All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 26
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Comment & OpinionIt’s official: EPR’s £1.6bn green tax on industry is no joke
Treasury’s watchdog has reclassified EPR as a tax on business as it ups the cost estimate by a cool £200m. Is it all a cruel April Fools’ joke?
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Category ReportWhy stout is back in fashion: trends in beer and cider 2025
Stout sales are surging as Gen Z discovers dark beer and designer Guinness sweaters sell for £890 a pop. How did stout find its cool?
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Comment & OpinionTime’s up for hidden microplastics in food & drink
Recent studies have shown microplastics are omnipresent in our surroundings and accumulating inside our bodies, says Keir Carnie, founder of Nuud
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NewsEPR is a tax and won’t improve recycling before 2030, admits Treasury spending watchdog
The Treasury has also forecast the cost of EPR will rise by £200m from the government’s previous estimate by the end of the Parliament
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NewsConservationists will appeal High Court judgment on overfishing
Conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation said the way quotas were allocated had led to the collapse of fish populations and the decline of fishing communities
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Comment & OpinionDefra’s Food Strategy will fail if it doesn’t support growth
Addressing obesity, sustainability and food security all crucial in food strategy but so is growth
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NewsRed Tractor pledges ‘turning point’ changes in response to industry review
The farm assurance scheme has started to roll out a programme of simplified audits and promised to improve communications with farmers
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NewsFood Strategy exclusive: we must turn Dimbleby’s junk food cycle into growth, says minister
Chairing the first meeting of the new Food Strategy Advisory Board (FSAB) yesterday, food security minister Daniel Zeichner vowed Labour would provide the cross-government backing needed to make the new strategy succeed
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NewsTesco removes over 300 tonnes of glass from wine range
The retailer said it hoped to remove a further 3,000 tonnes of glass from its range in 2025
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Comment & OpinionExtended producer responsibility: a looming, utterly avoidable crisis for SMEs
Next week, the government is rolling out the extended producer responsibility scheme, risking pushing hundreds of SMEs over the edge
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NewsFood business confidence crashes amid fears over taxation and EPR costs
A bombardment of taxation and regulation has led to a drastic fall in food industry business confidence, according to a damning report released by the FDF
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Comment & OpinionIs Yeo Valley’s move into meat as crazy as it sounds?
Yeo Valley Organic expanded into meat for the first time last week – but is the new beef burger line as surprising as it sounds?
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NewsMP Evans notches record profits amid high palm oil prices
Palm oil prices have proven volatile in recent years and are now on the rise again, the company said
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NewsSupermarkets accused of dumping inedible food waste on charities
New research claims supermarkets are offloading food waste onto charities, who are being deluged with rotten food and left to foot the bill for disposal
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NewsSt Ewe becomes first UK-founded egg packer to achieve B Corp status
St Ewe is also the first EU-based egg packing brand to achieve this certification in Europe
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NewsSainsbury’s and Cranswick sign 10-year meat supply deal with £60m welfare investment
Cranswick will supply all of Sainsbury’s British pork, sausages, premium bacon and gammon and cooked meats with the Sainsbury’s Pork Producer Group
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NewsWoods Foodservice kicks off rollout of electric delivery van fleet
Each vehicle also offers multi-temperature storage, including chilled, ambient, and frozen compartments
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KVI TrackerYeo Valley takes first move into meat with launch of organic beef burger
Yeo Valley’s burger launch comes a week after it snapped up yoghurt brand The Collective
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NewsSFI closure ‘crushes all trust’ in Defra, farmers warn
The post-CAP subsidy scheme was closed at short-notice by the government last week
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NewsTinned sardines shortages loom as Morocco supply ‘non-existent’
The majority of the UK’s tinned sardines come from Moroccan waters