Cool Food Pro is a free online environmental impact calculator for caterers. It’s designed to help users make changes to their catering practices, and give meaningful data to show how this reduces their impact. Caterers can use the tool to discover the CO₂e emissions, water and deforestation involved in the production of the ingredients in their menus, and take targets to reduce their climate footprint across an industry-leading variety of metrics including water quality, species protection and financial savings.
Caterers can choose to work on a range of impact areas in the calculator. Whether you aim to increase your organic produce or reduce food waste, you can predict and generate environmental savings to suit your organisation. These can be visualised, shared with customers using branded resources, and downloaded onto a bespoke report to demonstrate impact to your clients. Visit our website to register your account on the calculator, and access the wealth of free resources to support and promote your sustainability work!
Over the last two years the Cool Food Pro team have used funding and pro bono support from Deloitte to further develop their fully funded, free to use environmental impact and savings calculator and educational programme, helping bring about change at all levels of our food system through sharing meaningful data and developing collective understanding. Read our full impact report to find out more!
Food production creates around 30% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2021, more than a thousand caterers in the UK and France have been supported by Cool Food Pro to reduce their environmental impact.
Together, Cool food Pro has saved over 10,300 tonnes of CO₂e, almost 2 billion litres of water and over 650km² of biodiversity through small changes to working practices. With governmental pressures and the rise of corporate responsibility, organisations from all sectors are setting targets towards net-zero carbon emissions.
These targets can often feel challenging and potentially out of reach, particularly during a difficult economic climate. However, we can support you to make small, meaningful changes to meet these targets.
Looking to reduce the environmental impact of the meals you serve? Caterers signed up to Cool Food Pro have collectively saved over 10,300 tonnes of carbon.
By making small changes to their practices, they have reduced the climate impact of the food they source and serve. Sometimes it’s difficult to know which changes to make,without compromising the quality of meals and incurring additional costs. In our case study, we illustrate how small changes to a typical school menu can make a big impact on the planet.
The Soil Association are working with their network of caterers on Cool Food Pro. As part of their Beyond Value Chain Mitigation scheme, Deloitte supported our work, enabling the development of exciting new features for Cool Food Pro, including full menu analysis, new reporting features, and a more user-friendly experience, making it even easier for caterers to create menus that are kinder to the planet.
From schools to professional kitchens, the tool is helping people take meaningful steps toward sustainability! Working with our project partners we continue to support and expand our network, helping bring change across our entire food system.
