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The Industry Sustainability Group (ISG) was established in 2009. The Group was formed following consultation with IGD members on its need, a workshop to identify potential topics, and ratification by IGD’s Policy Issues Council (PIC).
Aim:
To enable the food and grocery sector to adapt to a more resource constrained world, through the development of insight and good practice on key sustainability issues.
Objectives:
- Keep a watching brief on sustainability issues relevant to food and grocery companies, through interaction with ISG members, government, NGOs and other relevant agencies within the UK and internationally
- Identify work programmes and deliver specific outputs which deliver public benefit through improving industry knowledge, experience and skills (e.g. good practice guidance; use of common terminology; communication etc)
Current Work Streams:
- Reviewing current methodology of carbon footprinting and approaches across the supply chain of communicating carbon embedded in products
- Mapping of and engagement with relevant water related initiatives in the UK and beyond, including identification of standards/protocols relevant to the food and grocery sector.
- Providing a practical guide for grocery companies to understand, assess and manage water related risks in their supply chains.
Membership:
- ASDA Stores Ltd
- Bakkavor Group
- Booker Group plc
- Cadbury
- Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd
- Compass Group PLC
- Dairy Crest Group plc
- Greencore Group plc
- H J Heinz Co Ltd
- John Lewis plc
- Kellogg Marketing & Sales Co
- Kerry Foods Ltd
- Kimberly-Clark Ltd
- Kraft Foods
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- Marks & Spencer plc
- McVities (UK)
- Musgrave Group
- National Farmers' Union
- Nestlé UK Ltd
- Northern Foods plc
- PepsiCo UK & Ireland
- Robert Wiseman & Sons Ltd
- Sainsbury's
- Tate & Lyle Sugars
- Tesco Stores Ltd
- The Co-operative Group
- Unilever plc
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
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Water Sub Group, illustrating Best Practice
The group will provide a practical guide for grocery companies to understand, assess and manage water related risks, where appropriate Illustrate best practice. The guide will be disseminated through IGD’s web-site and other channels with the objective of helping food and grocery companies manage the risks water poses (e.g. direct water use in the supply chain, quality, quantity and flooding).
- ASDA Stores Ltd
- National Farmers' Union
- Nestlé UK Ltd
- PepsiCo UK & Ireland
- Robert Wiseman & Sons Ltd
- Sainsbury's
- Unilever plc
Carbon footprint methodology and communication
PAS 2050 – Assessment of the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission of goods and services was published in October 2008
PAS 2050 and the guidance document are freely available from www.bsigroup.com/PAS2050
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