Sustainability news

JJ rolls out solar panels across all branches

JJ rolls out solar panels across all branches

JJ Foodservice is investing more than £2m to install solar panels on the roofs of all nine of its UK branches

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Don’t back sustainability at your peril – study

Don’t back sustainability at your peril – study

TWC research done in partnership with SWA suggests Scottish retailers not thinking green will lose out

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SWA members invited to make funding bid

SWA members invited to make funding bid

Innovate UK and Department for Transport funding competition open until October

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Brakes and Sysco piloting zero emissions vehicles in GB

Brakes and Sysco piloting zero emissions vehicles in GB

Customers to receive deliveries from electric vehicles as part of programme to understand decarbonising GB's largest foodservice fleet

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SWA pairs with industry experts for greener future

SWA pairs with industry experts for greener future

Association joins forces with The Algorithm People and Auditel

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Consumers expect business to lead on sustainability – report

Consumers expect business to lead on sustainability – report

Study says 56% of consumers believe convenience stores could do more to demonstrate credentials

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Ylva Haglund joins SWA as head of sustainability

Ylva Haglund joins SWA as head of sustainability

New hire to help wholesalers make their operations greener

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Hunt’s Foodservice sees 76% drop in vehicle emissions

Hunt’s Foodservice sees 76% drop in vehicle emissions

Wholesaler's switch to biofuel paying dividends

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FWD conference: Collaboration key to supply chain sustainability

FWD conference: Collaboration key to supply chain sustainability

Experts unite to discuss how to make wholesale greener

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Seven weeks to change shoppers’ relationship with plastic bottles – study

Seven weeks to change shoppers’ relationship with plastic bottles – study

Suntory Beverage & Food research digs into shopper behaviours

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Thomas Ridley diverts 99% of waste away from landfill

Thomas Ridley diverts 99% of waste away from landfill

Foodservice wholesaler achieves brilliant landmark as part of green pledge

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SWA joins new Zero Emission Truck Taskforce

SWA joins new Zero Emission Truck Taskforce

Chief Executive Colin Smith to represent wholesale in new group

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New Coca-Cola caps to improve recycling rates

New Coca-Cola caps to improve recycling rates

Innovative attached design to stop bottle caps being littered

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AF Blakemore trials electric truck for deliveries

AF Blakemore trials electric truck for deliveries

Week-long activity tests effectiveness of zero emissions vehicle for drops at Spar stores

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Sustainability targets see Creed Foodservice set the standard

Sustainability targets see Creed Foodservice set the standard

Creed Foodservice announced plans to achieve net zero by 2035 as part of a raft of new targets – including being carbon neutral by 2025

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