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Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Food and catering

From planning a healthy menu to composting your waste, your food services can make a big difference to your emissions and your community.

Milestones are key actions that enable you to complete your aims. You can also use them as points to share and celebrate your progress.

Complete a food and catering audit

Review the types and sources of food provided at your setting, and how it is procured, prepared, served, and disposed of.

MilestoneLow costOne off action
Identify some food and catering quick wins

Use the findings from your food and catering audit to identify simple, immediate changes which will make your setting's food practices more sustainable.

One off action
Plan a session on sustainable food in your behaviour change programme

Educate your whole community on the topic of food sustainability, and sustainable food habits.

One off action
Identify some long term food and catering interventions

Using the results of your discussions with your catering staff and suppliers, and engagement with your staff and learners, identify some longer-term actions that will help you to improve your food and catering sustainability practices.

Long term action
Assess the opportunity to start a composting programme

A composting programme is an organised effort to collect organic waste, turning it into nutrient-rich compost that can be used to enhance the soil quality at your site.

Long term action