Collaborations & Memberships
Find out more about the organisations we've joined or collaborate with
Organisation | Type | Member Since | Status | Why we're involved |
Consumer Goods Forum | Industry Association | 2014 | Participating company, member of the Board, Co-Chair of the Retailer College and the Sustainability Steering Committee | To help drive global efforts to tackle deforestation, low carbon refrigeration, food waste and forced labour |
Product Sustainability Forum | Industry Association | 2010 | Founding member, participating company and member of the Steering Group | To improve the environmental performance of grocery products |
Institute of Grocery Distribution | Non-Profit Organisation | 1974 | Participating company and member of a number of industry groups including: Feeding Britain’s Future, Working on Waste, Industry Nutrition Strategy Steering Group, Industry Sustainability Group, Policy Issues Council (PIC), and the Technical Leadership Forum | To help drive and shape the food and grocery industry whilst making sure our own business priorities are represented |
British Retail Consortium | Industry Association | 1992 (and prior to this the British Retailers Association) | Participating company, member of the Policy Board, member of the Food Strategy Member Group and represented on a number of Working Groups including Environment, Responsible Sourcing and Nutrition | To help drive and shape the retail agenda whilst making sure our own business priorities are represented |
Wine and Spirit Trade Association | Industry Association | Prior to 1996 | Participating company | To promote the responsible production, marketing and sale of alcohol and to share best practice |
Ethical Trading Initiative | Multi-Stakeholder Initiative | 1999 | Participating company and have been a member of the Board | To drive continuous improvement of working conditions in global supply chains |
Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex) | Non-Profit Organisation | 2004 | Founding member, participating company and member of the Board | To drive continuous improvement of working and environmental conditions in global supply chains |
Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP) | Industry Association | 2010 | Participating company and have been a member of the Board | To drive continuous improvement of working and environmental conditions in global supply chains |
Emerging Leaders | Non-Profit Organisation | 2011 | Member of the Board | To support programmes which encourage workers to take leadership of their own lives to benefit themselves, their families, workforce and communities |
WWF Global Forest and Trade Network | Non-Profit Organisation | 2004 | Participating Company | To improve global standards for sustainable timber |
Tropical Forest Alliance | Industry Association | 2014 | Founding partner and participating company | To support a move away from commodity-driven deforestation |
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) | Multi-Stakeholder Initiative | 2006 | Participating company and member of the Board | To improve global standards for sustainable palm oil |
Round Table Responsible Soy (RTRS) | Multi-Stakeholder Initiative | 2010 | Participating company | To improve global standards for sustainable production of soy |
World Cocoa Foundation | Multi-Stakeholder Initiative | 2013 | Participating company and first retail member | To promote sustainable cocoa economies |
International Cocoa Initiative | Multi-Stakeholder Initiative | 2014 | Participating company and first retail member | To eradicate child labour in cocoa production |
Sustainable Seafood Coalition | Industry Association | 2011 | Participating company | To promote sustainable sourcing of seafood |
Seafish Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS) | Industry Association | 2014 | Member of Oversight Board | To facilitate continuous improvement in the catching sector and ensure fish landed by vessel have been responsibly caught |
Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative | Industry Association | 2013 | Participating company | To ensure confidence in the supply and promotion of certified seafood |
International Pool and Line Foundation (IPNLF) | Non-Profit Organisation | 2013 | Participating company and supporting the Indonesian Pole and Handline Tun Fisheries Improvement Project | To help develop socially and environmentally responsible one-by-one tuna fisheries |
Orkney Crab Fishery Improvement Project | Multi-Stakeholder Initiative | 2014 | Project partner | To help improve the long term sustainability of Orkney Brown Crab |
WWF Partnership Programme Towards Sustainable Tuna | Non-Profit Organisation | 2015 | Project partner | To help improve the long term sustainability of yellowfin tuna in the Philippines |
Project UK | Multi-Stakeholder Initiative | 2012 (Project Inshore) / 2015 (Project UK) | Participating company and member of the Advisory Group | To help improve the long term sustainability of UK fisheries |
Fisheries Innovation Scotland (FIS) | Non-Profit Organisation | 2018 | Member of the Board of Trustees | To help improve the sustainability of Scottish fisheries |
British Nutrition Foundation | Non-Profit Organisation | 1967 | Participating company and member of Industrial Scientists Committee | To challenge current practices and to provide evidence-based scientific insight and information on a broad range of nutrition and health matters |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) | Research Council | 2012 | Member of Bioscience for Industry Strategy Advisory Panel and Diet and Health Research Industry Club (DRINC) | To provide strategic input into non-medical bioscience research needs |
Fresh Produce Consortium | Industry Association | 2000 | Participating company | To help drive collective change across the produce sector |
Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board | Industry Association | 2000 | Participating company | To collaborate on agricultural and horticultural research |
Linking Environment & Farming (LEAF) | Industry Association | 2000 | Participating company and member of Technical Advisory Board | To support the development and rollout of the standard across the farming community. Major sponsor of Open Farm Sunday |
Soil Association | Non-Profit Organisation | 1998 | Participating company | To support the development of organic standards |
Organic Farmers & GrowersIndustry Association | Industry Association | 1998 | Participating company | To support the development of organic standards |
Global GAP | Non-Profit Organisation | 2003 | Participating company | To support the development of Good Agriculture Practice standards globally |
Assured Food Standards (Red Tractor) | Industry Association | 2005 | Member of Technical Advisory Board | To support the development of Good Agricultural Practice and Good Manufacturing Practice standards for growers and packers in the UK |
Prince’s Countryside Fund | Non-Profit Organisation | 2012 | Trustee | To promote Farming for the Future programme and support projects which aim to secure a sustainable future for British agriculture and the wider rural economy |
Ellen MacArthur Foundation | Non-Profit Organisation | 2013 | Participating company - Circular Economy 100 founding member and New Plastics Economy member | To promote the transition to a sustainable circular economy |
On-Pack Recycling Label Ltd | Non-Profit Organisation | 2009 | Participating company and member of the Board | To promote the delivery of a simple, consistent and UK-wide recycling message on packaging |