All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 11
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Oddbox records second year in the red with losses of £3.7m
Food waste campaigner Oddbox has recorded another year of losses as revenue growth reversed amid challenging market conditions for DTC providers
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Banana prices on the rise as climate change affects supply chain
A five-pack of Asda’s Organic Fairtrade Bananas was subject to the biggest annual rise of 35% from £1 to £1.35
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Planted launches first-of-its-kind fermented steak alternative
The steak is the first product to be launched from Planted’s ‘whole-muscle platform’
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Analysis and Features
How The Refill Coalition is giving refillable containers a fresh start
The Refill Coalition’s first standardised dispenser system trial, at an Aldi store in Solihull, is already ‘exceeding’ expectations in terms of logistics and sales. Can it be made to work at scale?
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UK the ‘dirty man of Europe’ without DRS, warn soft drink giants
The move comes after The Grocer revealed last month that the rollout of DRS faced being put back until at least 2028
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Supermarkets in talks to accelerate war on plastic and food waste
Members of the UK Plastics Pact, Courtauld 2030 and experts from Wrap will hold day-long talks next Thursday
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Mondra hires Tesco sustainability lead Emily Rout
Prior to joining Mondra, Rout spent over six years at Tesco, most recently as sustainable food and innovation lead
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Bold Bean Co hires Andrew McIntosh as head of grocery
McIntosh’s past roles include sales manager for posh popcorn brand Joe & Seph’s and most recently as head of international, UK grocery and wholesale sales at vegan confectionery brand LoveRaw
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Digital DRS campaigners pledge to make most of delay to 2028
The move comes as the DDRS Alliance announced they had formed a company to establish a blueprint for a digital system across the UK and wider afield
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Promotional Feature
Achieving greater sustainability in coffee
With around 98m cups of coffee consumed in the UK every day, the pressure is on for the category to improve its sustainability credentials – and one clear way forward is through packaging refill and reuse.
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Plans to slash meat and dairy consumption pose health risk
Insufficiencies in calcium, iron, iodine, selenium, and zinc would worsen in men and women aged 16 to 24, the report found
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Analysis and Features
Hot Crossy Bs and #NoFarmersNoFood: this week in grocery on social media
Unpack the memes and puns of the week on social media across fmcg
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Comment and Opinion
Rage in Wales as farmers unleash wrath over Labour’s farming policy
The Welsh government’s proposals for a new, post-Brexit farm subsidy framework has gone down like a cup of sheep dip
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Welsh farmers kick off wellies in protest over sustainability plans
Farmers displayed 5,500 pairs of wellies at the Senedd on Wednesday to represent the potential job losses created by its new sustainable farm subsidy scheme
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Aldi to launch ‘UK first’ own-brand paper wine bottles
Cambalala South African Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc will be available on 18 March – Global Recycling Day
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Comment and Opinion
Compulsory emission reduction is one part of a complex puzzle
Suppliers need more support from government, and even the establishment of a dedicated industry body, says Neale Powell-Cook, MD at Golden Acre Foods
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Comment and Opinion
DRS delays suggest tax cuts trump environmental action
The Grocer exclusively revealed the UK government’s deposit return scheme (DRS) faced being delayed, three years behind what was already a long delayed rollout
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Wrapper-free snack bar brand One Good Thing appoints new CEO
Former CEO Kieran Stanbridge has departed to start a new petcare venture
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Fruit snacking startup Zombie makes Tesco debut
The brand is the brainchild of Perkier founder Ann Perkins
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Meat snacking brand Ember adds three fmcg big hitters to its board
Tim Rees, Mark Palmer and John McKinley will advise brother founders Jack and Harry Mayhew on the next stage of the brand’s rapid growth