Archive of all B Corps articles – Page 8
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NewsItalian fruit supplier Euro Company launches vegan cheese brand in UK
The original product is made with only three ingredients
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NewsCity snapshot: Geddes and Swann tapped for John Lewis Partnership top job
The departing bosses of Direct Line and travel retail giant SSP are reportedly vying to succeed Sir Charlie Mayfield as chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, BAT has raised frustrations over a 20-year legal battle and the rest of the news from the City
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NewsWaitrose adds online 'aisle' for certified B Corp products
The trial bands together 20 brands and 50 products for sale on its website
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NewsMarket share gains drive first half growth at packaging giant DS Smith
FTSE 100 packaging firm DS Smith has grown organic revenues by 3.2% in the first half due to volume growth and market share gains and announced plans to sell its plastics division.
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Analysis & FeaturesComing clean: what does 'clean label' actually mean?
What does ‘clean label’ mean? It’s anything but clear
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NewsMedia Bites 8 October: Tesco, Unilever, Amazon
Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis has called for a windfall tax on internet shops to help lift Britain’s struggling store chains
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InterviewsDanone Dairies’ MD Craig Read on bringing Activia back to life
Despite the failure of Activia’s relaunch Read is optimistic he can turn around the brand and the ‘stagnated’ yoghurt category
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NewsInnocent Drinks sales boosted by international growth surge
The UK’s biggest smoothie maker Innocent Drinks has posted annual revenue growth of 22% as surging international sales boosted sales to almost £370m.
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NewsMedia Bites 16 July: Premier Foods, Walmart, Unilever
Former Rank Hovis McDougall executive chairman Paul Wilkinson added to ranks criticising Premier Foods CEO Darby ahead of a showdown shareholders this week.
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NewsMedia Bites 26 June: Grocery Code Adjudicator, Tesco, Morrisons
Britain’s supermarkets are treating their suppliers better, according to the UK’s Grocery Code Adjudicator
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NewsPukka Herbs' losses mount despite 28% jump in annual sales
Revenues continued to soar at organic herbal tea brand Pukka Herbs, but losses mounted in the year leading up to its acquisition by Unilever.
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NewsMedia Bites 10 May: Walmart/Flipkart, Greggs, Retail sales
Walmart has confirmed its agreement to by 77% of India’s largest online retailer, Flipkart, in a $16bn (£12bn) deal that puts the US giant head-to-head with Amazon.
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NewsCity snapshot: Danone delivers strong start to year with 4.9% growth
Danone has reported a strong start to the year with a 4.9% increase in like-for-like sales growth in the first quarter. Plus, Rémy Cointreau reveals full-year organic sales growth of 7.2%, Heineken beer volumes up 4.3% in the first quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Analysis & FeaturesSustainability: the world's ticking time bomb
The UK might see itself as a world leader in driving environmental goals but its performance in the 2017 Sustainability Index shows it is lagging behind as catastrophe looms on global scale. What needs to be done, and when, to stop the bomb going off?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow many fmcg giants will join the B Corp bandwagon?
New research shows companies receive multiple benefits from signing up to B Corp. So why aren’t more businesses doing so?
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NewsB Corps businesses 'grow 28 times faster than UK GDP'
Average year-on-year growth across the 150 UK businesses signed up to B Corps was 14% in the past year
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NewsDanone the first UK dairy company to gain B Corp certification
B Corp certification ’is to business what Fairtrade is for coffee’, the NGO says
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NewsMedia Bites 22 December: Tesco/2 Sisters, plastic recycling
There is little in the way of food and drink news in this morning papers, but the survival of Toys R Us generates plenty of headlines in wider retails. And an MP says Tesco chief must explain silence over second 2 Sisters factory.
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NewsMedia Bites 9 October: Fox's Biscuits/Burton's, 2 Sisters, Bread Holdings, P&G
The poultry tycoon whose business has been hit by allegations of food safety breaches is in talks about a merger of Fox’s Biscuits and the owner of rival brand Jammie Dodgers, according to Sky News.
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NewsUnilever snaps up fast-growing tea brand Pukka Herbs
The deal for an undisclosed sum ’came down to scale and sustainability’ said Pukka