Practical Sustainability Solutions for the Food & Drink sector.
Helping UK food and drink businesses meet supermarket standards, reduce environmental and social impact, and build resilient, responsible organisations and supply chains.
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Is Achieve Goal 12 right for you?
Sustainability is no longer a side project for food and drink businesses, it’s a commercial necessity. Customers are asking tougher questions, supermarkets are tightening requirements, and legislation is moving faster than most teams can keep up with. At Achieve Goal 12, we help food and drink businesses turn this pressure into confidence and a credible action plan.
We work with organisations who care about doing the right thing but need structured, practical support to make sustainability achievable. Whether you’re taking your first steps or ready to build a full board‑level strategy, our services are designed to meet you where you are and move you forward with a plan.
Who we work with
Our clients typically fall into two groups.
Some are large food manufacturers with complex supply chains, established operations and growing scrutiny from customers, auditors and regulators. They often have pockets of sustainability activity happening across the business but no single, coherent strategy that ties it all together.
Others are SMEs where sustainability is driven by owners or senior leaders. They’re motivated, committed and often already doing good work, but they don’t have the internal expertise to structure it, document it or communicate it effectively.
Across both groups, we hear the same frustrations:
“We know we need to do something about sustainability, but we don’t know where to start.” “Our customers are asking questions we can’t answer yet.” “We’re worried about upcoming regulations but don’t have the expertise in‑house.”
Our packaged services are built directly around these challenges, giving you structure and a credible plan you can act on immediately.
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What makes us different
Achieve Goal 12 is more than a consultancy, we’re a team of specialists, technical experts, and policy advisors who guide and help you implement resolutions to your sustainability issues. We take you from where you are now to a more advanced, credible position in your sustainability journey.
Our approach is always tailored to your business, ensuring policies and practices align with your goals, values, and the frameworks recognised by UK supermarkets and international standards. We provide hands-on support and clear guidance to help you turn sustainability intentions into impactful actions, actions your team can understand, implement, and be proud of.
Our support packages
We’ve created a set of structured, transparent service packages to make it easy for you to choose the right level of support. Each one is designed around real situations our clients face, with clear deliverables and outcomes.
Packages start from £6,995 + VAT
Retailer Sustainability Audit
The problem
Food manufacturers are getting harder sustainability questions from retail buyers and don’t have clear answers. They want to get on top of it but think it means expensive consultants or a strategy overhaul they don’t have time for. We give you defensible answers fast, so you stop worrying about what the next buyer conversation is going to surface.
Outcome
We provide you with a high-level assessment of your strengths and weaknesses against the requirements of your key retail customers. This gap analysis allows you to understand where you need to focus effort in order to win or retain business.
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Deliverables
- Current sustainability position review
- Retailer requirements mapping against your key accounts
- Commercial reputational risk evaluation
- Gap analysis with required actions
- Briefing document suitable for use in buyer meetings
Sustainability Strategy Development and Reporting
The problem
Food manufacturers know they need a sustainability strategy but don’t know where to start, and assume building one from scratch means months of work that produces a document nobody reads. We build you a strategy grounded in your business, your sector, and what retailers actually need to see, so you have something credible to act on rather than a framework that sits on a shelf.
Outcome
We work across your organisation to develop and embed a credible sustainability strategy that positions you as a leading supplier of choice. We support with full end-to-end development through to reporting that meets necessary industry or regulatory standards.
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Deliverables
- Initial sustainability assessment
- Materiality assessment workshop
- ESG targets developed
- Sustainability roadmap with 12-month priorities
- Implementation roadmap with KPIs
- Workshop summary report
- Two follow-up check-in calls
- Full sustainability report development
Carbon Footprint Reporting and Reduction Plan
The problem
Sustainability leads know their carbon reduction plan probably wouldn’t survive a serious challenge but think fixing it means admitting the last report was wrong and going back to square one. We work with what you have and make it robust, so you can put the numbers in front of anyone without that nagging doubt and help you to build a coherent and compliant plan to hit sector targets.
