Resources

Case study
8 July 2014

The Millennium Stadium is aiming to continually improve the sustainability of its operations, and this includes identifying ways to reduce and recycle waste.

Initiatives:
  • Food and drink
  • Reducing and preventing food waste
  • Measuring and reporting food waste
  • Courtauld Commitment
Sector:
  • Hospitality and food service
Case study
13 June 2014

The Co-operative Food has undertaken a series of initiatives to give their stores and customers increased product life in order to combat waste.

Initiatives:
  • Food and drink
  • Reducing and preventing food waste
  • Courtauld Commitment
  • Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
  • Household food waste
  • UN SDG 12.3
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Retailers and brands
Guide
9 April 2014

WRAP, INCPEN, The Packaging Federation, the Food and Drink Federation, Kent Waste Partnership and the British Retail Consortium carried out independent research into consumers’ attitudes, behaviours and motivations around food waste and food packaging, to better understand how to help reduce the amount of food thrown away.

Initiatives:
  • Food and drink
  • Reducing and preventing food waste
  • Courtauld Commitment
  • Meat, poultry and fish
  • Fresh produce sector
  • Dairy sector
  • Bakery sector
  • Ambient foods sector
Sector:
  • Manufacturers
  • Retailers and brands
  • Packaging producers
Guide
10 January 2014

The Extending Clothing Life Protocol is a set of guides and principles to aid clothes designers and manufacturers in creating longer lasting clothing.

Initiatives:
  • Textiles
  • Fibre & fabric selection
  • Design for extending clothing life
  • SCAP 2020
Sector:
  • Manufacturers
  • Retailers and brands
  • Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
Report
1 December 2013

This report contains analysis of the impact of the carrier-bag charge introduced in Wales in 2011 on the sales of bin bags. It quantifies the increase in sales and compares this increase to the reduction in carrier-bag use that accompanied the introduction of the charge. There is also information on trends in sales of bags for life during this period.

Initiatives:
  • Plastic Packaging
Report
1 November 2013

This report is a quantification of the true cost of food waste in the UK’s Hospitality and Food Service industry.

More recent headline figures for food waste in the sector have been published in the Courtauld Commitment 2025 Milestone Progress Report.

Initiatives:
  • Food and drink
  • Reducing and preventing food waste
  • Measuring and reporting food waste
  • Courtauld Commitment
  • Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
  • Guardians of Grub
  • Guardians of Grub Becoming a Champion
Sector:
  • Hospitality and food service
  • Trade associations
Report
1 November 2013
Initiatives:
  • Food and drink
  • Courtauld Commitment
Sector:
  • Retailers and brands
Tool
17 June 2013

This section looks in detail at defining your communications aim and setting your overall objectives.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Service design
  • Communicating with residents
  • Collections and sorting
  • Kerbside collection
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
17 June 2013

The next stage in the communications planning cycle is to select the strategy and communications methods most appropriate to achieving your aim and objectives. This section helps you look at your overall approach, the issues to consider in different operational situations and how to choose the most appropriate mix of communication methods for your situation. You should start by considering your overall strategic approach and consider which main communication methods to use. This section takes you through this process and looks at the types of communication methods and how to use them to use to support services in different situations and target different audiences. 

Initiatives:
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
17 June 2013

This monitoring and evaluation section shows that it is part of a continuous process of learning and improvement that enables you to assess the performance of your communications against your aim and objectives. 

Initiatives:
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
17 June 2013

This target audience section helps you to identify and describe your target audience. You must be clear about the target audience for your communications and keep them as the focus of your effort at all stages.  

Initiatives:
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
17 June 2013

This section shows how your communication methods cover a wide range of individual activities. Once you have decided on your overall strategy and selected the mix of communication methods to use, you need to look in detail at the communications activities you need to deliver your strategy’s objectives. 

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Communicating with residents
Sector:
  • Local Authorities