Comment & opinion – Page 4
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Comment & OpinionSmall but effective changes will help businesses cut carbon
Learn from mistakes, invest sustainably, forge partnerships and make sustainability a priority at leadership level, says Steve Fendley, head of sustainability at the East of England Co-op
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Comment & OpinionRegenerative farming is vital but needs proper funding
Unlike conventional practices that strip soils of nutrients, regenerative agriculture rebuilds them, says Philip Rayner, co-founder & MD of Glebe Farm
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Comment & OpinionWhy SMEs are key to solving the climate challenge
Globally SMEs constitute approximately 90% of all businesses and provide seven out of 10 jobs in emerging economies, says Pamela Jouven, director at SME Climate Hub
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: The best of Green Week
We’ve pulled together the diverse components of our first-ever Green Week into a compelling read
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Comment & OpinionWillem Dafoe gets descriptive for Laphroaig
Willem Dafoe’s delivery of some outlandish similies is pitch-perfect
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Comment & OpinionHow hotel query can help us check in with customers better
says Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter
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Comment & OpinionHouse of Guinness: entertaining cobblers should shift a few pints
As Benjamin Lee Guinness’s death sparks a power struggle, the show provides an interesting glimpse into the brand’s history… sort of
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket incubator schemes should prioritise sustainability
Accelerator schemes are an ideal opportunity to propel sustainable brands into the mainstream, says retail sustainability expert Sophie Corcut
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Comment & OpinionWhy ice cream is perfect for a ‘warm’ wellness makeover
Why ice cream is perfect for a functional makeover says Alice Pilkington, research principal analyst at Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionRegenerative rhetoric masks Climate Week’s methane blind spot
Having morphed into a catch-all climate-friendly slogan for the industry, regenerative agriculture distracts from the most urgent challenge: methane, says Lily Roberts, campaign advisor at Changing Markets Foundation
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Comment & OpinionIt’s time to finally squash the idea of insects as food
Eat at a bug restaurant once, it’s certainly interesting. But those restaurants were always going to struggle with being anything other than a one-visit novelty
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Comment & OpinionLabour should seize the chance to push plant-rich diets
The first part of the Good Food Cycle was an ambitious and promising step towards healthier and more sustainable food systems, says Claire Ogley, head of campaigns, policy and research at The Vegan Society
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Comment & OpinionThe UK could be a leader in healthy, sustainable food systems
Food is responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions – in feeding ourselves, we’re eroding the foundations of our own planetary resilience, says Ali Morpeth, co-founder of the Planeatry Alliance
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Comment & OpinionIndustry at a crossroads: which path will it take and do minsters care?
At today’s IGD conference speaker after speaker detailed the huge challenges facing food and drink
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Comment & OpinionEUDR will forcibly level up suppliers’ sustainability game
Some may argue due diligence requirements are an unnecessary cost burden but the costs of non-action are also becoming clearer, says Dr Anthony Alexander, associate professor of operations management at the University of Sussex Business School
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Comment & OpinionEPR silence from supermarkets is truly ‘mind-blowing’
As of June, many major branded suppliers had received no communication at all from their supermarket customers over EPR
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Comment & OpinionDespite uncertainties, the UK’s dairy sector has plenty to be positive about
Investors clearly have a good reason for putting their money behind dairy
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Comment & OpinionThe Grocer’s Green Week launches with mixed climate messages
Two headlines in The Grocer this morning highlight two vastly opposing views – and a perfect snapshot of why the topic of sustainability in grocery is so controversial
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Amazon Fresh, Co-op cyberattack and the Dairymen
Our coverage of the latest delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation is punchy and insightful
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Comment & OpinionHeinz boxes clever with ad that focuses on fries
A bright spark on the Heinz account has clocked a coincidence - and the brand makes the most of it