All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 183
-
NewsAsda launches bigger, more efficient home delivery vehicles to lower emissions
With significantly increased capacity the fleet will enable the supermarket to ‘drastically reduce miles on the road’
-
Comment & OpinionHow CCEP is playing a positive role as part of the Covid-19 Business Pledge
Collaboration is the most powerful tool we have, says Leendert den Hollander, GB general manager at Coca-Cola European Partners
-
ProfilesMy food & drink job: Olivia Colbeck, digital, logistics & sustainability manager, Boundless
Olivia’s varied role can include anything from social media to jetting off to Ireland
-
NewsTesco calls for new laws to make companies tackle deforestation
Greenpeace has launched a new campaign urging Tesco to drop JBS-owned companies Tulip and Moy Park as suppliers.
-
Comment & OpinionTime is running out for unsustainable soy linked to deforestation
Soy’s origins are largely anonymous once in the UK, meaning the environmental impact of the vast majority of meat we consume is completely unknown
-
Analysis & FeaturesPlastic packaging: what are the latest moves by UK supermarkets?
Here are some of the biggest achievements and announcements from the supermarkets over the past year
-
NewsHolland & Barrett boss reveals plastic-free ambition
CEO Tony Buffin said it will start the process by discontinuing the sale of plastic bottles
-
NewsSupermarket pork at risk of fuelling deforestation, warns report
The majority of soy used in UK supermarket pork supply chains cannot be traced back to country of origin, the report found
-
NewsAsda to trial hydrogen fuel cell use at Skelmersdale distribution centre
Asda said it hoped the trial would see the retailer reduce its carbon dioxide on the site by 120kg per year
-
NewsInsect-based petfood maker Aardvark smashing fundraising target
A startup producer of insect protein petfood has smashed its launch fundraising target as it prepares to make its first products.
-
Analysis & FeaturesWhat is Brazil’s beef sector doing to stop deforestation?
A new investigation has re-ignited calls to ditch Brazilian beef
-
Comment & OpinionBurger King’s country wonderkid helps it tackle metha-a-ane
It’s a pretty big deal for Burger King to acknowledge and confront beef cattle’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions
-
NewsPlastic carrier bag charge leads to sales decline of 95%
Figures released by Defra show the average person in England now buys just four bags a year from the main supermarket retailers
-
NewsScottish Grocers Federation partners with food waste app
Since launching in Scotland in August 2018, Too Good To Go has prevented 115,000 meals from being thrown away
-
Comment & OpinionAt Aldi, we see the pandemic as an opportunity – not a threat – to reducing plastic
Consumers are more concerned than ever about the environment, and we all have to play our part, says Aldi UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley
-
NewsWaitrose and John Lewis to roll out electric delivery vans
The vans are designed to save more than 20,000 tonnes of CO2 annually
-
NewsAustralian wine The Hidden Sea debuts in UK with global oceans campaign
It hopes to remove one billion plastic bottles from the ocean by 2030
-
NewsTennent’s to capture CO2 from fermentation to carbonate its beer
It will open a new £2.6m carbon capture facility at its Wellpark campus in Glasgow
-
NewsIkea unveils plant-based alternative of famous meatballs
The Swedish flat-pack retailer will sell the yellow pea protein-based balls from 3 August
-
NewsTongwen Zhao joins Quorn as director of people and planet
Zhao has previously worked for The Dairy Farm Group in Hong Kong and Unilever in Asia