Our Climate Promise | Compass Group UK&I

The climate emergency is the biggest challenge of our lifetime and food has a key role to play in global emissions. That’s why, as the UK’s largest food services company, we can truly make a difference. We are calling for a food revolution to fight for our planet. Our size and scale enable us to have a transformative influence on the global food supply.

We want to work with our partners to improve our business and be a catalyst for wider change. Our target is to reach Climate Net Zero emissions by 2030 in the right way, whilst remaining dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier and more productive lives.

Our vision is to match our passion and quality for food and service with our care for the planet. We are the first in the industry to publish a Climate Net Zero plan, which will help us to deliver our ambition to create a sustainable food system.

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The climate emergency is the biggest challenge of our lifetime.

That is why Compass Group UK & Ireland is calling for a food revolution to fight for our planet. As part of the world's largest food services company, our size and scale enable us to have a transformative influence on the global food supply. We want to work with our partners to improve our business and be a catalyst for wider change. Our target is to reach Net Zero emissions by 2030 in the right way, whilst remaining dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier and more productive lives.
We will adopt short to medium term science-based targets to help achieve the goal of a Net Zero performance by 2030, in line with the recommendations set out in the Paris Agreement.
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The climate emergency is the biggest challenge of our lifetime.

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We will commit to highlighting the work and stories of those on the frontline of climate change solutions.
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Compass Group UK & Ireland announces Net Zero commitments.

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We will increase our investment in practices to aid our transformation to a Net Zero company and will continue to review our investment strategy as new technologies develop.
We will have open and constructive dialogue with our clients, suppliers and non-profit partners to hold them to the standards that we will hold ourselves to. We want those partners to be critical friends to us if we fall short.
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Compass Group UK&I joins UN-backed climate campaign.

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Becoming a Net Zero food services company will be the responsibility of the entire leadership team. We will also commit to adding an advisor with specific climate change expertise to our Executive Team.
We will report our successes as well as being open about the challenges we face. We will ensure there is clarity in our communication with stakeholders and their feedback will be made public.
We will seek to align incentives for our workforce, clients and suppliers with our climate ambitions.
Our colleagues will be integral in helping us to get to Net Zero. Across our organisation, our teams are keen to play an active role. We will empower them to develop innovative ways, helping our company transform and rewarding them for doing so.
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We will use our platform to call for policies that support Net Zero including lending our support to a carbon pricing system and national policies to reduce food waste, and being vocal and active in our opposition to damaging practices such as deforestation.
_{¹ UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, All Consuming: Building a Healthier Food System for People and Planet (2020), http://www.ukhealthalliance.org/all-consuming/}

_{^² Net Zero means: we acknowledge that emissions will continue. However, those emissions will be balanced by absorbing an equivalent amount from the atmosphere with a commitment to decarbonising and carbon reductions in line with the Paris Agreement.}