All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 229
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New Co-op ad champions Fairtrade and British sourcing
The society is targeting a million new members by the end of 2017 - a year ahead of its original plans
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Fyffes to face Ethical Trading Initiative inquiry
Fruit importer could be suspended from ETI if found guilty of breaking code of conduct over treatment of workers
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Starbucks and Costa unveil coffee cup recycling schemes
Initiatives come after Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall highlighted scale of waste…
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Category Report
Fairtrade for the people: Fairtrade category report 2017
Thousands more shoppers pouring into the Fairtrade market means 94% of the population are now in on the revolution. So how much has Mars had to do with this?
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Tesco reaffirms food waste commitment after bin-diver's find
Cardiff resident found “mountain” of bread, meat, cakes, vegetables and chocolate outside Tesco store
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Analysis & Features
Surplus food won’t fix food waste. Our expert webinar will grill experts on what will work
As part of the Waste Not Want Not campaign, we’ll be hosting our first ever webinar featuring experts from Unilever, Tesco, FareShare and Company Shop on hand to answer your questions
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Sainsbury's accused of 'anti-meat agenda'
The NFU is seeking urgent talks with the supermarket over its move to promote vegetables over meat in selected stores
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Co-op extends tuna sourcing policy to Princes and John West
The branded suppliers have until December to prove their tuna is sourced from fisheries improvement projects
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Drinks industry warns of 'huge extra costs' of bottle DRS
The BSDA was responding to Sky TV’s new Ocean Rescue campaign to tackle plastic waste, backed in the UK by Prince Charles
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Analysis & Features
10 ways manufacturers waste food
Supermarkets might take most the food waste flak but nearly 90% happens before products reach supermarket shelves
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Morrisons teams up with food sharing app Olio at London store
The Walworth Road branch in Southwark will give its surplus food to Olio volunteers for redistribution in the community…
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Campaigners criticise European Parliament food waste target
Voting in the EU’s Circular Economy Package, MEPs approved a target to cut food waste in half by 2030
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Tesco extends Perfectly Imperfect fruit & veg range to Poland
The retailer in trialling the range in 14 Tesco Polska stores
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Comment & Opinion
Revealed: What trainers and peanut butter have in common
Ethical peanut butter maker ups the ante with a sporty tie-up
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Sainsbury's falls down animal welfare standards list
Business Benchmark on Animal Welfare audit said retailer was yet to show it had addressed welfare recommendations
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Analysis & Features
Unilever sets out game plan to get drastic with plastic
It wants all its plastic to be reusable or recyclable by 2025. But what barriers need to be overcome?
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M&S plans to laser tattoo more produce
M&S said the system had “great potential” to increase customisation of labelling
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P&G unveils washed-up plastic plan for Head & Shoulders bottle
The supplier will roll out a recyclable pack made of post-consumer recycled beach plastic this summer
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Food waste victory as companies pledge to double redistribution
Wrap said it believed industry action to improve redistribution had reached a “tipping point”
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Unilever announces major plastic packaging recycling plans
The announcement comes on top of Unilever’s commitment to slash the weight of packaging this decade by one third by 2020