Ingredients for Success sets out six sustainability targets for all food and beverage retailers on the airport, including energy reduction, water saving and a reduction in food waste.
The guide also encourages readers to take up the airport’s car share scheme and also to give back to the local community by hiring local people and participating in the airport’s charity, the Heathrow Community Fund.
Jonathan Coen, retail director at Heathrow, said: “Heathrow is a small city, hosting over 400 companies, 76,000 employees, and serving 190,000 passengers every day. An operation the size and scale of Heathrow relies on collaboration with our partners to ensure our sustainability ambitions are realised.
“As the UK’s first guide of its kind, Ingredients for Success is a call to action for the food and beverage retailers who wish to join our airport on its journey to become the world’s most sustainable hub airport.”
Simon Heppner, founding director of the Sustainable Restaurant Association, said: “The public’s appetite for a sustainable dining experience is increasing significantly – wherever they are eating out. So for Heathrow to put sustainability at the heart of the passenger experience is a very welcome and positive move.
“We look forward to seeing the airport’s food retailers embrace these targets and use them as a base from which to aim even higher.”