All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 249
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Thanet Earth gets green thumbs up on emissions
The green credentials of the Thanet Earth glasshouse project have received a major boost after a new report found the site to be more environmentally friendly than foreign facilities.
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Growers hail concession over seasonal workers
The Government has increased the number of foreign workers that growers are allowed to employ so there is no repeat of last year’s “nightmare” of unpicked crops left to rot in fields.
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M&S dairy suppliers get carbon test
M&S has become the latest retailer to measure the carbon footprints of its dedicated milk suppliers. The company has completed its analysis of the 44 farms in its UK milk pool using a measuring tool developed by supplier group Dairy Crest...
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Careers File: Don’t be shocked if bright young things put global warming before salary
Wherever you are today – at work, at home or online – it seems you can’t escape green messages. Global warming, carbon footprint...
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Weetabix draws up debut CSR plan
Weetabix draws up debut CSR plan: Weetabix has pledged to reduce excess packaging and eliminate it where possible as part of its inaugural report into corporate social responsibility.The document, drawn up with help from the Carbon Trust, sets out the company’s aim to reduce its...
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Light bottles for Co-op ales
The Co-operative Group will use lighter glass bottles for its own-label ales from September, saving 131.5 tonnes of glass and 90 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year. “This proves it is possible for packaging to be resource-efficient without...
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On-pack footprints ‘would be damaging’
Carbon labels and traffic lights are a “meaningless” and even damaging way of communicating carbon footprinting information to consumers, the lead researcher of a major new carbon project has astonishingly claimed. “If you start putting individual...
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High oil costs fuel new collaboration scheme
With soaring fuel prices, the need to cut costs as well as carbon emissions has never been greater. Last week, The Grocer revealed details of a groundbreaking collaborative distribution scheme involving 37 retailers and suppliers,...
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Macca champions Meatfree Monday
Sir Paul McCartney has called on Britons to embrace 'Meat-Free Monday' to cut carbon emissions. The concept of cutting out meat one day a week has taken off in Australia as shoppers have become conscious of the environmental impact of...
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Fiji Water hits back at eco-policy critics
Fiji Water has hit back at critics of its eco claims by becoming the first water brand to publish its carbon footprint. It hopes that by joining the Carbon Disclosure Project - a scheme that measures emissions for the entire supply chain - it...
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Icelandic gets slot in movies
Carbon-neutral water brand Icelandic Glacial has secured product placement in 10 Hollywood films this year as it sets out to become a top-five player in the UK market.The movies What Happens in Vegas starring Cameron Diaz, Righteous Kill...
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Dairies get help to cut carbon footprint
Maria Wasley has been appointed environment manager for Dairy UK in a bid to help dairy companies drive down their energy use. Wasley joins Dairy UK from consultancy RSK Environmental Health and Safety, where she was a senior engineer...
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More food suppliers sign up to carbon footprint label trial
Food giants British Sugar, Coors Brewers and Danone Waters are among the latest companies to agree to test the standard underpinning the Carbon Trust's carbon footprint label.They are among seven new partners who have agreed to trial the...
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Innocent cuts emissions with greener bottles
Smoothie maker Innocent Drinks says it has cut its carbon footprint by 15% just six months after joining the Carbon Trust's eco-labelling scheme.The company said it had cut emissions by switching to 100%-recycled plastic bottles...
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Innocent reduces carbon footprint by 15%
Smoothie maker Innocent Drinks says it has cut its carbon footprint by 15% in just six months after joining the Carbon Trust's eco-labelling scheme.The company has been working on a number of initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, including...
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Asda farm scheme to cut emissions by 10%
Asda is asking its dairy farmers to sign up to a major carbon reduction programme in an effort to make its milk more environmentally friendly. In what is thought to be the first such scheme for farmers, the multiple has drawn up targets...
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Fruit & veg imports to take Tesco carbon test
Shoppers will be able to compare the environmental impact of imported fruit and veg with that of homegrown ones after Tesco said it was to trial the Carbon Trust's carbon footprint label on 30 own-label lines.The products in the pilot...
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Carbon emissions: suppliers come under pressure
When Christian Aid took a pop at Tesco earlier this month for failing to take into account carbon emissions incurred by its suppliers, it highlighted a very real dilemma for retailers.
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Companies to test carbon footprint standard
Six food and drink companies have agreed to test a draft product carbon footprinting standard currently being developed by the Carbon Trust, Defra and BSI British Standards. Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, The Co-op Group, Kimberly-Clark,...