What can businesses do?

There are many ways businesses and organisations can make changes and support the principles in the Nottinghamshire Food Charter. Here are a few examples:

• include food in your strategic and business plans
• procure sustainable, local, and responsibly sourced food
• provide opportunities to grow food at work
• support community food projects through staff volunteering opportunities
• increase access to healthy food and drinks in canteens and where possible sign up to the Healthy Options Takeaway scheme
• promote national healthy eating campaigns within your workplace
• adopt a policy to not endorse high fat/sugar/salt food products
• create opportunities for local people to try, taste and buy local food
• use planning powers to prevent fresh food deserts and fast-food swamps
• adopt measures to reduce food waste and unnecessary packaging from the whole supply chain.