2018-09-25
ISS UK supporting the Wrap roadmap to food waste reduction
ISS is delighted to support an important and ground-breaking first as the UK food industry commits to a landmark roadmap to halve food waste
The initiative was launched on September 25th 2018 by WRAP - the-not for-profit organisation which works with business and communities to create a world in which we source and use resources sustainably.
Businesses take the lead to drive down UK’s annual £20 billion food waste bill, equivalent to more than £300 per UK citizen. ISS is one of 87 early adopters who are supporting the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap. By September 2019, the first major milestone on the Roadmap, the aim is to have fifty per cent of the UK’s largest 250 food businesses measuring, reporting and acting on food waste.
Matthew Brabin, CEO ISS UK & Ireland stated, “At ISS, we are delighted to support this important initiative to reduce food waste. Across the entire ISS business in all sectors, we can drive efforts end-to-end to encompass our supply chain, and our end users. We have an absolutely wonderful combination of resources - people who are passionate about what they do, plus our drive to innovate. With these two key factors, we can create change to support a less wasteful food future and help to halve UK food waste by 2020.” He added, “Facilities Management Services overall can make an important and positive difference; our Food Services teams at ISS have been actively promoting change with our suppliers, clients and other stakeholders for a number of years.”
Mark Davies, Managing Director of ISS Food Services commented, “Our ISS Food Services enables us to support and influence our customers in a joint effort to continuously improve our impact on the environment. Our clients and service users are seeking better solutions to tackle waste, ranging from businesses focussed on their environmental responsibilities to schools who want to encourage responsible future citizens. We work with our suppliers to lead the market on food management and seek out new suppliers where they can support our environmental and ethical objectives. We have been on this journey for over 8 years and are pleased with our progress. More can, should and will be done. We look forward to working on this initiative as another step on our journey to greater sustainability.”
The UK’s largest retailers, food producers, manufacturers, and hospitality and food service companies have committed to ambitious milestones laid out in a new ground-breaking industry Food Waste Reduction Roadmap; developed with IGD and WRAP to further reduce the UK’s food waste problem.
The Roadmap encompasses the entire supply chain from field to fork, and clearly shows the actions large businesses will take to address food waste both in their own operations, and by working to support their suppliers. It also sets out how these businesses can engage with consumers to help reduce their food waste.
Businesses take the lead to drive down UK’s annual £20 billion food waste bill, equivalent to more than £300 per UK citizen. ISS is one of 87 early adopters who are supporting the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap. By September 2019, the first major milestone on the Roadmap, the aim is to have fifty per cent of the UK’s largest 250 food businesses measuring, reporting and acting on food waste.
Matthew Brabin, CEO ISS UK & Ireland stated, “At ISS, we are delighted to support this important initiative to reduce food waste. Across the entire ISS business in all sectors, we can drive efforts end-to-end to encompass our supply chain, and our end users. We have an absolutely wonderful combination of resources - people who are passionate about what they do, plus our drive to innovate. With these two key factors, we can create change to support a less wasteful food future and help to halve UK food waste by 2020.” He added, “Facilities Management Services overall can make an important and positive difference; our Food Services teams at ISS have been actively promoting change with our suppliers, clients and other stakeholders for a number of years.”
Mark Davies, Managing Director of ISS Food Services commented, “Our ISS Food Services enables us to support and influence our customers in a joint effort to continuously improve our impact on the environment. Our clients and service users are seeking better solutions to tackle waste, ranging from businesses focussed on their environmental responsibilities to schools who want to encourage responsible future citizens. We work with our suppliers to lead the market on food management and seek out new suppliers where they can support our environmental and ethical objectives. We have been on this journey for over 8 years and are pleased with our progress. More can, should and will be done. We look forward to working on this initiative as another step on our journey to greater sustainability.”
The UK’s largest retailers, food producers, manufacturers, and hospitality and food service companies have committed to ambitious milestones laid out in a new ground-breaking industry Food Waste Reduction Roadmap; developed with IGD and WRAP to further reduce the UK’s food waste problem.
The Roadmap encompasses the entire supply chain from field to fork, and clearly shows the actions large businesses will take to address food waste both in their own operations, and by working to support their suppliers. It also sets out how these businesses can engage with consumers to help reduce their food waste.