcing of raw materials to the disposal of post-consumer waste
• We will promote innovation and technology to reduce waste and extract maximum
  value from the resources we use and to help consumers get the most from our
  products

FDF Five-fold Ambition

Working collectively, FDF members are making solid progress on their Five-fold
Ambition to:

• Achieve a 35% absolute reduction in CO₂ emissions by 2020 compared to 1990.

• Seek to send zero food and packaging waste to landfill at the latest by 2015 and make a significant contribution to WRAP’s Courtauld
  Commitment 3 target to reduce traditional grocery ingredient, product and
  packaging waste in the grocery supply chain by 3% by 2015, from a 2012 baseline.
• Make a significant contribution to WRAP’s 3 target to improve packaging design
  through the supply chain to maximise recycled content as appropriate, improve
  recyclability and deliver product protection to reduce food waste, while ensuring
  there is no increase in the carbon impact of packaging by 2015, from a 2012
  baseline.
• 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 make a contribution to the Freight Transport Association
  administered Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme target to reduce the carbon intensity
  of freight operations by 8% by 2015 against a 2010 baseline.

FDF is also committed to measuring progress against each of our ambitions and
publishing annual progress – see our 2013 progress report.

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More Information

• FDF Five-fold Environmental Ambition: Progress report
• FDF policies on sustainability
• Sustainability Steering Group

Last reviewed: 28 Jan 2014