All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 14
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Soft drinks giants urge Rishi Sunak to spare deposit return scheme from axe
The letter to Sunak is signed by the bosses of companies including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Suntory and AG Barr
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Tesco boss Ken Murphy leads calls for government u-turn on food waste reporting
Speaking as UN and business leaders met in New York for the Champions 12.3 summit, Murphy said there needed to be “global action across supply chains” led by governments across the world
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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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Sunak plunges waste strategy into chaos as he ‘scraps’ local collections plan
Industry sources said the PM’s intervention to block a series of green proposals had left huge questions over the already embattled Defra strategy
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Alessandra Bellini ends her Tesco love story after seven years
Alessandra Bellini was recruited by former CEO Dave Lewis in 2017 from his old company Unilever, and became a key figure in the Tesco turnaround
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Comment and Opinion
Government’s ‘healthy sales’ reporting strategy a positive step, but it’s not all roses
Following a long series of rowbacks and u-turns on the obesity strategy, it comes as a refreshing change to see affirmative action from the government
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Asda beefs up tech team with M&S hire Rob Barnes
Barnes will join the supermarket early next year as delivery director to oversee the development of its new technology strategy and separation from Walmart
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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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Thousands died due to failures in ‘voluntary’ salt reduction programme
Analysis in the Journal of Hypertension claimed results of the salt reduction programme had gone into reverse since it was taken over by Public Health England
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Obesity crisis: government to launch ‘healthy sales’ reporting system for all large food companies
The plans have been drawn up by a powerful food industry working group reporting to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons
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NatureMetrics wins Tesco award for innovation to track supply chain biodiversity
The award sees the company win a fast-track introduction to the Tesco supplier network and a trial with one of the retailer’s supply chain partners
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Coca-Cola signals death knell for large bottle multipack plastic
As an alternative to 1.5-litre multipacks of Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite, the company is piloting a 100% recyclable reinforced cardboard carrier and recyclable paper wrap
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Comment and Opinion
Can another big political and health group push rebirth HFSS taxes?
There was a time when Tony Blair was so toxic, because of the war in Iraq, his backing would have been seen as a mixed blessing
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Mandatory food waste reporting u-turn: campaigners to launch legal challenge
Feedback said it had decided to challenge the legality of the decision on the grounds that it was not based on a reasonable or rational view of the evidence received
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FareShare slams government bureaucracy over ‘lost’ millions in food surplus funding
Defra permanent secretary Tamara Finkelstein said she “understood” the money had been allocated to Defra’s overall funding towards farmers
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Health groups launch drive for HFSS taxes
Almost 40 campaign groups and medical royal colleges are calling on the next government to extend the soft drinks sugar levy to include a raft of new categories
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Tesco provides £250,000 in aid after earthquake and flooding disasters
The £250,000 donation from the Tesco Group will go towards the charity’s Disaster Fund
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Comment and Opinion
What will crumble first, Defra’s buildings or its waste strategy?
The last thing Defra needs is question marks over the safety of its buildings
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News
Defra rejects supermarket calls to pilot deposit return scheme before UK rollout
Yesterday the House of Commons’ public accounts committee grilled Defra chiefs over the handling of its Waste & Resources Strategy
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News
Defra investigation identifies dozens of buildings feared to contain ‘crumbling’ concrete
Defra’s permanent secretary Tamara Finkelstein told a hearing of the House of Commons public accounts committee yesterday more than 500 buildings were being investigated