All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 127
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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
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NewsDRS will throw online deliveries into chaos, finds report
The decision to include online will mean supermarkets who have online services as well as stores will also have to take back empty containers
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NewsAlex Robinson to become Hubbub CEO as Trewin Restorick steps down
Robinson will officially take over from Restorick, who has been at the charity’s helm since founding it in 2014, at the end of June
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NewsLidl launches detergent refill station using ‘smart chips’ to reduce spillage
The discounter is selling reusable bottles containing a ‘smart chip’ that can be recognised by the refill station
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NewsTesco begins rollout of solar panels to power refrigeration units on HGVs
The supermarket said the switch from traditional diesel engine technology would save 2,000 litres of diesel per year for each vehicle
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NewsSustainable ready meal brand Wild Hare secures Ocado listing
Wild Hare said the deal was significant for consumers seeking sustainable products