All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 51
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Sustainable seafood on UK shelves on the rise, new MSC report finds
The new report showed there were 49 different sustainably sourced species available to UK and Irish consumers compared to 45 last year
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Comment and Opinion
Fruit & veg shortfall is the product of a vicious cycle
Depleted supply leads to more expensive produce, resulting in reduced purchases from the consumer, and so on
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Sysco extends partnership with food charity City Harvest
City Harvest will collect surplus food from Fresh Direct, Wild Harvest, and Brakes’ London depots several times a week
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Tesco to use waste ocean plastic for fresh fish packaging
From next week, many of the supermarket’s fresh salmon, haddock, cod and sea bass lines will be sold in trays that contain at least 30% recycled coastal plastic
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Waitrose makes Duchy teabags fully compostable
All bags sold in its Duchy range are now certified compostable
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Love Cocoa scores multimillion-pound backing to open luxury chocolate stores
Love Cocoa has ambitious plans to take the fight to rival premium chocolatier Hotel Chocolat by opening 10 bricks-and-mortar outlets over the next three years
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Dash Water closes £9m round to shake up soft drinks market
Co-founder Alex Wright called the £8.7m series A round “big moment” for the business.
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Deposit return scheme delayed until October 2025 at earliest
As exclusively revealed by The Grocer earlier this week, the plans will cover cans and PET drinks containers but exclude glass
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Plant-based brands lead the way as crowdfunders defy inflation pressure
The latest annual report by Seedrs revealed a 24% uptick in successful campaigns in the category to 97 in 2022, with businesses raising £105.1m in total, a year-on-year increase of 14%.
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Fishing group raises concerns over government marine conservation proposals
The sector has expressed concern that new plans from Defra will have a ’cumulative impact’ on fish supply
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Future Food Movement launches youth advisory board for food industry
The FFM Youth Industry Advisory Board is the first of its kind in the UK and is focused on the food industry’s impact on the planet
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Not enough fruit and veg in UK to meet 5 a day target, says new research
The research from the group found the total UK supply of fruit and vegetables before food waste amounted to 367g per day compared to the 400g intake recommendation
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Net Zero Review recommendations could ‘significantly’ impact trade
Some of the key recommendations in Skidmore’s review include decarbonising freight and reducing trade barriers for green sectors
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Deposit return scheme to exclude glass as ministers prepare to unveil plans
Last week, polling of more than 2,000 people conducted by Yonder found three quarters of Brits wanted to see glass included in a future DRS
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Meatless Farm introduces eco-labelling to its core product range
The traffic light labelling system is designed to communicate the environmental impact of its products to consumers keen to reduce their environmental footprint
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Asda changes yoghurt labelling from use by to best before dates
The use by dates on 28 lines of yoghurt packaging will be replaced by best before dates to help reduce household food waste
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Energy scheme: primary food production ‘overlooked’ for ‘paltry’ support
The NFU said it was ‘disappointed’ in the government for not including the horticulture and poultry sectors in the scheme
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Danone announces plans for big methane emission reduction by 2030
The food company has said it expects to remove 1.2 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent of methane emissions by 2030
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MFG to open 10 standalone EV charging hubs a year at retail parks
MFG is launching its first standalone hub at the 270,000 sq ft Great Western Retail Park in Glasgow, which features a Starbucks, B&Q, Sainsbury’s and Currys
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Wine producer Cantina Goccia develops filling machine for paper bottles
The Umbria facility will initially fill 1,000 paper bottles per hour, with the opportunity to double capacity in the future