Sustainability news – Page 66
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NewsNomadic mounts £2.7m sustainable packaging overhaul
Mini wooden spoons made from renewable, Forest Stewardship Council-certified pressed birch have replaced the plastic versions the brand previously used
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NewsCamden Town Brewery backs bees with limited-edition Blooming Hells lager
It is the final lager in Camden’s charitable seasonal range
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NewsGen Z shoppers ‘most ethically minded’ health & beauty consumers
Gen Z is more likely to consider buying a beauty product linked to a good cause than other generation, survey finds
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NewsAduna targets £1bn baobab market via tree-planting partnership
It aims to build and preserve an 8,000km wall of trees across the African Sahel region
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NewsGS1 to expand ProductDNA database to smaller suppliers
The ProductDNA database has previously been limited to large suppliers
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NewsSushi Daily to fight food waste by selling ‘Forgotten Ends’ of sushi rolls
It’s the latest in a series of sustainability initiatives rolled out by the sushi business.
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NewsTerraCycle to launch Loop online shopping in UK ahead of Tesco tie-up
The ‘circular shopping platform’ Loop will be made available to 5,000 early adopters from 26 March
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NewsCo-op to highlight recyclable pizza packaging in new TV ad
The ad highlights Co-op’s eco credentials
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NewsUnilever adds biodegradable wipes to Baby Dove range
The wipes are billed as being made from “naturally derived plant fibres”, and biodegrade in 42 days
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NewsBritvic agrees £400m ‘sustainability-linked’ credit facility
Britvic has agreed a “sustainability-linked” £400m credit facility, one of the first of its kind in the UK.
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NewsMSC to tighten rules around shark finning
It will introduce a new fishery certification process with more ‘stringent requirements’ to eliminate the practice
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NewsProcessors facing another shortage of UK potatoes following heavy rain
Following the wettest autumn since 2012, potatoes are hitting the market at lower grades with ‘higher than usual’ levels of wastage
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NewsClimate emergency nature loss to have devastating impact on global economy: WWF
Nature loss caused by the climate emergency could cost the global economy almost £8tn by 2050
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NewsQuarter of mushrooms rack up 800-plus food miles, research shows
This was despite UK and Irish growers having the ability to supply the entire market, suggested the Mushroom Bureau
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NewsRoberts rolls out Ultimate Hot Cross Buns made with waste bread
The NPD marks the bakery’s first foray into reusing ingredients
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NewsEU parliament to hear proposals on meat tax this week
The ‘fair meat pricing’ proposals have been devised by campaign group the True Animal Protein Price Coalition
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NewsGovernment announces £1m food waste fund
Defra said it wanted to find new ways to change consumer behaviour or transform food waste into other materials
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NewsLyons makes coffee bags compostable as part of brand overhaul
The bags have been switched to a new sustainable, plant-based material
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NewsUK retail food waste increases despite overall levels dropping
A progress report for the Courtauld Commitment 2025 showed retail waste went up between 2015-18
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NewsClimate committee revives calls for meat tax to cut emissions
The independent committee is calling for a 20% reduction in meat and dairy consumption to help reach the government’s 2050 net-zero target