All Net zero articles
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Comment & OpinionRedistribution is prevention policy, not just waste policy
Redistribution must be recognised as part of the economic and health architecture of food waste reform, says Vic Harper of The Bread and Butter Thing
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Comment & OpinionWhy the language of ‘doing good’ must start with people
Consumers are not rejecting sustainability – they are demanding that it connect to lived experience, says Tessa Clarke, Olio CEO
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NewsMondra joins forces with Inoqo in retail net zero drive
The move unites two industry leaders to create a single global entity dedicated to accelerating the decarbonisation and resilience of the global food system
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Comment & OpinionWant to reach net zero? We must start by fixing food waste
Put simply, the UK cannot meet its net zero commitments without addressing food waste, says Estelle Herszenhorn, director of food system transformation at Wrap
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NewsDefra talks stress need for growth agenda as much as health
Industry leaders complained the food strategy has been dominated by calls from NGOs for more regulation on health, with little focus on growth
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Comment & OpinionUK retail must unite on net zero to drive radical change
British Retail Consortium’s latest stocktake reveals supply chain decarbonisation remains the industry’s biggest challenge on the road to net zero by 2040, says BRC CEO Helen Dickinson
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NewsParliamentary group warns of 32% drop in food production without urgent action
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture said domestic food production could decline by 39% per capita
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Comment & OpinionSmall food producers pay for net zero while others benefit
The risks and costs of transformation are carried by the smallest actors while the reputational benefits accrue upstream, says Dr Rounaq Nayak, senior lecturer in farming systems at the University of the West of England Bristol
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Comment & OpinionHow retailers can help close the sustainability ‘say-do’ gap
Consumers want to make greener choices in principle, but are stopped by cost, convenience and limited knowledge, says Andrew Opie, director of food & sustainability at the BRC
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NewsDawn Meats reduces scope 1 and 2 emissions by 63% in sustainability drive
The reduction has been achieved over a six-year period from 2018 to 2024
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NewsUK food needs radical and urgent transformation, new study finds
The report, The Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, has said that if there is no action the UK will lurch from crisis to crisis, including from food price shocks, climate disasters and weakening economic productivity
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NewsNestlé defends exit from global dairy methane reduction alliance
Nestlé’s logo disappeared from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance website last month
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NewsTargets dropped as Plastics Pact II launches new mission
Wrap has set out a new mission to shift to a circular packaging system
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can supermarkets persuade suppliers to cut Scope 3 emissions?
Sustainability-linked supply chain finance aims to help suppliers, but should supermarkets go further to drive Scope 3 progress?
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Defra’s new team kickstart the government’s green ambitions?
Steve Reed and Daniel Zeichner are out. Emma Reynolds and Angela Eagle are in. What are their priorities, and are there grounds for optimism?
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NewsTesco farmers to get £10m payout under new green incentives
UK dairy farmers, belonging to the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG) will earn up to an extra 2.5p per litre of milk if key targets are achieved
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NewsCo-op relaunches Soham store as sustainability showcase
The society has invested over £1m, over an eight-week relaunch period
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NewsAldi adding solar panels to 90 stores, taking total to about 500
Aldi is set to install 144 kWp solar panel systems across 41 stores by the end of 2025 and another 49 next year
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NewsM&S backing projects to cut emissions in strawberry and chicken farming, with £1m funding
Both projects are receiving some of M&S’s £1m in annual funding for emission-reducing innovations
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NewsEleventh-hour bid to stop Brazilian meat giant JBS’s Wall Street listing
Campaigners have told the New York Stock Exchange board that the public listing of meat giant JBS listing risked violating US laws