All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 4
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Freya Weston, senior assistant brand manager, Babybel
’Instead of a normal cover letter, I put my key achievements on to The Laughing Cow packaging as the header’
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Comment & OpinionIf using solar panels to power Tesco stores is ‘greenwashing’, what isn’t?
Tesco has been accused of greenwashing, but is there any basis to the claim?
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NewsForest Feast owner Kestrel snaps up Indie Bay Snacks from Nurture Brands
The premium pretzel brand, launched by Dafna Bonas in May 2016, sells its low-calorie and low-fat snacks in the grocery, travel and DTC channels
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NewsMorrisons diverts surplus carrots to aid King’s food poverty project
Morrisons has carried out a trial with Newton and a national rollout of the surplus redistribution will see up to 26 pallets of food collected for national redistribution a week
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NewsLidl triples plant-based range and sets new sales targets to support climate goals
Lidl GB chief commercial officer Richard Bourns said the supermarket was the ‘first UK retailer to set specific plant-based protein targets’
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NewsNFU boss hits out at government’s food sector ‘policy paralysis’
Farmers were growing increasingly frustrated at a lack of concrete policies on a raft of major issues, warned Tom Bradshaw
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NewsMore than 600 charities call for Reeves to salvage £15m farmgate food waste fund
The charities said the fund could go towards providing up to 67 million meals a year to people in need but would go to waste without government support
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NewsWrap calls for government ban on fruit & veg plastic packaging
Calls for a ban come as voluntary reduction plans have floundered
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NewsDP World confirms £1bn investment in London Gateway hub
The logistics giant confirmed it would go ahead with the investment at Labour’s investment summit on Monday
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NewsMore than half of UK grocery products packaged in unnecessary plastic, research claims
The analysis by packaging giant DS Smith found 51% of food and drink items in UK supermarkets were packaged in unnecessary plastic, amounting to 29.8 billion avoidable pieces annually
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NewsSainsbury’s opens eighth wind farm site in renewable energy push
It is the latest to open under an agreement signed with asset management company Capital Dynamics in July 2022
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NewsEden Mill partners with Scottish biotech firm to produce microalgae from whisky distillation
The microalgae is an alternative, sustainable source of omega-3
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Category ReportPetcare eyes wellness: trends report 2024
Petcare is following the human trend for wellness, with a raft of products emerging that offer ‘a holistic approach to animal care’
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NewsAlara Wholefoods transfers ownership to employees
The business, which makes a range of organic muesli, porridge and bircher, formally moved into the employee-owned trust scheme this week
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NewsWholesaler Mark Murphy Dole reduces food waste by a third
The wholesaler estimated 20 tonnes of fresh food went to waste per year before the review
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NewsCitizens of Soil adds single-serve olive oil pipette made of seaweed
The biodegradable pipette was developed by sustainable packaging company Notpla
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NewsAsda invests in new low-carbon refuelling depots in race to net zero
With nearly 800 vehicles, Asda operates the largest fleet of LNG-fuelled trucks in the UK. The fuel is a lower-carbon alternative to diesel
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NewsEthnic Brand Marketing claims ‘world first’ with paper bottle mulled wine launch
Bavarian Medley will be available to farm shops, delis and markets
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NewsMorrisons launches white eggs to ‘give back’ to farmers
The range is part of its wider ‘For Farmers’ initiative, in which 6p is given back to farmers per half dozen box of eggs
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NewsEPR: hunt for thousands of ‘freeriders’ trying to piggyback on fees
The announcement of the hunt comes with the deadline for the second set of data for EPR having passed last week