All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 250
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NewsM&S to begin beach clean-up paid for by bag levy
The 2015 Big Beach Clean-up aims to get 8,000 M&S customers and employees to clear litter from 135 beaches
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Analysis & FeaturesWill illegal deforestation leave corned beef chains exposed?
A new report says the UK is Europe’s biggest importer of ‘illegal beef’ from deforested lands…
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Analysis & FeaturesSwitch the Lights: LED takeup revealed by BRC survey
The savings delivered by LED are enormous – and they keep getting bigger
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UK taste for corned beef helping drive illegal deforestation, claims report
The UK’s appetite for corned beef is driving the illegal clearance of hundreds of thousands of hectares of tropical forest a year
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NewsOnline farmers' markets site Farmhopping launched in UK
Rebel Kitchen, Chegworth Valley and Wildes Cheese are among brands that have signed up to a new online platform…
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NewsMarks & Spencer covers Castle Donington roof in solar panels
The panels will help the retailer maintain its commitment to sourcing all its electricity for UK and Ireland properties from renewable sources
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NewsSupply chain efficiencies would prevent 250,000 tonnes of waste, claims report
Report also recommends all “display until” dates are removed from products and a standardised approach to period an item is deemed safe to eat is adopted
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NewsLavazza develops biodegradable espresso coffee pods
Lavazza is set to bring biodegradable and compostable coffee machine pods to market by the end of this year.
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NewsBag it or Bin it report calls for co-treatment of food waste and sewage
A report on domestic food waste has called for controversial changes to EU regulations that would see the co-treatment of sewage sludge, and organic food waste. Tasked with analysing household food waste in London, the ‘Bag it or Bin it’ report, published this week, recommends that the government push ...
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NewsCarbon Trust calls for 'cold economy' investment
Investment in the development of sustainable cooling technologies is key to fighting food waste, the Carbon Trust has warn…
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NewsCarbon Trust calls for cooling investment to fight food waste
Trust calls for the UK to become a world leader in innovative and sustainable low carbon cooling technologies, as global power demand for cooling is set to grow rapidly
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NewsNew UK guidance on illegal fishing is launched
Three organisations have launched guidance on how to keep illegal fish out of the supply chain…
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Analysis & FeaturesA kaleidoscope of colour: switching the lights can hike sales
Installing LED lighting saves a fortune on bills. Everyone knows that. Yet talk to Munish Datta, the head of Plan A…
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NewsMondelez creates program to verify sustainability of cocoa supply chain
Certification body Flocert will verify sustainability and payments made to farmers
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Analysis & FeaturesCan British fresh produce season be extended with LED lights?
Strawberries and cream is a British summer staple, with more than 150 million punnets harvested during the hottest…
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NewsWrap says c-store growth to blame for waste mountain rising
Single-use transit packaging is hampering Courtauld 3 goals…
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NewsKingsmill owner Allied Bakeries announces use of 100% sustainable palm oil
Allied Bakeries is now sourcing all palm oil and derivatives used in its products from sustainable sources.
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Comment & OpinionIt could be worse: recycling in PR and the Creme Egg cock-up
You don’t hear greenwash mentioned much any more because, I think, everyone is at it…
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Analysis & FeaturesPackaging, waste and the EU - where now for the lifecycle approach?
Heckled for its shelving of the Circular Economy package, the European Commission must now return to the drawing board
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Mars pledges to stop deforestation, have a more ethical supply chain
Company will put policies in place to ensure foreign purchases do not result in deforestation, follows on from cocoa and fish supply chain pledge