Food And Drink Manufacturers And New Environmental Targets

EDM number 1297 in 2010-12, proposed by Timothy Farron on 18/01/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Environmental protection and Food.

That this House welcomes the significant progress already made by food and drink manufacturers in reducing the environmental impact of their operations, as set out in the third annual report of member company achievements under the Food and and Drink Federation's Five-fold Environmental Ambition published on 8 December 2010; notes that the original resource efficiency targets have been updated to take account of this and to respond to its policy developments since the programme's launch in 2007; and further notes and applauds the decision to extend the scope of the Ambition to include impacts across the supply chain to help deliver sustainability in all aspects of production and consumption, reinforcing the message that good environmental practice makes good business sense and that a vibrant and competitive UK food industry has a key role to play in economic recovery and the transition to low carbon growth through innovation and the development of new skills and job opportunities in an area vital to meeting the future challenges of food security and climate change.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.