Grocery sector news updates

  • McDonald’s and Coca-Cola sign up to litter prevention pledge

    MCDONALD’S, KFC, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Wrigley, have all signed up to a litter prevention commitment organised by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.                             Earlier this month, Keep…

  • The UN call on governments to use public procurement to fight food poverty and boost the economy

    THE UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, has called on Governments to exploit the full potential of public food procurement to improve access to good food for the most vulnerable, boost the economy and support farmers.  …

  • Big ten food companies emit more greenhouse gases than Scandinavia

    THE ‘Big 10’ food and drink companies together emit more greenhouse gases than Scandinavia and, if they were an individual country, would rank as the 25th most polluting, Oxfam revealed today. It warned that companies are risking financial ruin if…

  • 70,000 call on UK Government to help Make Bananas Fair

    MORE THAN 70,000 people from across the UK have joined the Fairtrade Foundation in calling on the UK Government to intervene in supermarket price wars which are causing tens of thousands of banana farmers to live in poverty.    …

  • MSC to develop sustainable seaweed standard

    THE MARINE Stewardship Council (MSC) is expanding its sustainability standard beyond wild-capture fish for the first time to include various groups of wild multicellular algae, commonly referred to as seaweed.                    …

  • UK companies failing to take responsibility for soy production

    EUROPEAN COMPANIES that use soy for animal feed or animal products are not doing nearly enough to encourage responsible growers to reduce the negative impacts of soy production, according to a new analysis from WWF.          …

  • Food festivals in Wales to get £184,000 boost

    THE WELSH government has given 28 different food festivals more than £184,000 to help promote home-grown local produce. The Welsh Assembly funding was given with the aim to “raise the profile of the high quality food and drink” the region…

  • Soil Association: Organic farming can help save bees

    THE SOIL ASSOCIATION has responded to the Government’s recent National Pollinator Strategy, welcoming the goal to halt and reverse the decline in pollinators.                   The organisation has said that new evidence is…

  • Sainsbury’s launches UK’s first certified sustainable tuna sandwich

    SAINSBURY’S SUPERMARKET has become the UK’s first retailer to launch an MSC certified sustainable tuna sandwich after its new range went on sales earlier this week.                           With…

  • Rising costs remain top of the energy agenda

    AS THE importance of sustainability grows, a poll conducted by BSI, the business standards company, has found that 44% of sustainability experts believe that until energy management impacts the bottom line it will not advance to the top of the…