Sustainability news – Page 138
-
NewsIf retailers choice edit, will it really improve sustainability?
No-one denies sustainability needs to be addressed. But when it comes to how best to tackle the challenge, opinion is divided. Nick Hughes reports
-
NewsHas Defra planted the seeds for a secure UK food supply?
While much in Defra’s latest report on Britain’s future food security is familiar, there are signs of a shift in government thinking, says Nick Hughes
-
News
A healthy future for fruit and veg
Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables and sustainable opportunities for increasing domestic production of fresh produce…
-
NewsAs the snow keeps mounting up, so do the costs to industry
Cancelled deliveries. Closed stores. Frozen crops. The industry is counting the cost of up to three weeks of disrupted trading…
-
NewsColony Collapse Disorder and thrifty shoppers hit honey sales
Honey sales are down 5.4%, by volume after six consecutive years of growth [TNS 52w/e 4 October 2009]. Own-label honey led the decline, with sales down 7.4% in volume [IRI 52w/e 31 October 2009].
-
News
Sainsbury’s builds sustainability links
Sainsbury's has launched three crop sustainability groups to forge closer links with its grower suppliers.Groups have been set up for field crops, protected crops and orchard crops to assist growers in making the supply chain more...
-
News
Morrisons: ‘Nothing fishy about Lindsay sustainability ads’
Morrisons has said it will re-run adverts on sustainable fish, despite Sainsbury's and four members of the public lodging complaints with the ASA.In the first of the two TV ads, actor Robert Lindsay was shown pushing a trolley through a...
-
News
Stobart introduces low-CO2 rail route
Logistics giant Stobart Group has set up a new rail service that it claims is the first low-carbon alternative for transporting fresh produce from Spain to England. The new service, developed in conjunction with rail operator DB...
-
News
Green & Black’s farmers turn waste into fertiliser
Green & Black's is working on a new carbon reduction programme in Belize that could lead to the company becoming carbon neutral.The ethical chocolate maker is working with carbon reduction specialist Carbon Gold to pay cacao farmers...
-
News
Defra sustainability move to have major impact on industry
The government is set to put sustainability on an equal footing with healthy eating in a move experts say has dramatic implications for the food and drink sector.
-
NewsTesco milk to highlight eco credentials
Tesco has begun putting carbon footprint labels on its range of milk products.
-
News
Mars boosts sustainability with UTZ standard cocoa
Mars has pledged to buy 100,000 tonnes of UTZ Certified sustainable cocoa in a bid to source only sustainable cocoa by 2020.In April, it became the first confectioner to commit to use only sustainable cocoa to meet its 300,000...
-
News
Sainsbury's calls for green tech subsidies
The government must subsidise green technology if businesses are to hit carbon reduction targets, Sainsbury's head of environment warned this week. Sainsbury's would like to make more use of existing technology, but the government, which...
-
News
Sainsbury's calls for green tech subsidies
The government must subsidise green technology if businesses are to hit carbon reduction targets, Sainsbury's head of environment warned this week. Sainsbury's would like to make more use of existing technology, but the government, which...
-
News
Sainsbury's extends CO2 scheme to meat and eggs
Sainsbury's is to roll out its carbon reduction programme from the Sainsbury's Dairy Development Group to its red meat, poultry and egg supply chains.
-
News
World News 4/7/09
Rewe Group has set itself a target of cutting carbon emissions 30% by 2015. It said it was looking at ways to reduce refrigerating agents (15% of emissions), heat (12%), logistics (8%), paper consumption (3%) and business travel (2%). "With our goal to reduce...
-
News
Climate change is an opportunity
Sir, It’s no surprise that the new study by the Carbon Trust issued on 22 June found almost two thirds of consumers were more likely to buy a product if action was being taken to reduce its carbon footprint. About 70% of consumers want businesses to help them make more ...
-
News
Tesco in £400k push to save water
Tesco is working on an efficiency project with Yorkshire Water to reduce the amount of water used in hundreds of stores to improve its carbon footprint and save costs.
-
News
Defra debuts 10-year plan to safeguard UK’s bees
The Government has unveiled a long-term plan to combat the dramatic decline in bee numbers in the UK that has taken place in recent years.
-
News
New sea terminal will cut reliance on road freight
The north of England’s first dedicated fresh produce sea terminal is set to slash the amount of fresh produce transported to the UK by lorry.
The £6m Liverpool Produce Terminal, which will soon have a dedicated packhouse, is expected to…