FDF event urges collaboration to tackle climate change
Supply chain collaboration emerged as a key theme of the second annual sustainability convention hosted earlier this month by the UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
The event aimed to address the challenges and issues associated with climate change, including food security, potential business risks, UK climate change policy and impacts on food and drink manufacturers.
Collaborative efforts were highlighted as food and drink companies are facing increasing pressures on resources and increased risk from investing in new technologies to adapt to climate change.
The importance of seeing climate change risks as a business opportunity and the impact of collaborative industry action was also discussed. FDF announced it is currently reviewing its Five-fold Environmental Ambition, with the aim of launching a new set of ambitions and targets for the sector in early 2016.
Barbara Gallani, FDF’s policy and sustainability director, says, “No individual player can succeed in tackling sustainability challenges on their own so we were delighted to bring together so many leading companies and experts at our annual sustainability convention.
“FDF and its members believe that collaboration across the food and drink supply chain is essential to building resilience and tackling the challenges of world population growth, increased pressures on natural resources and the need to mitigate and adapt to climate change. We are seeing increased collaborative efforts within the sector and innovative solutions are being developed in all parts of the supply chain.”
