All CO2 emissions articles – Page 5
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News
Net zero: Food giants hold breakthrough talks on major shift from road to rail
Initiative is being run by Simply Supply Chain alongside transport giant Maritime Intermodal, which is developing a growing network of rail freight terminals across the UK
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests £31m into Wakefield site
The investment will help develop a ’state-of-the-art’ canning line, capable of producing 2,000 cans per minute
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Emma Detain, sustainability manager, Mindful Chef
Sustainability manager Emma talks all things B Corp, career progression and food’s carbon footprint
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Wyke Farms launches carbon neutral Somerset Red hard cheese
Somerset Red is made with natural starters that have been kept on the farm by the Clothier family for over one hundred years
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Comment and Opinion
Health-based sales reporting is laudable, but what actually is ‘healthy’?
What does good look like? It’s a question that is set to become ever more crucial over the coming year
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Analysis and Features
Four things affecting fmcg following Rishi Sunak’s green rowback
PM Rishi Sunak’s recent rowback on the government’s green plans have stirred up significant discussion
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Logistics sector hits back at government’s green u-turn
The sector has some of the most ambitious decarbonisation targets set by government in 2020
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Food companies to face mandatory Scope 3 carbon reporting as Defra readies COP 28 launch
The move will be the first major act of the industry’s Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP), which was launched in February
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Analysis and Features
Are companies’ carbon neutral claims just hot air?
As reports question the good that carbon offsetting achieves, companies and certification schemes are scrabbling to clarify or abandon their claims. So what’s the future for ‘carbon neutral’?
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Nestlé to make low-carbon fertiliser from Kit Kat production waste
Nestlé announced a two-year trial to evaluate the fertiliser’s performance on crop production, soil health and greenhouse gas emission reduction
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Nitrogen fertilisers: Soil Association urges public to drive reduction
The fertilisers are 300 times more potent at warming the atmosphere than CO2, according to the Soil Association
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Comment and Opinion
It’s halftime for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. And we’re way behind
The clock is ticking on the Sustainable Development Goals and we’re desperately behind, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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News
Müller trials zero emissions refrigeration for its HGV fleet
The dairy company has announced tests to find out whether solar panels and kinetic energy can power its refrigerated HGV trailers
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Crediton Dairy to pump £20m into production and sustainability
Upgrades will be made to dairy processing capabilities, employee welfare and office facilities, and carbon reduction initiatives
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Climate change inaction to cost fmcg giants billions of pounds
Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever all face billions in costs unless they urgently tackle Scope 3 emissions
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Asda cuts carbon emissions but faces wait for Scope 3 target approval
Asda said it hoped to have a target approved by the SBTi, a collaboration including the UN and WWF, by the end of 2023
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Tesco net zero commitments receive backing from global climate body
Tesco laid out more detailed commitments on how it plans to cut its Scope 3 emissions across its wider supply chain
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Comment and Opinion
The Oxford study on meat emissions misses the point
For a study of such significance there are some seriously simplistic and misleading conclusions being drawn here, says Jeff Webster, co-founder and CVO at Hunter & Gather
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News
Violife launches first plant-based cheddar alternative
Cheddarton is designed to have a “crumbly and creamy texture” to be sliced, melted, crumbled or grated
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Freshways launches sustainability initiative for business and farmers
The dairy supplier has implemented a carbon emissions baseline for its farmers and new business standards