All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 111
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Analysis & FeaturesHow brands and retailers can influence their consumers’ carbon footprints
One of the simplest ways is a tweak to on-pack instructions to bring down the emissions of heating, cooking or using the product
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Analysis & FeaturesScope 3: how businesses are tackling the final frontier in carbon emissions
We’ve got used to food and drink companies announcing carbon-cutting initiatives across production and retail. But reducing indirect Scope 3 emissions – everything from sourcing ingredients to how consumers dispose of packaging – is a huge challenge. So how are businesses measuring their emissions and taking action?
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NewsWeetabix to make 99% of packaging recyclable by summer 2022
The coming months would see it “unroll an improved, widely recyclable paper wrap across all its biscuits”, it said
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NewsPuffin Produce claims UK first with carbon neutral potato launch
The supplier will launch its Root Zero potatoes into 200 Co-op stores across the UK next week
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Analysis & FeaturesGreenwashing: why the CMA is cracking down and how
The CMA has published a ‘green claims code’ intended to stop consumers being misled, and plans to launch a thorough review of compliance
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NewsWrap report shows food waste slashed by 250,000 tonnes
The progress has seen the equivalent of 145 million meals redistributed annually to those who need it
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NewsStartup Tweakit launches powder toiletries to combat plastic use
Each comes in three fragrances: Jasmine & Sea Salt, Peach & Lemon and Lavender & Rose
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NewsFish Said Fred marks first year success with major listings and TV deal
The chilled fish brand has rolled a raft of its products into Sainsbury’s and added to its listings in other leading grocers
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership scores highest for UK businesses in WWF’s sustainable palm oil use ranking
WWF has warned that many major brands are still “failing to truly clean up their act on palm oil”
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NewsCaterforce buying group to eliminate black plastic by end of 2021
The group has pledged that all of its packaging will be either recyclable or reusable by 2025
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NewsCastell Howell almost halves carbon footprint in three months
Castell Howell has partnered with the National Botanic Garden of Wales and West Wales River Trust to launch a nature stewardship plan
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NewsM&S announces new carbon emission targets with Plan A revamp
The target would see M&S hit full net zero 10 years ahead of the government’s national strategy
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NewsBidfood sets sights on becoming carbon neutral
Bidfood said it would also work with its customers and suppliers to collaborate on strategies to reduce its carbon footprint
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NewsKavanagh Group to honour plastic-free legacy through £1.5m Thornton’s Budgens refit
Kavanagh is meeting with A Plastic Planet next month to discuss more ideas and concepts for plastic-free zones
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NewsSC Johnson teams up with Liverpool FC to collect plastic bottles for recycling
Closed loop model will see the 500,000 plastic bottles used at Anfield each season placed by fans into specially designed bins
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NewsCold chain ‘needs government support’ to phase out diesel refrigeration vehicles
Cold Chain Federation CEO Shane Brennan said he felt “let down” by government’s previous promises of support for trialling and adopting emission-free technology
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NewsLil-Lets ditches single-use plastic applicator tampons in favour of reusables
Feminine hygeine brand Lil-Lets is to cease production of all single use plastic applicator tampons from November 2021
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Comment & OpinionWhat a ‘COP26 for food’ would look like – and why we desperately need one
Food policy needs to be at the heart of the climate change conference, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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NewsMackie’s splashes £4.5m on manufacturing revamp to slash energy use by 80%
The Scottish ice cream and crisps brand says it is ‘completing a full carbon audit’
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NewsJFC breaks ground on ‘world’s largest vertical farm’
New indoor farm in Lydney, Gloucestershire will provide 148,000 sq ft of growing space when complete