Annual Integrated Report 2019

Socialand relationship capital Social and relationship capital Engaging our communities in the UK, we use our relationship with food to address hunger, improve nutrition, and reduce poverty by engaging with the most disadvantaged communities in the UK. In developing countries, we will contribute to improve the provision of clean water and sanitation. We will also support charitable causes at corporate and local level through both nancial giving and volunteering. Key areas of focus include the redistribution of surplus food, supporting our key charities at a national level (The Springboard Charity, The Prince’s Trust, Hospitality Action and Holiday Hunger initiatives) and supporting our sites and employees at a local level in their involvement with local community projects and charities through local fundraising or volunteering opportunities, particularly in relation to food poverty. Bidfood UK donated a total of 509 tonnes of surplus food to charitable organisations in 2018/19 (based on 0.5T per pallet) Fit, Fed and Read This scheme, a partnership between Bidfood UK, the Hertfordshire Catering Ltd and Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue service, is a national StreetGames UK project, which runs during summer holidays. Its aim is to counter the triple inequalities of holiday hunger, social isolation and physical inactivity amongst some of the county’s most disadvantaged young people. Up to 200 schools attend local re stations in Hertfordshire and children enjoy a nutritious meal along with a range of physical activity programmes and literacy sessions. This example of a joint, community-based effort has made a real difference to the children involved. The initiative was recognised with an award win for Partnership of the Year in the National Excellence in Fire & Emergency Awards held in London in 2018. CaterED holiday hunger initiative This summer, Bidfood UK has been busy supporting those who need it most, through its nation-wide ‘Action Against Holiday Hunger’ campaign. The campaign running across nine depots, aims to help thousands of children across the UK by engaging with local communities and supporting their holiday provision projects; fuelling them with supplies, nutritious meals cooked by Bidfood chefs, and volunteering support from depot employees. Laurence Tottingham, Bidfresh UK, wins Development Chef of the Year at the Craft Guild of Chefs competition Our pollination campaign – ‘Follow the Bidfood Bee’ continues to create a buzz amongst schools and employees, as we promote the importance of our valuable pollinators. As part of this national project, depots support local bee keepers across the country by regularly donating sugar to keep their bees thriving, creating bee-friendly gardens at the depots, as well as sponsoring or hosting local bee hives. Bidfresh – sustainable future We realise how much waste the food service industry produces and want to lead by example in helping to reduce this. We have introduced a screw press which removes water from fruit & veg waste to reduce the density of the load by 90%, leaving only organic waste behind. Water (kilolitres) 149 287 2018: 144 033 4% We also switched to 50% recycled plastic in our own brand water, Springbourne, which will save a total of 133 tonnes of plastic per annum. https://cloud.3dissue. net/6512/6514/6519/20083/index.html?8628 Bidfood UK – setting the standard in sustainability reporting We now supply 16 of the 20 teams in the English Premiere League Compostable packaging creates energy to power 46 homes Bid Corporation Limited Annual integrated report 2019 / 41 Divisional review