Sustainability news – Page 92
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Fyffes to face Ethical Trading Initiative inquiry
Fruit importer could be suspended from ETI if found guilty of breaking code of conduct over treatment of workers
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Starbucks and Costa unveil coffee cup recycling schemes
Initiatives come after Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall highlighted scale of waste…
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Tesco reaffirms food waste commitment after bin-diver's find
Cardiff resident found “mountain” of bread, meat, cakes, vegetables and chocolate outside Tesco store
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Sainsbury's accused of 'anti-meat agenda'
The NFU is seeking urgent talks with the supermarket over its move to promote vegetables over meat in selected stores
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Co-op extends tuna sourcing policy to Princes and John West
The branded suppliers have until December to prove their tuna is sourced from fisheries improvement projects
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Drinks industry warns of 'huge extra costs' of bottle DRS
The BSDA was responding to Sky TV’s new Ocean Rescue campaign to tackle plastic waste, backed in the UK by Prince Charles
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Morrisons teams up with food sharing app Olio at London store
The Walworth Road branch in Southwark will give its surplus food to Olio volunteers for redistribution in the community…
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Campaigners criticise European Parliament food waste target
Voting in the EU’s Circular Economy Package, MEPs approved a target to cut food waste in half by 2030
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Tesco extends Perfectly Imperfect fruit & veg range to Poland
The retailer in trialling the range in 14 Tesco Polska stores
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Sainsbury's falls down animal welfare standards list
Business Benchmark on Animal Welfare audit said retailer was yet to show it had addressed welfare recommendations
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M&S plans to laser tattoo more produce
M&S said the system had “great potential” to increase customisation of labelling
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P&G unveils washed-up plastic plan for Head & Shoulders bottle
The supplier will roll out a recyclable pack made of post-consumer recycled beach plastic this summer
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Food waste victory as companies pledge to double redistribution
Wrap said it believed industry action to improve redistribution had reached a “tipping point”
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Unilever announces major plastic packaging recycling plans
The announcement comes on top of Unilever’s commitment to slash the weight of packaging this decade by one third by 2020
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Organic Trade Board wins £9m in EU funding to grow sector
Money will help fund three-year campaign to boost sales, increase jobs and grow awareness of organic products
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Food waste update reveals £13bn of edible food thrown away
Courtauld Commitment 3 report reveals £13bn of edible food needlessly thrown away from homes in 2015
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ABP Food Group joins European consortium on sustainability
Group will aim to improve sustainability in food production over the next seven years waste
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Into the Arctic: Climate change and cod in Svalbard
The Grocer travelled to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard earlier this year. Watch our video to find out more
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Lidl, Superdrug and Wilko make cotton bud commitments
The three retailers will join Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi and Boots in switching to more environmentally friendly buds
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Leadsom urges shoppers to boycott products containing microbeads
Comments come as government launches consultation in to ban of microbeads in personal care products