All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 30
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NewsInfinite Roots closes £46m round to build a ‘more sustainable and healthy food system’
Biotech firm Infinite Roots has closed a $58m (£45.5m) series B funding round as the business looks commercialise its technology and kickstart product launches worldwide
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NewsCo-op to incentivise beef farmers for sustainable production
The pilot, in collaboration with Co-op’s beef partner Dunbia, will see farmers paid a premium for reducing their impact on the environment
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ProfilesMy Alternative CV: Honestly Tasty’s Michael Moore on cheese, pirates and carbon emissions
’If I could change one thing in grocery, I would make carbon emissions labelling mandatory’
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NewsIceland staff raise £1.1m for dementia care after Walker’s Everest climb
Walker reached the summit of Mount Everest during an expedition started in memory of his late mother
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NewsHeck unveils packaging revamp in £1m bid for growth
The new packaging will see Heck go back to the core pink branding ‘which everyone recognises us for’, said co-founder Jamie Keeble
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NewsProducers falling out of GSCOP remit as retailers hire more middlemen
Retailers will save time by using the middlemen to negotiate for them as buyers ‘have bigger buying areas than ever before’
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NewsToo Good To Go launches AI-powered platform for grocery retailers
The Too Good To Go platform is being rolled out this month by Spar International across its 14 markets
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NewsFuture Food Movement teams up with youth activist group for climate and health commitments
They have launched a new Food Systems Accelerator, which will aim to persuade big business to improve commitments on child health and environment
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NewsWyke Farms defies inflation challenges to post £11m profit
The West Country-based cheese and butter maker delivered a 68.4% rise in operating profits to £10.9m in the year to 31 March 2023
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Analysis & FeaturesThe produce hit hardest by Britain's disastrous weather
With thousands of acres of land under water, farmers of crops and livestock are counting the costs. And the retailers have been responding
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NewsNestlé rolls out Kit Kats made using ‘fully traceable’ cocoa
The treats are made with cocoa mass from beans grown by farmers engaged in Nestlé’s income accelerator programme
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Comment & OpinionHow to ensure a robust supply chain in 2024
For the fmcg sector, the developing regulatory landscape poses many challenges, says Julia Grothaus, litigation, arbitration & investigations partner and James Marlow, environment & climate change managing associate at Linklaters
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NewsInnocent losses soar as £200m factory needs more investment
Revenues declined by £15.6m – a 3.5% fall year on year – to £426.2m in the 12 months ended 31 December 2022, according to newly filed accounts
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NewsPosh ready meals maker FieldGoods lands high-end listings
The ‘farm to fork’ brand has added Fortnum & Mason, Partridges London, Daylesford Organic and Darts Farm to its portfolio of distributors
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket veg is over-packaged and over-travelled. No wonder Brits turn away
Only 33% of adults get their 5 a day – and I suspect fruit is disproportionately represented, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsSushi Daily trials chopstick sleeves made from surplus salmon skin
The limited-edition product is made using salmon skin offcuts taken from some of its French stores
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Comment & OpinionGreen energy can save retailers money – if they do it right
Most retailers have now tackled what might be considered ‘low-hanging fruit’ in green energy, says Megan Paul, partner, commercial team, Charles Russell Speechlys
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Comment & OpinionAfter Pringles and Flora, is 2024 the year of the paper packaging?
While the improvements are overdue, their impact will be massive
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NewsSainsbury’s launches EV charging business in supermarket first
Smart Charge will be fully owned and operated by Sainsbury’s
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News‘War room’ head Chris Tyas handed key Defra role
Tyas has been given a three-year term to help provide strategic and corporate leadership to the department under secretary of state Steve Barclay