Footprint 40

Chris Elliott

March 07, 2023 01:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

For our latest episode we were delighted to be joined by Professor Chris Elliott, founder of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast and a leading authority on food safety, integrity and fraud. On the 10th anniversary of the horsemeat scandal Chris reveals the extent to which the recommendations made in his eponymous independent review have been adopted by businesses and government, and how an emerging cocktail of risks means that foodservice operato...

Mike Berners-Lee

February 23, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

For our latest episode we were delighted to be joined by Mike Berners-Lee, the renowned writer and researcher on carbon footprinting and sustainability, and founder and director of Small World Consulting. Mike shares his insights into how businesses should approach the task of mapping their supply chain greenhouse gas emissions. We also discuss the proliferation of eco-labelling schemes and the risks associated with carbon offsetting.

Kate Nicholls OBE

September 08, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 51.5 MB

In this latest edition of Footprint 40 we are delighted to be joined by Kate Nicholls OBE, who has been CEO of UKHospitality, representing the broader hospitality sector, since its inception in 2018. Kate was previously CEO and Strategic Affairs Director of the ALMR, the trade body for eating and drinking out of home businesses. As the face and voice of the industry Kate was front and foremost in articulating the importance, value and struggles of the hospitality sector to government...

Susan Jebb

April 26, 2022 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

One of the UK’s leading scientists, Professor Jebb is is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Her recent research has focused on the treatment of obesity and interventions to encourage healthy and sustainable diets, highly appropriate when for the first time in over a decade health and sustainability are back on the FSA agenda.

Henry Dimbleby

March 22, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 50.3 MB

In this latest conversation we chat with National Food Strategy lead, Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of the Leon restaurant chain, the Sustainable Restaurant Association and London Union, which runs some of London’s most successful street food markets. In addition, Henry co-authored The School Food Plan (2013), which set out actions to transform what children eat in schools and how they learn about food. In March 2018 he was appointed lead non-executive board member of the Department for...

Thomasina Miers

July 29, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

In this latest conversation we chat with Thomasina Miers. Cook, writer, TV and radio presenter, winner of MasterChef and mother of three, Tommi has made cheese and run market stalls in Ireland, cheffed with Skye Gyngell at Petersham Nurseries and in 2007, after living in Mexico for a year, she co-founded Wahaca, winner of numerous awards for its food and sustainability credentials; in 2016 the whole restaurant group went carbon neutral. Tommi’s passion lies in food and the environ...

Charles Clover

July 20, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

For the latest conversation of this series of podcasts we were delighted to be joined by Charles Clover, journalist, author and marine expert. Charles is co-founder and Executive Director of the Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE), a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. As a forerunner of the recent Netflix documentary Seaspiracy, Charles's 2004 book, The End of the Line: how over-fishing is chang...

Footprint 40 - Ben Elliot

June 22, 2021 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

For the latest conversation of this series of podcasts we were delighted to be joined by Ben Elliot, DEFRA's Food Surplus and Waste Champion. Footprint Media Group - https://www.foodservicefootprint.com/ The Felix Project - https://thefelixproject.org/

Ben Elliot