Sustainability news – Page 74
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NewsDS Smith to develop range of bacteria and virus-resistant packaging
The packaging supplier has teamed with sanitation firm Touchguard to create packs with anti-microbial coatings
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NewsSpar International to cut waste across Europe with Too Good To Go tie-up
Both will offer shoppers an innovative digital solution to cut food waste
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NewsSainsbury’s opens environmentally-friendly supermarket in Northamptonshire
Sainsbury’s currently has a target to be net zero across its operations by 2040
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NewsDanone Waters achieves B Corp certification
B Corps are required to consider the impact of all their decisions on workers, customers, suppliers and the entire supply chain
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NewsIceland funds planting of one million trees in Indonesia
Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation has donated $165,000 to the Eden Reforestation Projects
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NewsHolland & Barrett sets out stall to eliminate food waste
The health food retailer is aiming to sell around 370,000 items each year with expired best before dates
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NewsNestlé and JDE team up to give coffee pod recycling a huge boost
The scheme will offer kerbside collection of coffee pods alongside regular waste and recycling
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NewsCentral England Co-op opens £3m eco-friendly concept store
The Lichfield store features carbon footprint-reducing fridges and a zero-waste refill hub
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NewsUnilever eyes €1bn of plant-based sales per year with new ‘Future Foods’ targets
It wants to achieve €1bn worth of plant-based meat and dairy alternative sales per annum within the next five to seven years
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NewsMondelez ditches plastic trays in packaging switch-up
Mondelez claims the move will result in 33 tonnes less plastic being used this Christmas
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NewsSainsbury’s shelves online delivery plans for Burpham store over environmental concerns
Campaigners said about 70 trees also would have been removed as part of the works
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NewsSoil Association launches ‘route-map’ to reinvigorate food & farming
The report, called Grow Back Better, details 10 key priorities for the government to adopt
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NewsRibena slashes plastic sleeves in £1.6m relaunch to boost recyclability
Its plastic sleeves have been reduced by 50%, which the brand claims will give it a massive advantage when being recycled
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NewsDash Water achieves B Corp status
The brand, whose drinks are made with surplus fruit & vegetables that would otherwise have gone to waste, has joined the likes of Charlie Bigham’s, Vita Coco and Abel & Cole in winning the certification
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NewsHeineken revamps Sol lager to reflect beer's solar energy credentials
The brewer has installed 4,000 panels at its UK site and 9,212 at its Dutch base
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NewsFood and drink companies to face tougher climate change targets
Wrap said it was looking to develop targets under the industry’s Courtauld 2025 commitment, which would allow supermarkets and suppliers to go “further and faster” on reducing CO2 emissions
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NewsBritvic appoints new commercial sustainability director
Fiennes was formerly the business’ director of strategic change programmes
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NewsWaitrose calls yellowfin tuna boycott ‘fundamentally and morally wrong’
Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna is one of the world’s most overfished stocks and scientists have warned it is in danger of complete collapse by 2026
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NewsP&G to roll out refillable bottles across haircare and shampoo brands
From 2021, Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Herbal Essences and Aussie bottles will transition into 100% aluminium bottles
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NewsHolland & Barrett rolls out sustainability-led refit to Farnham store
The health and wellness retailer has revamped its Farnham, Surrey branch using 100% recyclable material, following a similar makeover at its Chelmsford shop in July