Sustainability news – Page 141
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Tesco trials natural gas fuel for trucks
Tesco is trialling a natural gas fuel system for conventional trucks that can reduce diesel consumption by up to 60% and cut carbon emissions. The retailer has retro-fitted the Dual Fuel system to a Mercedes-Axor truck and will test it...
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Talking shop
Defra recently published figures showing that carbon dioxide emissions from the food sector had rocketed 6% in the last year. That means the food chain from farmers to retailers pumped out more than 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas, with even...
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Innocent bottles go 100% eco-friendly
Innocent is furthering its path to goodness by being the first smoothie brand to move into 100% compostable bottles. The eco-friendly bottles are made of polylactic acid - an annually renewable source from corn - in a carbon neutral...
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"Once again, Tesco has raised the bar. It is in competition to catch up that the planet will benefit"
My morning ablutions were rudely interrupted, on Monday, by Stuart Rose, announcing on Radio 4 a dramatic new £200m eco-plan. I cut myself shaving as he reeled off some of the 100 exciting initiatives, including plans to go carbon neutral, use...
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P&G goes it alone with eco-labelling
The Carbon Trust was dealt a blow this week when Procter & Gamble rejected its carbon footprint label as "too confusing for consumers" and launched its own eco-mark.The Carbon Trust's label, launched earlier this year, is being trialled...
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Footprint doubtslooming
The true scale of the drive to apply carbon footprint labelling to thousands of products in supermarkets was thrown into sharp relief this week when Boots admitted it took two months and £40,000 to work out the carbon footprint of just one...
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The reps send 'food miles' soaring
It’s a common sight on roads up and down the country: Mondeo man on his way to visit food stores.
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Sense & Sustainability
It’s set to be the big issue in the food and drink industry this year. Liz Hamson gauges industry attitudes to sustainability while, overleaf, Lord Bach outlines the government’s agendaThe government and pressure groups have been...
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Kenco’s sustainability debut
Kraft Foods is launching an instant coffee, called Kenco Sustainable Development, made entirely from beans from certified sustainable sauces.The coffee, which will be available first in Waitrose and then other major UK supermarkets this autumn,...
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work is being done on sustainability
from John Rutherford, chief executive, Sea Fish Industry AuthoritySir; Charles Clover’s Saturday Essay about overfishing (July 24, p24) was not only sensational – it was factually incorrect. His statement “you would never catch a wild...
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Sustainability is key says Young’s
Top seafood supplier Young’s Bluecrest has welcomed the prime minister’s strategy unit report about the British fishing fleet and has hailed sustainability as a key objective.Marine Stewardship Council chief executive Brendan May also welcomed...
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Blair is staying alert to sustainability strategy
John Wood The Prime Minister is still taking a close personal interest in work on the government's Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food, according to Sir Don Curry, who is chairing the Implementation Group overseeing it. At a review of...
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Sustainability heads to brand status
Siân Harrington Unilever is to use sustainability as an advertising message for the first time as part of a £25m push behind its Birds Eye brand. The E52bn company has decided to promote its sustainability credentials after initial success...
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FDF takes global lead in sustainability
Siân Harrington The Food and Drink Federation is taking a global lead with the launch this week of the first industry blueprint to help businesses build strategies for sustainable development. Timed to coincide with the World Summit on...
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fish: SUSTAINABILITY
US scientists point to serious concern for global food security' Ocean-wide study reveals collapse of fish stocks The first ocean-wide synthesis of the status of fisheries in the North Atlantic has revealed a grim prognosis. A press conference...
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fish: sustainability
JS fights for tuna As sales of fresh tuna reach an all time high, Sainsbury has announced it is to join forces with the Marine Stewardship Council to fund a project to protect stocks. Consumer spending in the UK on fresh tuna alone ...
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SUSTAINABILITY: A SORE POINT
Environmentalists argue sea cage fish farming will not compensate for the decline in wild fisheries because it takes, according to a paper in Nature, three tonnes of wild fish to produce one tonne of farmed salmon. So aquaculture is hardly helping...
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Sustainability is a complex issue. What does it really mean?
What does sustainability mean? Martin Paterson We're trying to identify what sustainability means to us as a sector and to pull together a starting point for the discussion. We have a definition which states: Meeting the needs of consumers today...
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What is the land for? The British famously love their garden
But what about the rest of the population? What and whom is the land for? Houses? Food? Recreation? Wildlife? Carbon sinks (soaking up pollution from industrial living)? I was born in Lincoln on the edge of the fens, prime agricultural land, but...
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UK relaunch for Chambourcy
French yogurt producer Carbon Blanc plans a major relaunch of the Chambourcy yogurt brand in the UK within the next six to 12 months, according to Rosemary Bruno, part of Carbon Blanc's international development team. Bruno said that since buying...