The awards aim to celebrate sustainability leadership across all industries and are organised by sustainable business media brand edie.
Under Morag’s leadership, Compass Group UK & Ireland B&I which includes contract caterers Eurest and Dine together with integrated FM provider 14forty, has driven a plant-based and plant-forward approach that has delivered health, wellbeing and sustainability benefits for its clients.
This included a reformulation project to reduce the embodied carbon across its 12 top selling meals. This resulted in an average saving per portion of 1.39kg CO2 e across 209,029 meals sold every year.
Freathy said: “It was a special night and a real honour to be recognised by such a prestigious body that leads the way in driving sustainability in business. We are passionate about sustainability at Compass B&I, and so are our clients, so this is an award that means a lot not only to me but to all my team and to our client partners too.”
Her strategic leadership has also supported a 47% reduction in food waste across the B&I business in four years. These actions have contributed to Compass’ reduction of Scope 3 emissions by 8.5%.
A spokesperson for the edie Awards added: “Morag Freathy won for her exceptional leadership in transforming the sustainability agenda in contract catering. Her bold strategies to cut food waste, reduce emissions and champion plant-based eating have set a benchmark for the industry.
“The judges were particularly impressed by the quantitative impact achieved, the innovation shown in nudging people towards plant-based diets and the clear and comprehensive strategic approach to creating a positive impact.”