Sustainability & environment news and analysis
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Comment & OpinionInside Track: good intentions won’t save the UK food system
If British manufacturers and retailers desert traditional farmers for the most intensive industrial production, it will have significant consequences for our food security, our farming community, and our health and environmental goals, says an anonymous member of the industry insider group Inside Track
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NewsTate & Lyle announces regenerative agriculture programme in France
Tate & Lyle has developed the programme in collaboration with farm co-operatives and agriculture resilience platform Regrow Ag to help farmers understand the impact of adopting regenerative agronomic practices
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Comment & OpinionWill the wet wipe plastic ban be enough to clear our sewers?
The ban has been popular. Now the government needs to double down and rein in manufacturers’ claims over flushability and misleading on-pack messaging
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Comment & OpinionReeves’ plastic plans are a taxing issue for food and drink
It looks nailed on that further increases in plastic packaging costs are heading the industry’s way
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NewsNew plastic tax raid plotted as Reeves looks to plug budget black hole
Sources say that they expect the UK’s plastic packaging tax to be one of those in the Chancellor’s crosshairs come next week’s budget
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NewsKing’s Coronation Food Project initiative delivers 5,000 tonnes of food
The King will meet chief executives and leaders from the food industry and food rescue charities today to recognise their achievements
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NewsGrowers brace for ‘disaster’ without proper winter rainfall
Grower groups have called for ‘urgent action’ from the government as the Environment Agency warned England will experience worse levels of drought next year should this winter be drier than normal
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NewsEPR fraud scam alert as food companies targeted by fake invoices
Companies have been approached with scam invoices for huge sums, purporting to be from the extended producer responsibility scheme’s administrator, Pack UK
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Analysis & FeaturesFarmer Copleys: the farm shop with a seasonal social calendar
The Farmer Copleys farm shop offers not only a bakery, private dining area and events space but opens the wider farm for a tulip festival and pumpkin festival
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NewsLWC and Asahi reduce emissions in sustainable delivery tie-up
The pair first launched an initiative in 2024, which encouraged LWC depot teams to place fewer but larger orders
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NewsTesco launches farmer data programme and calls for national framework
The retailer has launched an extension of its environmental data baselining programme to help lamb and beef farmers capture soil, water and nature data at scale for the first time
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NewsField & Flower stops sourcing Scottish salmon due to welfare concerns
Abel & Cole made headlines earlier this year when it stopped sea-sourcing its salmon, and Field & Flower has now followed suit
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NewsBig agrifood brands targeted at COP30 protests
Campaigners are warning the climate summit has been ’co-opted by big polluters and business interests’
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Category ReportA new ethical scheme on the block: trends in ethical trading 2025
Rainforest Alliance has raised the bar on regenerative agriculture – but how much appetite is there for another sustainability seal?
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NewsFood strategy’s sole farming voice steps down
Sam Godfrey is a pig farming veteran whose family sold its business to Cranswick in 2023
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NewsDrought to continue without ‘sustained rainfall’, Environment Agency warns
On the back of a record dry spring, and four summer heatwaves, the environment regulator said England would experience worse levels of drought if this winter were “drier than normal”
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NewsWales reuse plans to ‘dwarf’ cost of EPR, suppliers warn
Retail bosses and drinks manufacturers warned ministers in Cardiff their proposals would lead to soaring prices and cross-border supply chain chaos
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NewsDiageo pledges up to £5m to restore Scotland’s peatlands
Peat is a crucial component in many scotch whiskies, giving them a distinctive smoky aroma and taste
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Comment & OpinionIs ditching Rainforest Alliance a bananas move for Innocent?
Companies’ own certification schemes don’t resonate as strongly with customers. And Innocent didn’t even announce the change
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Category ReportA matter of nutrition: trends in plant-based 2025
With the spotlight on UPFs and consumers demanding cleaner ingredients decks, plant-based is doubling down on health