All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 266
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Sainsbury’s builds sustainability links
Sainsbury's has launched three crop sustainability groups to forge closer links with its grower suppliers.Groups have been set up for field crops, protected crops and orchard crops to assist growers in making the supply chain more...
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Beef and lamb set tough carbon reduction targets
The British red meat industry is hoping to ward off criticism of its environmental footprint by setting itself challenging carbon reduction targets.Levy companies Eblex and Bpex both staged events this week outlining how farmers would...
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Morrisons: ‘Nothing fishy about Lindsay sustainability ads’
Morrisons has said it will re-run adverts on sustainable fish, despite Sainsbury's and four members of the public lodging complaints with the ASA.In the first of the two TV ads, actor Robert Lindsay was shown pushing a trolley through a...
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Stobart introduces low-CO2 rail route
Logistics giant Stobart Group has set up a new rail service that it claims is the first low-carbon alternative for transporting fresh produce from Spain to England. The new service, developed in conjunction with rail operator DB...
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Defra sustainability move to have major impact on industry
The government is set to put sustainability on an equal footing with healthy eating in a move experts say has dramatic implications for the food and drink sector.
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Who will win the carbon race?
From 2010, Britain's food retailers will be ranked according to their carbon usage. Nick Hughes reports on how supermarkets are limbering up for the race to be greenest
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Green & Black’s farmers turn waste into fertiliser
Green & Black's is working on a new carbon reduction programme in Belize that could lead to the company becoming carbon neutral.The ethical chocolate maker is working with carbon reduction specialist Carbon Gold to pay cacao farmers...
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NewsTesco milk to highlight eco credentials
Tesco has begun putting carbon footprint labels on its range of milk products.
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Mars boosts sustainability with UTZ standard cocoa
Mars has pledged to buy 100,000 tonnes of UTZ Certified sustainable cocoa in a bid to source only sustainable cocoa by 2020.In April, it became the first confectioner to commit to use only sustainable cocoa to meet its 300,000...
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Sainsbury's calls for green tech subsidies
The government must subsidise green technology if businesses are to hit carbon reduction targets, Sainsbury's head of environment warned this week. Sainsbury's would like to make more use of existing technology, but the government, which...
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Sainsbury's calls for green tech subsidies
The government must subsidise green technology if businesses are to hit carbon reduction targets, Sainsbury's head of environment warned this week. Sainsbury's would like to make more use of existing technology, but the government, which...
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Sainsbury's extends CO2 scheme to meat and eggs
Sainsbury's is to roll out its carbon reduction programme from the Sainsbury's Dairy Development Group to its red meat, poultry and egg supply chains.
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World News 4/7/09
Rewe Group has set itself a target of cutting carbon emissions 30% by 2015. It said it was looking at ways to reduce refrigerating agents (15% of emissions), heat (12%), logistics (8%), paper consumption (3%) and business travel (2%). "With our goal to reduce...
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Climate change is an opportunity
Sir, It’s no surprise that the new study by the Carbon Trust issued on 22 June found almost two thirds of consumers were more likely to buy a product if action was being taken to reduce its carbon footprint. About 70% of consumers want businesses to help them make more ...
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Carbon Trust labelling first for Kingsmill
Kingsmill has become the first British bread supplier to use the Carbon Trust's Carbon Reduction Label. Packaging on its bestselling Great Everyday White, Tasty Wholemeal and 50/50 lines will carry the Carbon Reduction Label in stores from...
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Comment & OpinionSecond Opinion: Sustainability needs one vision
A single strategy on sustainable food should replace differing initiatives, says Tim Lang
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Tesco in £400k push to save water
Tesco is working on an efficiency project with Yorkshire Water to reduce the amount of water used in hundreds of stores to improve its carbon footprint and save costs.
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Tesco says shoppers need to be taught how carbon scores work
Tesco will put carbon footprint labels on more products if it can overcome consumer confusion over carbon scores.
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Defra debuts 10-year plan to safeguard UK’s bees
The Government has unveiled a long-term plan to combat the dramatic decline in bee numbers in the UK that has taken place in recent years.
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New sea terminal will cut reliance on road freight
The north of England’s first dedicated fresh produce sea terminal is set to slash the amount of fresh produce transported to the UK by lorry.
The £6m Liverpool Produce Terminal, which will soon have a dedicated packhouse, is expected to…