All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 113
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Comment and Opinion
Why is the EU legislating to make it harder to choose plant-based dairy alternatives?
Amendment 171 pushes against consumer demand and undermines the EU’s drive to promote sustainable consumption, say Upfield’s Dr Jeanette Fielding and Cecilia McAleavey of Oatly
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News
Suppliers set ‘pioneering’ target of hitting net zero by 2040
FDF is drawing up a roadmap to set key milestones for the carbon reduction
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News
The Bluebeards Revenge adds sustainable Shampoo Bar trio
Three vegan variants are packed in 100% recyclable cardboard
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco should reduce meat sales if it’s serious about tackling climate change
Selling industrial meat at the rate Tesco does is simply not sustainable, says Greenpeace executive director John Sauven
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News
Plant-based plastic-free gum Nuud makes UK retail debut
The brand has rolled into Waitrose stores
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News
Iceland launching ‘Bonny the Butterfly’ after M&S and Aldi cake row
Iceland is using the row to promote biodiversity, in reponse to a call from Chris Packham
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News
Arla reveals farm CO2 emissions after first year of Climate Check programme
The dairy co-op gathered emissions data from 95% of its milk farmers across seven European countries
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News
Yakult pushes benefits of gardening in new marketing push
The fermented dairy drink’s Grow with Yakult campaign will give participants seeds for five Japanese vegetables
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Comment and Opinion
How ‘The Dash Way’ enables staff to mould the business culture
Yvon Chouinard’s ‘Let My People Go Surfing’ offers a fantastic ideological lesson
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News
Berry Gardens boosts recycled and Prevented Ocean Plastic content of punnets
The fruit supplier said the move would prevent plastic equivalent to 8.2 million water bottles from polluting the sea annually
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News
B Corp awards Alpro ‘outstanding’ status
The dairy alternative giant has moved up from the ‘great’ ranking it achieved three years ago
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The Big Interview
Trewin Restorick big interview: the charity CEO who likes breaking rules
The Hubbub founder has taken flak for his commercial approach to sustainability. Now he’s upsetting the waste management industry, too
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Analysis and Features
Inside the big supermarkets’ most eco-friendly stores
To mark Earth Day 2021, here’s a look at some of the big retailers’ most eco-friendly stores and the initiatives they’re testing out inside them
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News
Supermarket veg campaign hits 100 industry signatories
The Peas Please initiative has reached a major landmark this week with 100 retailers, manufacturers and hospitality businesses signed up
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News
New packaging labels launched to encourage consumers to ‘refill or return’
The new labels, backed by all major supermarkets and most major suppliers, were launched this week
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News
Asda Salvation Army clothes donations top 221 tonnes
Asda said it so far seen more than 4,000 bags of clothing, textiles and other bric-a-brac donated
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Analysis and Features
Earth Day: The food & drink brands on a mission to save endangered species
To mark Earth Day 2021, we look at four companies that have built their branding – and ethos – around animal conservation
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News
Buxton Water launches multipack made up of 100% rPET bottles
It has rolled exclusively into Tesco
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News
Southern Co-op extends trial to sell food beyond best before date to 11 stores
Move follows an initial trial that kicked off at two Hampshire stores in December 2019 and February 2020
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News
Nestlé unveils two new lower-carbon coffee bean varieties
The robusta beans deliver ‘up to 50% higher yields per tree’ according to the supplier