Plough to Plate report

The Plough to Plate Report (pdf 1667 kb) is the outcome of a cross-industry group created in 2006 to explore the corporate responsibility challenges facing food and drink companies in the UK, while also providing a framework to identify future challenges across the supply chain.

The Report has done a beautiful job of encapsulating everything that we’ve been trying to achieve in the business, bringing it all into one place, bringing all the different elements together.

The Plough to Plate group identified four areas of particular interest:

• sustainable food and farming;
• ethical supply chain management;
• product supply;
• marketing, diet and health.

Described by Tim Lang (Professor of Food Policy, City University) as "the best summary of the issues that I have seen - an extremely useful publication", the Plough to Plate report has gathered evidence from members of the public, educated observers from the media, City and government as well as industry representatives to gain an accurate assessment of the response of food and drink companies to these key issues.  Plough to Plate has also collected almost 60 case studies and examples of best practice from across the industry (see case studies)

The Plough to Plate steering group worked with Defra and the Food Industry Sustainability Strategy  (FISS) Champions Group for Corporate Responsibility. You can also read the FISS Champions Report.

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