Sustainability Bites in association with Nestlé Professional

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Sustainability Bites in association with Nestlé Professional

Sustainability Symposium is a new series of podcasts featuring panel discussions between industry experts that focus on some of the key sustainability issues and topics that confront the out of home food and drink sector today.

Episodes

  1. The Future of Talent in Hospitality & Foodservice

    OCT 10

    The Future of Talent in Hospitality & Foodservice

    As part of Nestlé Professional’s ‘Choose Hospitality Pledge’ we’re delighted to release the latest in the series of Sustainability Bites podcasts - Hospitality & Foodservice: The Future Of Talent.  In line with the Choose Hospitality Pledge’s objectives we hosted an enlightening panel discussion addressing young people’s negative perception of the sector and how we encourage more young people into the sector.  The podcast examines the sector’s challenges, opportunities and what the strategic priorities in recruitment and talent acquisition should be. The panel analyses the UK regulatory environment, and we take a close look at key trends as well as short and long term solutions to one of the sector’s greatest challenges.  Chaired by Footprint's Nick Hughes, our panel for the podcast is as follows.. Amanda McDade, National Head of Careers & Education, SpringboardJulia Jones, Head of Sustainability & Corporate Communications, Nestlé Professional UK&IMartin McDonald, Apprenticeships Lead, Sodexo UK&ISteven Edwards, Chef/Owner, Etch

    42 min

  2. MAY 24

    Packaging: materials & substitution in association with Nestlé Professional

    Plastic reduction remains a key priority for out of home businesses as they seek to achieve their climate and nature goals. This in turn has created huge interest in alternative packaging materials such as paper as well as novel materials like seaweed, but are businesses making the right choices when switching out of plastic? This podcast Packaging: materials & substitution in association with Nestlé Professional, explores the current strategic priorities of businesses where packaging sustainability is concerned and considers questions including: What alternative materials to plastic are getting the most traction in an out of home setting and why?On what criteria are businesses assessing the use case for alternatives to plastics?How are companies measuring and reporting the sustainability credentials of different materials and how can they guard against accusations of greenwashing?How is the UK regulatory environment influencing business’s choice of packaging materials?On the green sofa for this podcast are a number of protagonists in the packaging field who, whilst approaching the issue from differing perspectives, all have an eye to the future making for a fascinating discussion. James Marsh - Senior Packaging Specialist, Nestlé UKMartin Kersh - Executive Director, Foodservice Packaging AssociationJustin Turquet - Director of Sustainability, Bunzl Catering & HospitalityDavid Burrows - Associate Editor, Footprint

    42 min
  3. Sustainability Bites in association with Nestlé Professional. Episode 3 - Packaging: materials and substitution

    APR 12

    Sustainability Bites in association with Nestlé Professional. Episode 3 - Packaging: materials and substitution

    Sustainability Bites, in association with Nestle Professional, is a podcast which unpicks the key sustainability issues affecting the hospitality and foodservice sector. In this episode we explore the current strategic priorities of businesses where packaging sustainability is concerned and consider questions including: What alternative materials to plastic are getting the most traction in an out of home setting and why?On what criteria are businesses assessing the use case for alternatives to plastics?How are companies measuring and reporting the sustainability credentials of different materials and how can they guard against accusations of greenwashing?How is the UK regulatory environment influencing business’s choice of packaging materials?

    42 min
  4. Sustainability Bites in association with Nestlé Professional – Episode 2: Packaging & Waste

    07/05/2023

    Sustainability Bites in association with Nestlé Professional – Episode 2: Packaging & Waste

    Sustainability Bites, in association with Nestle Professional, is a podcast which unpicks the key sustainability issues affecting the hospitality and foodservice sector. This episode focuses on the hot topic of waste. But this is not just another podcast on waste. With waste making up around 3% of HaFS businesses footprints, we ask - is waste really a strategic priority? And if so, why? How can we overhaul our industry’s existing piecemeal approach to tacking waste to drive transformational change? And we will paint a picture of a waste-free future that can be achieved using the technology available to us today. We will talk to Nestlé Professional, Sodexo and WRAP to discuss their achievements in tackling packaging and food waste, as well as innovations in wider industry, such as innovative new eco-options that can be recycled within existing infrastructure (e.g. sea-weed based options), and reusables, such as those trialled by McDonalds or the user-friendly reuse models being rolled out at venues and festivals. Food waste has risen up the agenda because its significant carbon impact makes reducing food waste vital to achieving net zero targets. Our panellists will share insights of how organisations such as Nestlé and Sodexo are harnessing food saving to achieve carbon and cost reductions. Sokhna Gueye - Head of Packaging, Nestlé UK&ISophie Whitfield - Head of Corporate Responsibility Engagement, Sodexo UK&IEleanor Morris - Sector Specialist, WRAPAmy Fetzer - Footprint, Chair

    51 min
  5. Cost of Living Crisis: Foodservice & Hospitality

    04/04/2023

    Cost of Living Crisis: Foodservice & Hospitality

    The cost of living crisis is often talked about in the context of individuals and families. However, little light is shed on its effects on the hospitality sector in general; let alone discerning its impacts between the cost and profit elements. Despite the vaguest hint of respite in the inflation rates, the rising cost of goods and energy is having a profound impact on foodservice and hospitality. Whether it’s the disappearance of lunch trade, owners rebranding their restaurants to accommodate change in consumer behaviour, branch closures, re-thinking supply chains in operations or adapting to new offerings in B&I or education, the crisis is impacting the whole sector.  There are calls for a cost of living package to pull hospitality back from the brink. There are small mercies such as extended trading hours for the Coronation and then, of course, there is the perpetual resilience of the industry adapting to crisis after crisis. But is this enough? Is enough support available? How much can an industry take…Brexit, Covid and now Cost of Living. What next? The objective of this podcast is to delve into the ramifications of this latest challenge and examine the different impact the crisis is having respectively on both the cost and profit sectors. Also, to discuss how business has responded and what can be learnt from this adaptability. The focus is to look at the here and now but also into the future with a degree of positivity towards a less troublesome time. Tune in to the podcast to hear the fascinating debate with: Nick Attfield - Director of Hospitality & Retail, AdnamsMorag Freathy - Managing Director B&I, Compass GroupNaz Haq - Head of Corporate Procurement, BidfoodKatya Simmons - Managing Director, Nestlé ProfessionalAmy Fetzer - Footprint, Chair

    41 min
  6. Episode 3: Sustainable Diets

    10/04/2022

    Episode 3: Sustainable Diets

    The Sustainability Symposium Podcast is a series of productions in which we tackle complex subjects and try to give compound issues definitions whilst offering industry thought leadership and a road map to better practice.

    40 min
  7. The Future of Talent

    08/04/2022

    The Future of Talent

    In episode 2 we explore the challenges the industry faces in attracting new talent into the hospitality industry from staffing to supply and value chains.

    46 min
  8. Regenerative Farming: The Realities

    03/24/2022

    Regenerative Farming: The Realities

    Sustainability, foodservice, environment, food, drink

    46 min
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Sustainability Symposium is a new series of podcasts featuring panel discussions between industry experts that focus on some of the key sustainability issues and topics that confront the out of home food and drink sector today.

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