Lomond worked with more than 60 Scottish suppliers to deliver a locally-sourced, low-carbon, sustainable menu for COP26 The Glasgow-based wholesaler was approached by Compass Scotland, an existing customer, to deliver a locally-sourced, low-carbon, sustainable menu for COP26. The brief for... Read more
Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) Chief Executive Colin Smith issued a rallying cry to Scottish government to support wholesalers to decarbonise the industry Smith’s impassioned message comes on the back of SWA publishing the findings from the first phase of its... Read more
A new fleet of hybrid vehicles have been unleashed by Lomond: The Wholesale Food Co The collection of 20 7.5-tonne hybrid refrigeration vehicles will help to reduce the foodservice wholesaler’s carbon footprint. Each of the vehicles are in Lomond’s new... Read more
A focus on packaging and energy efficient lighting is taking Brakes’ CSR standards to a new level The initiatives add to the foodservice wholesaler’s impressive array of environmental policies, which included a 2ZERO20 pledge to cut hard-to-recycle black plastics from its supply chain. The new packaging policy... Read more
Bidfood has become the first UK wholesaler to sign up to a science-based net zero carbon target Coming under the category of Food and Staples Retailing, the pledge has been made to champion change within the foodservice sector and to... Read more
Birchall Foodservice reducing its carbon footprint by installing hundreds of solar panels The Burnley-based wholesaler started work last week on 388 clean energy solar panels to be fitted on its main warehouse roof. The changes will save more than 50... Read more
The Scottish Wholesale Association is moving into Phase 2 of its decarbonisation project designed to help members and the wider wholesale sector become greener and more sustainable. With ambitious plans to decarbonise the wholesale food supply chain and achieve net-zero... Read more
Scottish Wholesale Association’s Chief Executive Colin Smith discusses why it’s important the sector steps up to tackle the issue of sustainability and how SWA is working on decarbonisation projects It’s easy to talk about only one thing at the moment and it’s... Read more
