All Sustainability and environment articles
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NewsBanana growers pushed to ‘crisis point’ due to climate and price challenges
The research, Bananas: An Endangered Staple, showed persistent downward pressure on prices, last-minute cancellations and unfair penalties are pushing risk down the supply chain and putting growers’ livelihoods and the future of bananas at risk
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NewsJBS slapped with 14 European legal complaints over deforestation
JBS declined to comment on the legal complaints, saying it had not seen the evidence behind the action
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NewsGovernment poised for EPR glass bailout as closures spark fury
Industry bosses have been summoned to a meeting next Wednesday by Defra which will set out a proposed solution, amid fury over the closure of UK glass furnaces
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NewsJJ Foodservice marks Nottingham depot launch with deals and giveaways
The 33,000 sq ft branch opened in September, offering restaurants, caterers, takeaway operators and other foodservice businesses a new location to access its 4,500-strong range of food, drink, packaging and cleaning products.
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NewsMorrisons and Too Good To Go team up to launch surplus chilled food bags
Ther new bags will contain a selection of dairy, deli, meat and seafood products normally totalling £12, which Morrisons will sell for £6 through the Too Good To Go app
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NewsScottish food industry unveils Climate Transition Plan
It comes as a joint plan with the Scottish government to tackle issues such as soaring fuel costs was unveiled last night
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NewsTesco launches Winter Food Collection to help food banks
Now in its 14th year, the Tesco Winter Food Collection is taking place in all large Tesco stores from 26-28 November
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NewsHola Barcelona Rosé debuts transparent can in Tesco
The cans are made from a patented see-through PET
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NewsLess than half of retailers prepared for DRS launch
Exchange for Change said seven per cent of retailers said they had either only heard the name DRS or knew nothing about it
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NewsInnocent teams up with Notpla to trial no-bottle edible juice shots
Some 78% of people who tried the pods said they would buy them if they were available today
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Comment & OpinionThe plastic tax is doing exactly what it was built to do, and that’s the problem
The UK’s overlapping packaging levies aren’t failing, they’re succeeding at being politically useful, which is why reform has to come from shoppers not Whitehall, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of WeAreSPQR
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Comment & OpinionCertification got tea this far, but it can’t take it further
The industry’s audit trail set a floor, but the cost of meeting them still falls on growers. It’s time brands shared the value, not just the standards, says Zahra Afshar, head of legal, human rights and sustainability at Ahmad Tea
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NewsAldi to add solar panels to 230 more stores
Aldi said the latest programme would involve a £17.5m investment to enable it to generate more of its own renewable electricity
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NewsVeteran BRC boss describes deposit return scheme as ‘worst ever policy’
“DRS is undoubtedly the worst policy in my 21 years with the BRC,” Opie told The Grocer in an exclusive interview this week
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Partner FeaturesOpen the door to sustainable savings
Everyday supermarket infrastructure can hold the secrets to high-profile energy savings in-store.
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NewsCommittee accuses Defra of setting farmers up to fail on SFI
The department has taken another battering this week as it came under fire in the latest Efra Committee meeting, in which emotions ran high
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NewsSpoon and Wildfarmed extend partnership with three new granolas
Fibre Fix, Nuts & Seeds, and Triple Berry are available via Spoon’s DTC webstore and will land on Ocado this week
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NewsStore with after best before date model eyes national expansion
Bargain Grocery Outlet (BGO), which opened its first supermarket two years ago in Stevenage, has plans for national expansion
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NewsHomecare challenger Smol unveils refillable range for sensitive skin
The 11-strong lineup of starter packs and refills were intended as counter to the ‘colourless and odourless products’ typically found in the sensitive cleaning segment, said Smol
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Comment & OpinionWhy rewilding needs an ‘ag’ in it
The empty-glen imagery of rewilding is bad for farming and nature alike. Restoring Britain’s uplands means bringing farmers back in, not fencing them out, says Jamie Jack, member of UK Youth Food and Farming Forum