Outcome
We support teams to develop or refine their carbon data and put in place a robust and compliant carbon reduction plan, meeting the requirements of their sector. We help build capability within the business to ensure that this becomes business as usual activity rather than a standalone annual exercise needing expensive consultancy support.
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Deliverables
- Full carbon footprint covering Scope 1, 2 and 3
- Full access to online carbon accounting platform
- Methodology review against recognised standards
- Net zero carbon reduction plan
- Target setting framework
- SBTi target setting
- Data collection process
- Report suitable for tender submissions or external use
EcoVadis Fast-Track
The problem
Food manufacturers under pressure to hit or improve an EcoVadis score have no idea where the gaps actually are and assume closing them means creating policies and documentation from scratch. We show you exactly what’s missing and fix only that, so the score improves without it becoming a six month project.
Outcome
We provide full end-to-end support for building your response and completing EcoVadis, giving you confidence and clarity on the requirements and supporting you with correct and approve documentation.
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Deliverables
- Full score gap analysis against your target rating
- Document development and updates
- Data collection and KPI tracking setup
- Template policies and supporting documentation
- Questionnaire completion support
- Pre-submission review
- Post-certification corrective action plan
Embedding Sustainability into Operations
The problem
Most food manufacturers have a sustainability strategy, but the people who actually actually deliver the work, commercial, NPD/R&D, marketing, operations, technical, have never had it translated into language they can work with. They know their operations inside out but nobody has connected the dots between the group strategy and the work they are already doing. We bridge that gap, so sustainability stops feeling like a head office initiative and starts showing up in the decisions and improvements your teams are already making every day.
Outcome
We work with site teams to identify or review opportunities and translate group strategy into tangible short, medium and long term operational actions.
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Deliverables
- Review of existing group strategy
- Site visit to identify opportunities
- Functional translation workshop
- Functional action plan with owners, timelines and KPIs
- Governance structure including steering committee setup
- One-page summary for each functional area
Climate Risk and Resilience Mapping
The problem
Food manufacturers know climate change is becoming a real risk to their supply chain, but few have actually put a number on it. They can point to the obvious things, a bad harvest, a flooded supplier site, a heatwave pushing input costs up overnight, but nobody has worked out which suppliers and sites are most exposed, or what that means for sourcing decisions, contract negotiations and margin. The real gaps are procurement get hit by supply chain disruption, operations see more downtime, and commercial need to negotiate cost price increases, and if nobody knows where the next shock is coming from until it’s already hit then you’re on the back foot. We also have disclosure requirements landing in 2027 which means regulators, retailers and investors are starting to ask the question too.
Outcome
We define, map, and quantify your exposure across suppliers, sites and distribution, so procurement, operations and commercial teams know where to diversify sourcing, where to build in contingency, and where the risk actually sits.
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Deliverables
- Climate risk review process
- Physical risk quantification (extreme weather, water stress, crop failure) against cost and availability
- Supplier and site location vulnerability/exposure assessment
- Resilience and mitigation action plan
- Disclosure-ready summary aligned to UK SRS requirements
- One-page board briefing
- Data visualisation development options
How we work
Our approach is deliberately practical. We don’t produce theoretical reports that sit on shelves, we build plans your team can use immediately. Everything we deliver is aligned with supermarket requirements, regulatory frameworks and certification standards, so your sustainability work supports commercial outcomes, and not just compliance.
We work collaboratively with your internal teams, building capability rather than creating dependency. And because we specialise in food and drink manufacturing, our recommendations are grounded in real operational realities, and not generic consultancy templates.
Ready to get started?
If you’re ready to strengthen your sustainability position, we’d love to talk. Whether you want to explore a specific package or simply understand where to begin, our team can guide you through the options and help you choose the right option for you and your team.