Publication

The Food and Fairness Inquiry

The results of our year-long inquiry into social justice in the food system has been published.

21 Jul 2010
Blog

The ethics of speculating on food: a discussion paper

Concern that speculative investment contributed to recent food price volatility has put the ethics of speculation under scrutiny.

Chris Sutton and Tom MacMillan
3 Jul 2010
Business Forum report

Digesting the election: the new politics of sustainable food

A report of the May 2010 meeting of the FEC’s Business Forum

25 May 2010
Publication

Food and fairness: the second hearing

The inquiry committee heard evidence about ‘Fair play: inequalities of opportunity' on 23 October 2009.

22 Oct 2009
Publication

Livestock consumption and climate change

A new report from the Food Ethics Council, commissioned by WWF, provides a framework to help producers, policy-makers and environmental groups break out of a stalemate over the role that changing meat and dairy consumption should play in mitigating climate change.

Tom MacMillan and Rachael Durrant
28 Sep 2009
Publication

Working better together: Lessons for effective government-business collaboration

Report from a roundtable considering what lessons for the futurecan be drawn from the experience of partnership initiatives to date.

8 Aug 2009
Publication

Water labels on food: issues and recommendations

Across the globe, water scarcity is shaping up to be one of the most pressing environmental, social and economic challenges of coming decades. A new report examines what we should do about it.

19 Jul 2009
Business Forum report

Water risks: a stewardship approach

A report of the July 2010 meeting of the FEC’s Business Forum

Food Ethics Council
30 Jun 2009
Publication

Flying food: responsible retail in the face of uncertainty

The debate over the environmental costs and development benefits of air freight has matured in the months since the issue first hit the headlines. This report by the Food Ethics Council, based on work with the environment and development groups who lead the public debate on air freight, gives detailed guidelines on how supermarkets should respond to this increasingly high profile issue.

Tom MacMillan, Lucy Alston, Ruth Segal, Paul Steedman
30 Apr 2008