Sustainability news – Page 53
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NewsCo-op removes instant barbecues from shelves in national park stores
Co-op’s ‘Put Me Out’ campaign hopes to encourage safer use of instant barbecues
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NewsBP extends Too Good To Go partnership across 292-store estate
The move includes all company-owned sites and BP operated M&S Food stores in the UK
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NewsHolland & Barrett cuts emissions with new eco-friendly store in Coventry
The new beauty zone offers a variety of vegan, zero-waste and cruelty-free beauty items
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NewsHeura scores €70m valuation with backing from Chris Smalling and the crowd
Heura, which launched in the UK with a meat-free burger late last year, hit its initial €1m target on the Crowdcube platform and overfunded to €4m in less than 24 hours, with 3,007 investors backing the business.
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NewsPlayIn Choc beats £250k crowdfunding target to scale up ethical brand
Launched in 2018 by husband-and-wife team Maya and Dominic Simler, PlayIn Choc already exports to 30 countries and has listings with 25 distributors, as well as Ocado. It is also in early conversations with the mults in the UK and other retailers overseas.
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NewsCentral England Co-op to invest £350k in sustainable community spaces
The new project aims to create sustainable spaces outside its food stores and funeral homes
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NewsNGOs call for bottom trawling ban in marine protected areas
Data from environmental group Oceana showed there had been an increase in trawling in MPAs in 2020
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NewsLifebuoy launches Botanitech range of antibacterial cleaning products
The new range would combat the spread of germs in the home as lockdown restrictions ease, said Lifebuoy
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NewsWelsh cheese startup Mona Island Dairy to open £20m factory
Source: Mona Island Dairy The factory will open in September and will offer a range of premium own-label cheeses to retailers and restaurant chains Welsh startup Mona Island Dairy is investing £20m to build what it is claiming will be Europe’s most sustainable cheese factory. The ...
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NewsMcCain announces raft of sustainability targets for the 2020s
The frozen giant made the commitments after the launch of its second global sustainability report
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NewsRivers ‘unprotected’ from threat of farm pollution, claim campaigners
Noble Foods’ free-range chicken farm has been accused of polluting the River Wye
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NewsDove unveils forest restoration project in North Sumatra
The five-year conservation effort will capture over 300,000 tons of CO2 from the air, Dove claims
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NewsYazoo rolls out 100% recycled packaging with ‘easy peelable sleeves’
The new packaging would save Yazoo using over 32 million kilograms of non-recycled plastic, it said
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NewsUnilever challenges Quorn through tie-in with mycoprotein specialist Enough
Quorn is currently the only major meat-free brand to use the protein as a base for its products
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NewsRetailers demand government incentives to turn transport fleets green
The BRC has written to transport secretary Grant Shapps warning without government intervention to generate faster adoption of green vehicles, its 2035 net zero target is fantasy
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NewsLeon rolls out organic coffee trio into Sainsbury’s
Its partnership with Puro and World Land Trust will ensure each bag purchased supports rainforest conservation efforts
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NewsFeel Good Drinks claims first for UK soft drinks by becoming climate positive
The business has offset more than twice the 206 tonnes of carbon it produced in 2020
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NewsCultured meat startup Ivy Farm urges FSA to be ‘nimble’ on regulation
The business announced a £16m fundraising round last weekend
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NewsCentral England Co-op cuts food waste by 40% in three years
The society’s food waste levels dropped from 2,445 tonnes in 2017 to 1,085 tonnes in 2020
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NewsColman’s switches Meal Makers sachets to recyclable paper packs
The brand claims its new fully recyclable paper packaging will prevent 240 tonnes of landfill waste