Sustainability & environment news and analysis – Page 279
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NewsSainsbury’s spends £2m on green energy start-up
Sainsbury’s is investing £2m in a start-up company that produces energy from organic waste.
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NewsDrought set to spark new spike in food prices
Shoppers have been warned to expect a new wave of price rises on food, as areas of Britain face the prospect of their worst drought in decades.
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NewsHugh's Fish Fight plans to break new ground with third instalment
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is set to return to TV screens later this year with a third instalment of his Fish Fight campaign.
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Comment & Opinion
We should fight hunger as well as obesity
Thousands of column inches and hours of TV coverage will be devoted to Sport Relief on 23-25 March, and powerful brands will play an important role in it. But support for good causes is not just the domain of big players.
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Comment & Opinion
We mustn't sideline sustainability
This June, the UN hosts the Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a return to Rio to stock-take the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development
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Arla trialling power from waste system
Arla Foods is testing new technology that will allow it to power its plants by converting waste into energy.
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Lambing season under threat from new virus
British sheep farmers are bracing themselves for a nail-biting lambing season this spring
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New eco label mooted for sustainable EU fish
The EC should introduce a new ‘eco label’ for EU-caught fish, a senior EU fisheries politician has proposed in a key report on the Common Fisheries Policy reform.
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Comment & Opinion
Carbon label still relevant
In response to your recent article we wanted to clarify the role of the carbon label within our overall supply chain footprinting…
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NewsSainsbury’s to sponsor tree planting project
Sainsbury’s is backing the Woodland Trust’s Jubilee Woods project, which is aiming to plant six million native British trees to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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NewsRevamped Coke app urges people to trace CO2 footprints
A new version of the Trace Your Coke web app lets consumers work out how their own actions affect the carbon footprint of their drink.
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NewsAsda launches green push with suppliers
Asda has launched a major environmental drive involving more than 70 of its leading suppliers.
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco needed eco-labels
I was disappointed with Tesco’s decision to drop its carbon footprint scheme.
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Comment & Opinion
Welfare is the issue, not the size of the dairy
As the former head of farm animal welfare for the RSPCA, I’ve seen some of the best, as well as some of the very worst, examples of welfare in industrial scale farming.
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Dual-fuel lorries give Nisa greener delivery
Nisa’s lorries are about to get greener thanks to new dual-fuel technology.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Carbon Trust: too slow-footed to save the planet?
Tesco has pulled out of the Trust’s CO2 scheme, but the industry had already been seeking more effective routes to sustainability.
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NewsPhilip Dennis spends big on wind turbine
Devon foodservice wholesaler Philip Dennis has invested £1.2m in a wind turbine that will produce enough electricity to power its Ilfracombe depot.
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NewsAlaska salmon fishery exits MSC scheme
Fish buyers are set to lose a major source of MSC-accredited fish after the shock departure of the Alaska salmon fishery from the scheme.
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NewsAsda banana trays to slash use of cardboard by 15 million kgs
Asda is set to reduce its cardboard usage by15 million kgs a year following a move to shelf-ready plastic trays for its bananas.
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News'Frustrated' Tesco ditches eco-labels
Tesco will no longer feature the Carbon Trust’s carbon reduction label on its products, claiming it is too time-consuming and expensive to justify.