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“The Farm Animal Welfare awards make it clear that food business is turning its back on battery cages. It would be wonderful to see more London Boroughs adopting a cage-free egg policy. By doing so, they will be using their influential buying power to help create a more compassionate world. Consumers are showing that they care by buying higher welfare animal products. Boroughs can too.” Philip Lymbery, Compassion in World Farming and supporter of the Food Legacy programme inspired by the London 2012 Food Vision |
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Since launching in 2007, Compassion in World Farming’s Food Business Team has pioneered a unique partnership approach to working with the food industry throughout Europe, with great results for both businesses and farm animals.
Compassion's mission is to put animal welfare at the heart of the food industry. Compassion continues to improve and achieve enforcement of farm animal welfare laws in UK and Europe, and is spreading across Europe and beyond. They now have offices in The Netherlands, France and Italy; and representatives firmly established in the United States, South Africa and China.
The Food Business Team engage with manufacturers, retailers, foodservice companies and the public sector, inspiring progress through prestigious awards and supporting products and initiatives which represent tangible benefits for farm animals, as well as innovative and competitive advantages for their businesses.
Through Compassion’s Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards over, 265 million farm animals are set to benefit as a result of winners' commitments to change and, many major companies now report on animal welfare as part of their corporate social responsibility and sustainability programmes.
Compassion’s flagship scheme, the Good Egg Award, was launched in since 2007 to celebrate companies who source cage-free eggs. To achieve a Good Egg Award, companies must purchase eggs only from cage-free production, and preferably from free-range or organic production systems. Winners to date include The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and several London Boroughs.
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“Sainsbury’s has a long-standing commitment to animal welfare, and in 2009 we were the first major retailer to stop selling eggs from caged hens. We managed this a year ahead of our 2010 target and more than two years ahead of Government legislation. In addition, we will ensure that by 2012, any eggs we use as an ingredient in our own-brand foods are from cage-free hens.” Judith Batchelar, Sainsbury’s, and member of the London Food Board |
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“We are delighted to receive a Good Egg Award. Croydon Council takes responsible procurement of food and drink seriously and tries to understand the ethical and environmental impacts of food buying decisions. Since becoming the first London borough to achieve Fairtrade status in 2002, Croydon has been working across a range of contracts to see how more sustainable food and drink can be incorporated. The council already uses free range eggs in most of its catering contracts, and is committed to being completely cage free by 2012.” Allyson Lloyd, Corporate Catering Manager, Croydon Council |
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What can London Boroughs do? Adopt a cage-free egg policy and apply for a Good Egg Award.
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