Sustainability & environment news and analysis – Page 3
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NewsWelsh food businesses call for DRS alignment with rest of UK
Unlike schemes launching in other parts of the UK, Wales plans to include glass
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Comment & OpinionWhy livestock feed is the next frontier for Scope 3 reduction
As Scope 3 targets tighten, the carbon hidden in livestock feed can no longer be ignored, says Dr Andrew Pine, business manager at UFAC
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NewsModern slavery: food brands launch Picnic With Purpose campaign
Five challenger brands have partnered with anti-slavery charities to launch a campaign raising awareness ahead of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
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Comment & OpinionGreenwashing at Groundswell: has regen-ag been hijacked?
No longer the preserve of idealistic farmers, regenerative agriculture is now firmly on the agenda in boardrooms across the food chain
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NewsNice Rice rebrands to push quality over sustainability
The revamp is intended to shift the brand to quality-led positioning while retaining sustainability as a core pillar of how it operates
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NewsNew measures agreed to curb Russia’s exploitation of mackerel stocks
Members of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission voted to restrict Russia’s mackerel catch after it unilaterally decided to raise its quota to 67,548 tonnes
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NewsWildfarmed launches Food & Nature Resilience Fund
It partnered with Lloyds Banking Group, which is the UK’s largest agricultural lender, to launch the ‘Food & Nature Resilience Fund’
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NewsWidening ‘credibility gap’ emerging in corporate regenerative farming claims, report warns
The global investor network found many regenerative farming programmes were contradictory and patchy in their coverage when compared with results from 2023
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Comment & OpinionThe cold chain blind spot in global food systems
A new global index reveals the infrastructure gap between farm and fork isn’t just a logistics problem – it’s a systemic problem threatening food security, says Pratima Singh, principal of policy and insights and head of The Food Imperative at Economist Enterprise
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NewsRetailers back EUDR-aligned UK anti-deforestation rules
Defra said the move would ‘further decouple UK consumption from global deforestation’
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Comment & OpinionChasing food self-sufficiency is the wrong goal
The UK hasn’t been self-sufficient in food for almost 250 years and with all the benefits global trade brings, it doesn’t need to be, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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NewsProgramme aiming to scale regenerative farming globally launches
Global non-profit membership network SAI Platform unveiled its Regenerating Together Programme on 24 June
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Comment & OpinionAs the heat rises, so does the risk to Britain's food supply
The UK’s definition of food security must catch up with the climate and health risks reshaping the food system, says Ali Morpeth, co-founder at the Planeatry Alliance
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NewsDefra unveils long-awaited Farming Roadmap for England
The government said the plan ‘ended years of uncertainty’, however, the NFU stressed it needed ‘urgency in delivery’
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NewsDaabon expands deforestation-compliant palm oil supply with Agropalma acquisition
The move makes the Colombian group the largest palm oil supplier in the Americas and ensures enhanced availability of fully traceable and certified palm oil that is compliant with EU deforestation regulation
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NewsHeatwave shows need for food business resilience: Riverford
The organic vegetable box company said industry had to take practical steps to protect works, produce and customers during periods of intense heat
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NewsWildfarmed launches first packaged sourdough to use 100% regen flour
Simply Sourdough is the first supermarket packaged sourdough made using 100% Wildfarmed regenerative flour
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NewsSoil degradation supercharging UK household food price pressures, new analysis warns
NGO Save Soil said degraded soils were increasing the severity of supply shocks by making farms less resilient to drought, heatwaves and flooding
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Comment & OpinionWhat does olive oil’s packaging say about the brand selling it?
The squeeze bottle has transformed the olive oil aisle but for brands serious about quality, the science should give them pause for thought, says Sarah Vachon, founder of Citizens of Soil
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NewsPlant-based protein key to supermarket emission reduction, report claims
Even a relatively modest rebalancing towards stocking more plant-based foods could help supermarkets better achieve emission reduction targets, said Madre Brava