Sustainability & environment news and analysis – Page 107
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NewsFarming and food production costs rise by more than 30% in April
‘Agflation’ could also be exacerbated long-term by impact of environmental rules on dairy
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NewsFinnebrogue announces plant-based partnership between Better Naked and the Co-op
Among the six listings are four new lines which will be available across all 1,200 stores this week
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NewsCoca-Cola adds attached caps to plastic bottles to prevent littering
The new caps are being manufactured at CCEP’s factory in East Kilbride, Scotland
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NewsGrowers warn apple prices will have to rise due to cost of production
Trade body British Apples & Pears said the industry was experiencing an up to 25% rise in cost of production this year
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NewsSoft drinks startup Headstand debuts with coffee leaf seltzer
Headstand founder Josh Tarlo previously served as head of coffee at Kiss the Hippo and Origin Coffee Roasters
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NewsAldi removing plastic-wrapped baked bean multipacks from all stores
The move is achieved by ditching multipacks and applying a multibuy discount for customers who arrive at the checkout with four tins
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NewsScottish Wholesale Association joins taskforce to boost zero-emission trucks
The SWA was invited to join after the success of its ‘Decarbonisation of the Wholesale Industry’ project
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Comment & OpinionAs brands Hun and Babe struggle, is there a future for canned wine in the UK?
Hun said an “extremely tough” festival season in 2021 had led to it calling in the administrators
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NewsM&S defends Marble Arch store plans after government halts redevelopment
The retailer has claimed the renovation plans will “positively impact the environment”
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NewsLanchester Group to splash £20m on new Greencroft Bottling site
The new 22,000 sq m site will more than double the potential capacity of Greencroft Bottling to up to 400 million litres per year
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NewsBirds Eye launches biodiversity campaign on packs of peas
The Peas for Bees campaign aims to educate the nation on the importance of sourcing food sustainably and biodiversity
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NewsCoconut Collab launches Gut Health plant-based yoghurt alternative range
The products are fermented in the traditional way and each pot has multiple strains of live gut-friendly cultures
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NewsOnline surplus stock supermarket Motatos to launch in UK next month
The company was founded in 2014 in Sweden – where it is known as Matsmart – and later expanded into Denmark and Finland
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NewsNomad Foods calls on industry to implement carbon impact assessments
When analysing the 22 frozen Nomad products, most had an equal or lower carbon footprint as similar products using other preservation methods
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NewsFreshgro launches plan to grow first carbon neutral carrot crop
All carrots are grown within 15 miles of the packhouse, which is powered by a 500kW wind turbine and 200kW solar panels
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NewsTesco and WWF launch accelerator programme to fast-track sustainability
Tesco has announced the names of eight companies that will go head to head to find the best ideas
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NewsBooker retailers prevent 300,000 meals going to waste via Too Good To Go scheme
Booker said the initiative had prevented over 135,000kg of food from going to waste
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Comment & OpinionLand fallowing: How an unlikely safari gave me hope in the climate crisis
Intensively farmed until 2005, Knepp has recovered in fewer than 20 years to be a leading site of biodiversity and, perhaps less intuitively, climate action
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NewsSoya campaign launched to stop chicken farmers using Brazilian feed due to poison fears
Bees, macaw parrots, tapirs, fish, frogs, birds of prey and bats are, according to the organisation, ’falling victim to the toxic chemicals sprayed on soya’
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NewsAccolade adds Wise Wolf trio of French wines in 100% recycled glass bottles
The range consists of three SKUs: a chardonnay, a rosé and a cabernet sauvignon