Ambition 2025 is a set of commitments FDF has to help deliver a more sustainable food system.
The 2018 report illustrates the work done by FDF and its members towards its environmental ambitions set out in 2016.
Helen Munday, chief scientific officer at the Food and Drink Federation, said: “This was a year dominated by striking images and compelling evidence of the impact of plastic pollution on our natural environment.
“The food and drink manufacturing industry has been challenged like never before to account for its output from farm to fork and beyond. Our membership is determined to step up to this challenge, while addressing the other aspects of our Ambition 2025 and maintaining the key aspects of food safety.”
This includes a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, down 53% since 1990, and a reduction in water consumption, down 39% since 2008.
The report shows how over the last year, FDF has supported several sustainability initiatives, including the UK Plastics Pact, of which the organisation is a founding signatory.
It also contributed to recommendations for reform of the packaging producer responsibility system which helped influence Defra’s recently published Resources and Waste Strategy, as well as supporting the food waste campaigns Your Business is Food and Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.
To read the progress report, visit: https://www.fdf.org.uk/corporate_pubs/sustainability-progress-report-2018.pdf