sustainability & environment
Sainsbury’s spends £2m on green energy start-up Subscription
Sainsbury’s is investing £2m in a start-up company that produces energy from organic waste.
Drought set to spark new spike in food prices Subscription
Shoppers have been warned to expect a new wave of price rises on food, as areas of Britain face the prospect of their worst drought in decades.
United Biscuits reaches its zero-landfill target
United Biscuits claims to have become the first major food manufacturer in the UK to stop sending any waste to landfill.
Ethical plan sees The Co-op cut emissions by a third Subscription
The Co-operative Group has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by a massive 35%, an update on the society’s Ethical Operating Plan has revealed.
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New eco label mooted for sustainable EU fish
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Small suppliers have big ambitions for local sustainability scheme Subscription
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Eblex offers farmers four new eco pointers
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Revamped Coke app urges people to trace CO2 footprints
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Prince of Wales has his say on sustainable fishing Subscription
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Philip Dennis spends big on wind turbine
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Alaska salmon fishery exits MSC scheme
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Climate change could be boon for UK fruit trade Subscription
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Sainsbury’s charts up sustainable seafood century Subscription
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Waitrose ahead of the game on environmental health Subscription
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Freeze ASAP: Sainsbury's amends pack advice Subscription
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Sainsbury’s to sponsor tree planting project Subscription
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Asda launches green push with suppliers
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Dual-fuel lorries give Nisa greener delivery
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Mandatory bag charge confirmed for Northern Ireland Subscription
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Asda banana trays to slash use of cardboard by 15 million kgs
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'Frustrated' Tesco ditches eco-labels
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Fate of Welsh ‘super dairy’ in hands of politicians Subscription
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MP to sell food too ‘ugly’ for supermarkets Subscription
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Defra names areas for badger shooting pilot Subscription
opinion
We mustn't sideline sustainability
This June, the UN hosts the Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a return to Rio to stock-take the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development
Welfare is the issue, not the size of the dairy
As the former head of farm animal welfare for the RSPCA, I’ve seen some of the best, as well as some of the very worst, examples of welfare in industrial scale farming.
For every useful question it answers, the carbon footprint label raises several more
OK, we were wrong about self-service supermarkets in 1947, but our doubts about the Carbon Trust label have proved well founded.
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David Cameron wants 'drunk tanks' and 'booze buses' to tackle British drinking culture.
you say...
It is imperative eco labels for fish add value
It seems every country has an ambition for an eco label as a result of the perception that consumers needs more information.
Carbon label still relevant
In response to your recent article we wanted to clarify the role of the carbon label within our overall supply chain footprinting work with business around the world.
