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SDC Reports & Papers

Looking back, Looking Forward: Sustainability and UK food policy 2000 – 2011

Date:25/03/2011
Classification:Food Farming Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Making Sustainable Lives Easier: A Priority for Governments, Business and Society

Date:21/02/2011
Classification:Economics Food
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Setting the Table: Advice to Government on priority elements of sustainable diets

Date:10/12/2009
Classification:Health Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Gosod y bwrdd: Cyngor i’r Llywodraeth ar blaenoriathau

Date:10/12/2009
Classification:Sustainable Consumption & Production Food Health
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Food Security and Sustainability: The perfect fit

Date:10/07/2009
Classification:Food Natural Resources
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Breakthroughs for the twenty-first century

Date:01/07/2009
Classification:Food Sustainable Communities Breakthroughs
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The Campden Lecture - Sustainability Through Food Security

Date:26/06/2009
Classification:Food
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SDC's response to the Review of Food Standard Agency’s Advice on Fish Consumption

Date:07/04/2009
Classification:SDC Response Food
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Horticulture 2018 - Dr Alan Knight

Date:16/03/2009
Classification:Food
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SDC response to the Defra discussion paper, Ensuring the UK’s Food Security in a Changing World

Date:23/10/2008
Classification:Natural Resources Food SDC Response
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SDC Scotland Response The Right Ingredients

Date:14/04/2008
Classification:SDC Response Sustainable Communities Health Food Farming Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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Yn wyrdd, yn deg ac yn iach

Date:28/03/2008
Classification:Welsh Health Food Farming Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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Vision for a Sustainable Food Chain - Workshop Report

Date:14/02/2008
Classification:Food Sustainable Consumption & Production Natural Resources
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Supermarkets Thematic Review: Stakeholder Consultation Report

Date:14/02/2008
Classification:Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Green, Healthy and Fair

Date:14/02/2008
Classification:Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Sustainable Development in Scotland 2007

Date:04/09/2007
Classification:Education Sustainable Communities Transport SD Strategy Review Housing and Regeneration Health Governance Food Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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Sustainable Development in Scotland 2007 - Executive Summary

Date:04/09/2007
Classification:Education Sustainable Communities Transport Health Governance Food Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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Cymru Iach Gynaliadwy

Date:31/05/2007
Classification:Sustainable Consumption & Production Food Governance Health Transport Sustainable Communities
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Healthy Sustainable Wales Toolkit

Date:04/04/2007
Classification:Sustainable Communities Transport Health Governance Food Energy Economics Climate Change
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Looking Back, Looking Forward

Date:22/05/2006
Classification:Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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I will if you will - Towards sustainable consumption

Date:01/05/2006
Classification:Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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I will if you will - Towards sustainable consumption - A summary

Date:01/05/2006
Classification:Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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Contribution to the Public Health Consultation – Choosing Health?

Date:01/05/2004
Classification:Health Food
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Comments on the Food and Health Problem Analysis Paper

Date:24/11/2003
Classification:Food Health
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Sustainability of sugar supply chains (SDC report)

Date:16/04/2003
Classification:Food Farming
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Food procurement for health and sustainable development (Summary of work submitted Sustainable Procurement Group)

Date:01/05/2002
Classification:Health Food Farming
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Sustainable food procurement in the NHS

Date:01/05/2002
Classification:Health Food Farming
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From vision to action - SDC's perspective on the work of the Curry Commission

Date:01/03/2002
Classification:Food Farming
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Sustainability appraisal of policies for farming and food

Date:01/12/2001
Classification:Food Farming
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A vision for sustainable agriculture

Date:01/10/2001
Classification:Food Farming
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Consultant Reports

$100 a Barrel of Oil

Date:18/11/2007
Classification:Food Energy
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$100 a Barrel of Oil - Executive Summary

Date:18/11/2007
Classification:Food Energy
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Double Dividend: Promoting good nutrition and sustainable consumption through healthy school meals

Date:19/12/2005
Classification:Health Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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One Future - Different Paths The UK's Shared Framework for Sustainable Development

Date:07/03/2005
Classification:Sustainable Communities Communications Transport SD Strategy Review Housing and Regeneration Governance Food Farming Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business
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Sustainability implications for the Little Red Tractor scheme

Date:01/01/2005
Classification:Sustainable Consumption & Production Farming Food
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Speeches and articles

Sustainable communities through revitalising and sustaining small towns and regional agriculture

Date:17/09/2004
Classification:Sustainable Communities Food Farming
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Case Studies

The Chai Centre in Burnley: Case Study

Date:15/03/2007
Classification:Food Health Education
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's Sustainable Catering Project

Date:15/03/2007
Classification:Health Food
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Royal Brompton Hospital Food Project

Date:25/06/2006
Classification:Health Food
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Nottingham City Primary Care Trust, pioneers in sustainable procurement

Date:09/12/2005
Classification:Health Food
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Welsh Health Supplies

Date:24/01/2005
Classification:Food Health
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Cornwall’s NHS Food Project

Date:24/01/2005
Classification:Food Health
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West Cumberland Hospital

Date:24/01/2005
Classification:Food Health
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The Good Food Project

Date:24/01/2005
Classification:Food Health
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Bedford Hospital Catering

Date:31/08/2004
Classification:Health Food
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North West NHS Suppliers Bureau

Date:24/08/2004
Classification:Farming Health Food
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East Sussex Food and Health Partnership

Date:19/05/2004
Classification:Food Health
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Fruit in Schools in the Yorkshire and Humber region

Date:29/03/2004
Classification:Food Health
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Pickering Community Orchard

Date:26/03/2004
Classification:Farming Health Food
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Annual Reports

On the Move: SDC Annual Review 2005

Date:22/12/2005
Classification:Local Government Education Sustainable Communities Transport Housing and Regeneration Health Governance Food Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business
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Progress: SDC 2004 critique

Date:01/02/2005
Classification:Sustainable Communities Communications Transport Housing and Regeneration SD Strategy Review Health Governance Food Farming Energy Economics Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change Business
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Other Commission

SDC Scotland Press Release Green Healthy and Fair

Date:17/02/2008
Classification:Food Farming Sustainable Consumption & Production Climate Change
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No such thing as a free lunch?

Date:03/09/2007
Classification:Food Sustainable Consumption & Production
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