Sustainability & environment news and analysis – Page 289
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Blair is staying alert to sustainability strategy
John Wood The Prime Minister is still taking a close personal interest in work on the government's Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food, according to Sir Don Curry, who is chairing the Implementation Group overseeing it. At a review of...
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Sustainability heads to brand status
Siân Harrington Unilever is to use sustainability as an advertising message for the first time as part of a £25m push behind its Birds Eye brand. The E52bn company has decided to promote its sustainability credentials after initial success...
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FDF takes global lead in sustainability
Siân Harrington The Food and Drink Federation is taking a global lead with the launch this week of the first industry blueprint to help businesses build strategies for sustainable development. Timed to coincide with the World Summit on...
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fish: SUSTAINABILITY
US scientists point to serious concern for global food security' Ocean-wide study reveals collapse of fish stocks The first ocean-wide synthesis of the status of fisheries in the North Atlantic has revealed a grim prognosis. A press conference...
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fish: sustainability
JS fights for tuna As sales of fresh tuna reach an all time high, Sainsbury has announced it is to join forces with the Marine Stewardship Council to fund a project to protect stocks. Consumer spending in the UK on fresh tuna alone ...
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SUSTAINABILITY: A SORE POINT
Environmentalists argue sea cage fish farming will not compensate for the decline in wild fisheries because it takes, according to a paper in Nature, three tonnes of wild fish to produce one tonne of farmed salmon. So aquaculture is hardly helping...
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Sustainability is a complex issue. What does it really mean?
What does sustainability mean? Martin Paterson We're trying to identify what sustainability means to us as a sector and to pull together a starting point for the discussion. We have a definition which states: Meeting the needs of consumers today...
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What is the land for? The British famously love their garden
But what about the rest of the population? What and whom is the land for? Houses? Food? Recreation? Wildlife? Carbon sinks (soaking up pollution from industrial living)? I was born in Lincoln on the edge of the fens, prime agricultural land, but...
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UK relaunch for Chambourcy
French yogurt producer Carbon Blanc plans a major relaunch of the Chambourcy yogurt brand in the UK within the next six to 12 months, according to Rosemary Bruno, part of Carbon Blanc's international development team. Bruno said that since buying...
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Management: Taking sustainability from the meadow to the boa
What can an organic farm teach those who run a a large corporation? A lot, according to Alan Heeks who has published The Natural Advantage, a book which maps out the principles of organic farming and then demonstrates how each of those principles...
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Campaign calls for fruit for cooking' fixture
Bramley apple growers want multiples to reposition their fruit in produce departments away from varieties such as Granny Smith
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The great British public is reacting against the uniformity of global supply and supporting hard pressed regional suppliers…