All Sustainability and environment articles
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NewsRegenerative farming strengthens drought resilience, study says
Across cereal crops in drought-affected regions of France, Soil Capital said regenerative practices reduced yield losses by at least 10% in around 85% of cases analysed
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NewsHidden boat ownership risks fuelling illegal fishing in UK waters, study says
In its ‘Whose Boat Is This’ study, NGO ClientEarth found holes in UK law, which does not require ‘ultimate boat ownership’ disclosure, were potentially benefiting ships engaged in ‘illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’
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News‘Look again’ at deposit return scheme remuneration, administrator urged
Yesterday the not-for-profit industry body running the scheme, Exchange for Change, announced the remuneration for retailers taking part in it as a return point operator
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Category ReportEco nappy claims fall short of ASA’s standards
Sustainability remains a significant challenge in babycare – particularly in disposable nappies
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NewsDanone, Bel and Nestlé lead on methane cuts as rest of sector ‘lags’
New research by NGO Changing Markets Foundation has revealed ‘major blind spots’ amid most dairy and coffee firms’ action on methane emissions
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Category ReportWhy supermarkets are getting behind organic food & drink
Some 67% of shoppers are choosing to buy organic products despite them carrying an 11% premium over conventional goods. What’s behind its success?
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Category ReportRegen-ag claims unstandardised, warns NGO
Organic food is facing stiffening competition from products marketed on so-called regenerative agriculture practices
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Category ReportShoppers choose organic for eco and health benefits
The organic boom isn’t only good news for organic farmers and the retailers they supply
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Category ReportPrices between organic and non-organic narrow
Organic goods cost an average of 11% more than non-organic ones
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Category ReportHow retailers are growing their organic offerings
The credit crunch bit a huge chunk out of organic food and drink 2008
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NewsDeposit return scheme handling fees for retailers announced
Exchange for Change, the not-for-profit body appointed last year as the scheme’s deposit management organisation, released the sums today
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: surplus food, Gen Z drinkers and vegan principles
The government’s ambition to triple food redistribution over the next 10 years is very welcome, but the next phase must be practical
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NewsCharlie Bigham’s exits ByRuby to focus on the core
Milly Bagot, who founded ByRuby with Leiths-trained chef Ruby Bell in 2017, bought the brand back this month for an undisclosed sum
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Category ReportRice lags behind beans & pulses on the environment
Beans and pulses are good for people’s health – and better for the planet
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NewsCalls for probe into ‘missing’ Wales DRS consultation
It’s understood a raft of trade bodies are demanding to know why a response to the consultation, which ran from August to November last year, was never published
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NewsConfidence in freefall as food industry faces ‘worst ever energy crisis’
A new report by the FDF shows confidence levels are ‘in freefall’, with the war in Iran unleashing ‘the worst energy crisis in history’
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NewsSeafood companies not showing working on welfare and sustainability policies
It comes as the global investor network FAIRR Initiative, which represents $95tn in assets, launched the Coller FAIRR Seafood Index to benchmark the social, health and environmental consequences of the operations of 20 businesses
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NewsConsumers cautious with NPD to avoid food waste
Consumers are throwing away less food than they did two years ago but are still not happy with how much food ends up in the bin, according to research by The Harris Poll UK
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NewsSainsbury’s is headline sponsor of The Grocer’s Health Summit
Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts said it was time to ‘refocus our collective attention on the big questions facing the sector’
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Category ReportHow geopolitical events are creating challenges for oils
Suppliers of edible oils likely thought they could breathe easier at the end of 2025, but the market has since been upended