Our sustainability
activities
Information based on our externally accredited sustainability report 2010/11
Our accreditations
 ISO 14001 - The International Standard of Environmental
Management - across all sites
 ISO 14064 - for Management of Greenhouse Gases and
Recycled Waste Oil
 BS18001 - The British Standard for Occupational Health
and Safety Assessment Systems
 BRC Global Standard for Storage & Distribution
 Externally Verified Sustainability Report to Global
Reporting Initiative level C+.
Our carbon management
Working with our customers we have achieved a
20% reduction in our CO2 emissions over the last 4
years.
Our initiatives have included: Waste oil recycling
 Telematics
 Driver training
 Route consolidation
 Vehicle refrigeration systems
 Voltage optimisation
 Sensor lighting, roof lighting and LED lights
 Rainwater harvesting
 Waste recycling
 Electricity from renewable sources
Healthier choices and our Own Brand
 We provide detailed labeling information per 100g
to support customers in providing calorific information
on their menus
 Our 3663 products are free from all artificial
hydrogenated vegetable oils, MSG and artificial
colours*
 We have made average sugar reductions of 20% in
our range of desert pie fillings
 A sample of our average saturated fat reductions
include of 20% in Burgers, 40% in Muffins and 30% in
Quiches
 We have reduced lots of Own Brand packaging
weights, for example removing shrink wrap provided
a 40gm reduction in weight on the cling film box
*as identified in the FSA Southampton report
Our product provenance
 Our price list now identifies over 1300* British
products with a union jack symbol and we intend
to keep growing this range
 We have ranges of local and regional produce
in Wales, North Wales, East Anglia, Scotland,
South West and Yorkshire
 Swithenbank foods provide local produce from
a number of growers within the UK
 Our exclusive Giffords fine foods range
provides a range of high quality traditional British
lines
*containing 65% or more British produce
Our ethical and accredited
food products
 We have Grade A BRC accreditation on our fresh
meat
 Members of EBLEX Beef & lamb quality standards
scheme
 Red Tractor license holders for Farm Assured UK
beef, lamb & chicken and we stock over 120 Red
Tractor products including potatoes, dairy, meat and
produce
 We stock 23 fish products with MSC accreditation
 We have over 75 Fairtrade lines
 We are the main foodservice stockist for ‘onewater’
Our ethical and accredited
non-food products
We stock over 140 accredited non food lines
including:
 100% recycled napkins and toilet tissue
 Recyclable & compostable disposables
 Ecological cleaning solutions which are
completely biodegradable
 Sustainable catering equipment including
cookers, dishwashers & fridges that save energy &
water
 Energy saving design and layout of kitchens, to
help customers reduce operational costs and
environmental footprint
Our communities
 We have supported over 230 local and 42
national charities
…and raised over £235k for good causes
…giving more than 5,300 hours to community and
charity initiatives
 We have provided over 23,000 meals provide
through the Fareshare food network
 Over £7,500 raised through a charitable lottery to
support Hospitality Action
 15 water projects have been funded giving life
support to 250,000 people in 75 South African
communities
Our recent awards
 Green Business Awards 2011, Partnership with ISS
 Motor Transport Awards 2011, Environment Award
 him! Best Wholesale Awards, Best Delivered
Wholesaler
 Sunday Times Best Companies - ‘one to watch’
 Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA)
Utensils Supplier of the Year award
If you would like to know more,
our full report can be found at
http://www.3663corporate.co.uk