All Sustainability and environment articles
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News
Smol losses increase amid investment drive
Revenues raced 27% higher to £31.2m in the year to 30 June 2023 as it served more customers and registered higher spending, supported by new product launches, according to its latest accounts
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Major growers report turbulent weather toll
Results posted this month at Companies House by Huntapac Produce and Puffin Produce cited weather issues as key challenges to profitability
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UK grocers lead the way in WWF’s sustainable palm oil ranking
Sainsbury’s and M&S jumped to the top spots alongside Waitrose and Co-op
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Profiles and QandAs
Ibis Rice’s Nicholas Spencer on Cambodia, dancing and Chris Packham
‘I grew up watching The Really Wild Show and admire Chris Packham – having him as brand ambassador for Ibis Rice is a dream come true’
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Comment and Opinion
Ignorance or bad education? EPR woes build
Despite nearly 6,000 large producers enrolling since last August, less than 40% have actually submitted their EPR data
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The Cheeky Panda adds nine-pack of Natural Colour Bamboo Toilet Tissue
The new SKU is available now from The Cheeky Panda website at £36 for five – a total of 45 rolls
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Thousands of food and drink companies facing enforcement action over EPR data
Industry leaders and compliance schemes had previously warned companies were facing administrative chaos due to the introduction of the reporting requirements
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MPs vent fury as ‘no date’ set for mandatory food waste reporting
During a House of Commons debate yesterday, environment minister Robbie Moore said he could give no date for when proposals might be put forward
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Mosa Meat raises €40m as it readies lab-grown beef launch
The business will use the money to further scale up production processes and prepare to launch its cultivated beef to consumers in Singapore
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War on plastic: supermarkets ‘miles off’ progress needed, warns Greenpeace
Last week, an IGD report warned the war on plastic would be lost unless the industry took “rapid” action to switch to mass use of refill and reuse technology
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Oggs beats crowd target to continue mission to replace eggs
Oggs will use the money to unlock new manufacturing opportunities and bolster its branded grocery business supplying ‘cruelty-free’ cakes
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Defra unveils multimillion-pound River Wye clean-up action plan
The river has been blighted by agricultural pollution in recent years
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Analysis and Features
Plastic to paper: the next phase of the packaging revolution
Brands are debuting paper alternatives to plastic-based crisp packets, margarine tubs and sweet wrappers. But these innovations come with their own technical and cost implications. So how much progress are brands making and is a wider rollout imminent?
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Midcounties Co-op adds Retail Insight markdown tech in bid to cut food waste
The cognitive-driven technology, named WasteInsight, focuses on expiration management, more efficient donations to charities, and forecasting accuracy
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Over half of government seafood catch limits unsustainable, data shows
For 2024, of the 79 baseline total allowable catches negotiated, only 36 are in line with ICES advice
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Beam Suntory hails hydrogen-powered distillation success in government-funded trial
The trial used the energy source to directly heat the still used to produce whisky at Yamazaki distillery
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Tesco becomes latest retailer to add Best of British webpage
It said it would make it easier for customers across the UK to shop British-grown and produced food, and support British farmers and producers in the process
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Chocolate brand Cox & Co to launch paper flow-wrapped bars
The packaging innovation is the result of 18 months’ development
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Tesco turns up fridge temperatures as trial slashes energy costs
In 21 months, it helped Tesco save 4GWh on energy costs and over 835 tonnes of CO2e across its refrigerated distribution network
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War on single-use plastic needs urgent rethink, warns IGD report
IGD said the entire financial model for packaging needed to be re-assessed if it was to succeed