Food
The latest Environmental News affecting the
Food and Drink Industry, from
food miles and
food security to sustainable food production, carbon footprints and biofuels to
grants, technology and regulations
The number of fish and seafood products certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has shot up by 41 per cent in the UK over the last year, as retailers and supermarkets respond to consumers' demand to know the provenance of the produce they buy.
Major new research into the risks of climate change to the UK predicts that, without action, by the second half of this century warmer temperatures in the summer could cost businesses £15 billion in staff absenteeism a year.
Next week M&S will become the first major retailer to roll out ground-breaking new packaging which it claims will extend the life of fruit stored in the fridge by up to two days, helping to cut domestic food waste.
Supermarkets and food companies are improving how they source palm oil, a key ingredient in half of all packaged foods – but not fast enough to prevent further environmental damage, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has urged businesses and the public to sign up to a pledge to reduce the mountains of food needlessly thrown away and sent to landfill.
By the end of the year, Sainsbury's will become the first supermarket to send all its food waste for anaerobic digestion (AD) – the process that decomposes food waste to release biogas which can then be used to produce electricity.
There’s been a sharp drop in the amount of food UK households throw away, new research from WRAP reveals.
Sally Uren asks what sustainable consumption will actually mean come 2020.
A new guide to inform farmers of the benefits of using biofertiliser has been published today.
Sainsbury’s will launch a £1 billion sustainability plan today, in which it pledges to double the amount of British food it sells by 2020.
UK canned seafood manufacturer John West has launched a new online application that for the first time will enable anyone to check whether its fish has been sourced sustainably or not.
Dozens of London restaurants are taking part in a new campaign being launched today, which urges restaurant goers to ask for a doggy bag at the end of their meal.
The Soil Association, the charity that campaigns for organic food and farming, has set out its vision for a sustainable future for British farming and food, in which innovation will play a key role, it said.
Staple crops, including wheat, rice and maize, account for just under half of the world's water scarcity, a new study has found.
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched new guidance on food labelling today to help food and drink manufacturers combat waste.