Fancy joining the Glasgow Sustainable Food Directory?
Our goal is not only to map and showcase the most socially and environmentally responsible venues throughout the city. We exist to help businesses to improve their practices whether they’re a member or not.
︎GSFD Sustainability Resources (Mar 2025)
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STAY TUNED IN 2026! ︎GSFD Sustainability Resources (Mar 2025)
We’ve made our resources available for use by all as it’s important that everyone is helped along their journey to becoming more responsible. It’s a non-exhaustive list of our
top resources and sustainable Scottish suppliers & producers. Please let us know if you have any further suggestions!
top resources and sustainable Scottish suppliers & producers. Please let us know if you have any further suggestions!
Apply to the Fourth Edition
With funding from Glasgow Centre for Population Health to develop the 4th edition, we’re keen to keep expanding and developing the directory to accomodate our evolving food scene. If you’ve got ideas and think there’s developments we should be making, drop us an email, we’d love to chat! sustainablefooddirectory@gmail.com
Application forms can be found below if you’re interested in seeing what the application process looks like.
Restaurants & cafes︎︎︎
Food shops, retailers, takeaways and bakeries︎︎︎
Benefits of being included
1 Recognition as one of the most sustainable places to eat/shop at in Glasgow
2 Publicity opportunities with the launch of each edition of the directory
3 Become part of the Good Food Movement in Glasgow, benefitting from the partnerships of Glasgow Food Policy Partnership and Slow Food Glasgow.
4 Be able to connect and learn from other businesses in the directory to help continue improving your environmental and social policies
5 Receive invites to sustainable food events and keep up to date with the latest development in Glasgow
6 NEW You’ll also recieve a vinyl window sticker and be featured in an limited edition riso-printed map distributed across the city
In the future, our team hopes to develop the directory further to include a Sustainable Food awards structure and accreditation. It’s a slow process, but watch this space!
The application process
With advice and support from our partners at Dear Green Coffee, Open Seas and Zero Waste Scotland, we’ve honed the marking criteria to be more specific and relevant to the type of business you operate. Applications scoring 75% or above of the maximum points available to their business type are successful.
The questions we ask food outlets and shops covers 4 areas:
The questions we ask food outlets and shops covers 4 areas:
- the food they sell/serve, including its origin and environmental sustainability
- health, relating to the proportions of vegetables served and how processed their food is
- wider environment, including food waste and packaging
- wider community, covering accessibility, inclusivity, staff training & wellbeing
Still undecided on whether to make an application?
On the 13th May, we hosted our first sustainability training and networking session at Civic House. It was a great opportunity for members and non-members to hear from some of our expert partners, exchange notes with like-minded businesses and speak to some of our favourite Scottish suppliers.
You can view the highlights here, and stay updated via Instagram with when the next event will be.
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