Grocery sector news updates

  • Higher share performance for companies with sustainability policies

    COMPANIES that focus on environmental and sustainability polices are more likely to receive a higher share price performance, according to a new study released by The University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and Arabesque Asset Management.…

  • Government given ‘red card’ for environment efforts

    THE UK GOVERNMENT has been given a ‘red card’ by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) for failing to reduce air pollution, protect biodiversity and prevent flooding after it assessed green efforts made since 2010.            …

  • New codes published for sustainable seafood sourcing

    THE SUSTAINABLE Seafood Coalition (SSC) – a coalition of major seafood suppliers, brands, supermarkets and restaurants – has launched a new scheme to make the labelling and sourcing of sustainable fish clearer for shoppers.            …

  • Sugar should be slashed further, experts say

    SUGAR INTAKE should be further restricted to just 3% of energy intake a day according to new research carried out by University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.              …

  • ad:Tech and Unilever in startup sustainability hack

    STARTUPS WITH a penchant for sustainability are invited to participate in a specially arranged hackathon at ad:tech London for a chance to impress and partner with Unilever.                            As…

  • The Rainforest Alliance Partners with the Guardian on New Follow the Frog Campaign

    THE RAINFOREST Alliance has announced a new platform for its annual Follow the Frog campaign. In partnership with the Guardian, Follow the Frog 2014 will be a 10-month integrated experience designed to foster engagement with a growing population that care…

  • Green Party call for £10 minimum wage

    THE GREEN Party has called for the statutory minimum wage to be raised to living wage levels immediately and for a £10 per hour minimum wage for all by 2020. At the Party’s recent autumn conference in Birmingham, party leader…

  • M&S strikes landmark deal to buy biomethane gas certificates

    MARKS & SPENCER has agreed a landmark deal with Future Biogas for the purchase of 35,000 Mega-Watt hours of biomethane certificates, a move which will reduce its carbon footprint by over 6,400 tonnes and source the equivalent amount of energy to…

  • Takeaway salad revealed as Britain’s biggest source of food waste

    THOUSANDS OF tons of perfectly good food goes straight into the bin every year in what’s being described as the scandal of Britain’s biggest source of food waste. A leading waste management company has found through its own research that…

  • Ministers consider need for new Food Crime Unit

    THE DEPARTMENT for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Food Standards Agency has issued a new report on food security and the introduction of a Food Crime Unit. The special report was commissioned by the government to address the current…