Sustainability & environment news and analysis – Page 270
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NewsUnilever claims 20% carbon footprint reduction since 2008, aims for 40% renewables
The global giant revealed the figures to mark the start of Climate Week Paris
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NewsThailand 'urgently' working to avoid EU seafood export ban
Thailand is working on an “urgent” plan to reform its fishing sector in a bid to avoid an EU export ban…
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NewsWestons cuts fuel bill with high-tech water treatment system
Westons said it had seen a “step-change” in control and efficiency
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NewsF1-inspired fridge technology rolled out at Sainsbury's
The rollout comes after The Grocer broke the news in January that the chain was testing the technology in its Buckingham Local outlet
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Analysis & FeaturesLED finance options are opening up LED to indendent retailers
With 71% of independent retailers saying the upfront cost put them off LED lighting, it’s clearly still a big issue
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NewsWWF urges improved sustainable fish sourcing efforts
The NGO recently published a report that concluded the world’s oceans had a huge economic value, but were facing an “unrelenting assault” of overexploitation, misuse and climate change
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NewsOne Stop year ahead of target in LED lighting switch
Last year, during The Grocer’s Switch The Lights campaign, the Tesco-owned c-store chain revealed plans to fit LED lights across its 770-strong estate by the end of 2018
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NewsIGD-led initiative eliminates 260,000t of food and drink waste
The objective of IGD’s work has been to inspire and enable companies to prevent or redistribute waste, to build understanding of the most effective solutions and to share this widely
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NewsTakestock food waste firm picks up joint venture backing
Takestock.com is a marketplace for surplus food and drink, including beverages, fresh fruit and frozen food, but also sells food packaging and other equipment
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Comment & OpinionRed meat is finally catching a break from the green lobby
Long castigated by campaigners as ‘bad for you and bad for the planet’, red meat is finally catching a break…
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Analysis & FeaturesPoultry industry faces backlash from environmental campaigners
Never mind red meat: WWF UK is saying chicken is the real ‘problem protein’ in the British diet – and we eat far too much
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NewsChicken 'worse than beef' for environment, claims WWF UK
Duncan Williamson, food policy manager at WWF UK, said meat in general was the primary cause of environmental problems arising from UK diets, with chicken the biggest villain of all
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NewsEnergy cost problems result in manufacturer jobs threat
Under the government’s Electricity Market Reform, companies will face recovery action for heavy energy use
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NewsYazoo flavoured milk bottles made easier to recycle
The new bottles replace HDPE plastic with PET plastic that includes 20% recycled material
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NewsFrozen food could help with food security, report claims
The report, Frozen Food and Food Security in the UK, was produced by sustainability experts at Cranfield University on behalf of the British Frozen Food Federation
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NewsFood waste not yet enough of an issue for supermarkets, says former environment secretary
“Shameful” levels of food waste are not yet an “acute enough” issue for supermarkets, according to the chairman of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben. Former environment secretary the Rt. Hon John Gummer has said the industry must get rid of bogof deals for ...
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NewsM&S to begin beach clean-up paid for by bag levy
The 2015 Big Beach Clean-up aims to get 8,000 M&S customers and employees to clear litter from 135 beaches
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Analysis & FeaturesWill illegal deforestation leave corned beef chains exposed?
A new report says the UK is Europe’s biggest importer of ‘illegal beef’ from deforested lands…
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Analysis & FeaturesSwitch the Lights: LED takeup revealed by BRC survey
The savings delivered by LED are enormous – and they keep getting bigger
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UK taste for corned beef helping drive illegal deforestation, claims report
The UK’s appetite for corned beef is driving the illegal clearance of hundreds of thousands of hectares of tropical forest a year