All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 5
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NewsField & Flower stops sourcing Scottish salmon due to welfare concerns
Abel & Cole made headlines earlier this year when it stopped sea-sourcing its salmon, and Field & Flower has now followed suit
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NewsBig agrifood brands targeted at COP30 protests
Campaigners are warning the climate summit has been ’co-opted by big polluters and business interests’
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Category ReportA new ethical scheme on the block: trends in ethical trading 2025
Rainforest Alliance has raised the bar on regenerative agriculture – but how much appetite is there for another sustainability seal?
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NewsFood strategy’s sole farming voice steps down
Sam Godfrey is a pig farming veteran whose family sold its business to Cranswick in 2023
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NewsDrought to continue without ‘sustained rainfall’, Environment Agency warns
On the back of a record dry spring, and four summer heatwaves, the environment regulator said England would experience worse levels of drought if this winter were “drier than normal”
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NewsWales reuse plans to ‘dwarf’ cost of EPR, suppliers warn
Retail bosses and drinks manufacturers warned ministers in Cardiff their proposals would lead to soaring prices and cross-border supply chain chaos
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NewsDiageo pledges up to £5m to restore Scotland’s peatlands
Peat is a crucial component in many scotch whiskies, giving them a distinctive smoky aroma and taste
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Comment & OpinionIs ditching Rainforest Alliance a bananas move for Innocent?
Companies’ own certification schemes don’t resonate as strongly with customers. And Innocent didn’t even announce the change
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Category ReportA matter of nutrition: trends in plant-based 2025
With the spotlight on UPFs and consumers demanding cleaner ingredients decks, plant-based is doubling down on health
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NewsInnocent drops Rainforest Alliance bananas from UK smoothies
Innocent Drinks has quietly removed Rainforest Alliance-certified bananas from its UK smoothie range, ending a partnership that lasted at least 20 years, The Grocer can reveal
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Comment & OpinionThe Inside Track: activist ideology or industry concern?
British agriculture and the food industry deserve better than this Trojan horse of faux concern concealing a radical anti-meat agenda
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News‘Urgent’ plan for UK fish and seafood to be created
The APPG on Fisheries has taken on the task of developing a National Fisheries Action Plan to create and deliver what it dubbed an ‘urgently needed roadmap for UK fishing and seafood’
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News‘Exceptional year’ marked by strong sales growth for Lancashire Farm Dairies
Sales rose by 7.1% to £84.6m for the Rochdale-based yoghurt maker, which means it has achieved 64% growth over the past three years
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Innovative pack of the year
This is a development that’s ‘worth celebrating’, said our judges, using genuinely innovative materials and a ‘great design’ that ticks all the boxes
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Label & pack design of the year – food
It looks like something you’d find in a deli, said our judges, with an authentic look and feel
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Paper pack of the year
The new packaging is made using paper and zero plastic alongside a bold, block-colour design that our judges felt ‘taps into authentic artisan cues’
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Eco-friendly pack of the year
The new look ‘neatly emphasises the bamboo [and] feels premium with its thick paper covering, clear typography and superb use of images’, said our judges
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Events & AwardsThe Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2025: Flexible plastic pack of the year
‘These packs are a welcome step change in the industry, reducing pack size, saving plastic and saving shelf space for the consumer,’ said our judges
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NewsMowi stripped of royal warrant following animal abuse footage
The salmon supplier’s name was removed from the royal warrant holders’ list after 35 years of being the official supplier of salmon to the royal household
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NewsNew review of insect farming criticised for ‘inaccuracies’
‘Have the Environmental Benefits of Insect Farming Been Overstated? A Critical Review’, published on 29 October in Biological Reviews, asserted insect farming was less environmentally-friendly than many touted it to be