The latest Bidfood UK sustainability report is now available - and there are loads of highlights! Over the last year, we've:
- Raised our EcoVadis score to 61%, an improvement on the 53% achieved last year, putting us into the top 35% of organisations assessed by EcoVadis for environment, human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement, and the top 11% for our specific sector.
- Created and published our Carbon Reduction Roadmap, showing our key areas of focus for achieving net zero by 2045.
- Reduced our hand film plastic waste by 50% over the past two years, meaning our hand film usage with our main supplier has decreased from 165,830 kg (FY 21/22) to 84,234 kg (FY 23/24).
- Created 16 sustainability factsheets to support our customers' awareness and engagement with sustainability issues.
- Donated over 60,000 meals to City Harvest and 488,105 meals to FareShare UK through surplus food redistribution, in 2023/24.
- Improved our employee engagement score – it’s now 83%, up 2% from last year.
- Installed solar panels at five depots, reducing their reliance on the national grid by typically 20%.
- Launched a well-being-matched fund to support employee health expenses.
- Achieved a 26% reduction in food waste since 2020, aiming for 63% by 2030.
- Introduced on-site physiotherapy in 20 depots to support musculoskeletal health.
- Onboarded 16 new SME food suppliers through our Open Doors programme.
Scored 9.7 on the RSPO scorecard for sustainable palm oil (against a sector average of 4.6).
- Been benchmarked favourably by the Food Foundation for our sustainability credentials - the report will be released on 16th November!
And to top it off, all the content is externally verified and assured.
To Read the full report click on the image below 👇.
All of thesuppliers who partner with the CSC Buying Group must be demonstrate a clear approach to working in an ethical, sustainable, and socially responsible manner. So its great to see this report from Bidfood.
Bidfood are one of the largest food wholesalers in the UK. Bidfood’s mission is to deliver service excellence, making customers lives easier and helping them to grow. They supply a unique portfolio of fantastic quality food and catering products with everything in one delivery, from frozen and ambient to fresh meat and vegetables.
CSC Buying Group members have access to specially negotiated nett pricing on 3500 lines of ambient and chilled products.
Note: Fresh Commodity pricing can change monthly.
Minimum order value £175.
New members spending a minimum of £50K per annum will receive a 2% rebate from Bidfood in the 1st year
To find out more contact the CSC Buying Group at buy@cscbg.org.uk