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British retailers have failed to meet a pledge to cut back on supply chain food and packaging waste, with thousands of tonnes of fruit and vegetables, milk and yogurt thrown away every year, after being rejected for being the wrong shape, size or standard.
Carmaker Ford said it will slash landfill waste by 70 per cent over the next five years across its European production arm, including at its three UK manufacturing plants.
Dominic Waughray, senior director at the World Economic Forum argues sustainability is a key theme on the 2012 Davos agenda, both on the programme and in the way the event has been planned.
Amidst growing concerns of a looming resource shortage, UK manufacturers are calling on the Government to set out a clearer, more ambitious strategy on waste and resource management in England.
The overuse and waste of valuable natural resources is threatening to produce a fresh economic crisis, the European Union's environment chief has warned.
Water and how we use has a vital role to play in the UK’s transition to a green economy, the Government said today, as it published its White Paper on the future of water.
The Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is calling on water companies, businesses and the public in England to plan now for water shortages next summer.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to start tackling the water footprint of its UK stores, with the installation of water saving technology in hundreds of its outlets over the next year.
Brits are on average using nearly as much water showering as they are when taking a bath, new research from consumer goods group Unilever reveals.
Big companies are failing to recognise and act on water-related risks, according to new analysis.
There’s been a sharp drop in the amount of food UK households throw away, new research from WRAP reveals.
Businesses that reuse office chairs and desks are saving over £14 million a year, as well as helping to reduce carbon emissions and increase jobs in the UK, according to new research by WRAP.
Sally Uren asks what sustainable consumption will actually mean come 2020.
Toy giant Mattel, the company behind Barbie, has announced that it will stop buying paper and packaging linked to rainforest destruction following a global campaign by Greenpeace.
Our dependence on reliable sources of energy and water is so great that we go to war over it. So can sustainability help lead us into a more secure future? Anna Simpson investigates.