All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 133
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NewsAsda launches in-store draught beer refills in sustainability push
Asda said the offer would also enable it to stock more beers from smaller, local breweries
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Comment & OpinionRapid grocery delivery is booming – but success is about more than speed
Consumers want more than just quick convenience from their delivery brands, says Vicky Urruela, product manager at Somo
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NewsKimberly-Clark to build wind farm to cut 56,000 tonnes of carbon emissions
The on-shore wind farm will supply the toilet tissue giant with approximately 160,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy annually
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NewsButchers IJ McIntosh unveils eco-friendly Aberdeenshire store
An eco-friendly shop has been opened by family-run IJ McIntosh, in a former car showroom in Aberdeenshire.
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Analysis & FeaturesSeasons Bakery, Ingleton: a passion for people and the planet
The business was recognised in the 2021 Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards for its outstanding work in supporting the local community
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NewsDefra to end AHDB grower levies and seek views on reform
Levy payers voted to drop the compulsory levies in AHDB’s horticulture and potato sectors earlier this year
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Comment & OpinionGetting our hands dirty ahead of a non-wasteful Christmas
Last week, amid the array of meetings in Glasgow for COP26, the Rubies in the Rubble team hit the orchards
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NewsTesco aims for plastic reduction with new refillable cleaning products line
The supermarket said it hoped the refillable sprays and concentrates would change the way people bought cleaning product
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Comment & OpinionWhat we can learn from contrasting ASA decisions on ‘green’ almond milk ads
ASA inquiries into ads from Alpro and Plenish offer a guideline on how to avoid being rapped for unsubstantiated green claims, says Brinsley Dresden, partner and head of the advertising & marketing team at law firm Lewis Silkin
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News3D-printed plant-based meat alternatives launched in UK by Redefine Meat
The company’s products use plant-based ingredients to replicate the molecular make-up of standard meat
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NewsAquaculture report slams supermarkets over sustainability of supply chains
A study by the Changing Markets Foundation accused 49 supermarkets in the UK and Europe “failing to address” the “unsustainable nature” of the sector
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Iceland offset its way to becoming plastic neutral?
The supermarket is investing £1.7m in collecting and recycling
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NewsScottish government confirms VAT bombshell for DRS scheme deposits
No.11 informs Scottish Government the tax will apply on top of the 20p deposits on products
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NewsOcado Retail claims world grocery’s first net zero head office
Ocado Group’s retail arm is the only grocery retailer to signed a carbon dioxide removal agreement with Climeworks
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NewsIceland MD writes to competitors urging them to join ‘plastic offsetting’ initiative
Walker wants other supermarkets to aim to be ‘plastic neutral’ by collecting waste plastic from the environment equal in weight to the plastic created by the business
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NewsNeat makes two senior appointments from Method & Ecover
It comes after the start-up received a six-figure backing from serial investor Giles Brook in February
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NewsAvocado grower body slams London chefs for ditching fruit over water-usage concerns
The World Avocado Organization said substituting the fruit for fava beans in a guacamole alternative was “paradoxical” due to the bean’s own environmental impact
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NewsWaitrose to trial sustainable farming at Leckford Estate to promote ‘new best practice’
The supermarket chain pledged last year that its UK farm-supplier network would be net zero by 2035
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NewsCrisp packets and chocolate wrappers can add recycling label
OPRL announced the move would come in on 1 January
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NewsMorrisons buys stake in Fife soft plastics recycling facility
The new site in Fife would initially be able to handle 15,000 tonnes of flexible plastic packaging a year