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  • What next for the UK’s 3.2 billion cup challenge?

    What next for the UK’s 3.2 billion cup challenge?

    Defra has abandoned plans for a mandatory cup takeback scheme, and this could this pave the way for more Pigouvian policies. David Burrows reports.  A scheme to force foodservice businesses to take back single-use coffee cups and recycle them has… Read More

  • The Friday Digest: Sustainability wilts in the heat

    The Friday Digest: Sustainability wilts in the heat

    It’s been a testing few weeks for sustainability professionals. The failure of COP29 (climate), COP16 (biodiversity) and INC-5 (plastics) to make meaningful progress in taming the assault on the planet from ‘business as usual’ politics and commerce, was enough to… Read More

  • Northern Ireland pledges ‘radical’ shift in food policy

    Northern Ireland pledges ‘radical’ shift in food policy

    The country’s leaders hope that by adopting a ‘whole government approach’ to system change they can position Northern Ireland as the home of sustainable food. By Nick Hughes.  Food system transformation. That’s the ultimate, and highly ambitious, goal behind the development… Read More

  • Time to confront the water crisis

    Time to confront the water crisis

    Often seen as a cheap and plentiful resource, new analysis shows food security is under serious threat from water risk with consequences for all of us. By Nick Hughes. “One-Quarter of World’s Crops Threatened by Water Risks.” So screamed a… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: An egg and bacon sandwich

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: An egg and bacon sandwich

    Last week’s Digest was about chickens. This week it’s about eggs and it’s about bacon. And holding those together? Probably another bit of bacon if M&S has anything to do with it (wait for it…). First up, Compassion in World Farming’s Eggtrack report showing that… Read More

  • COMMENT: Avoiding the cultured meat culture clash

    COMMENT: Avoiding the cultured meat culture clash

    Finding common ground with farmers could make lab-grown meat companies more likely to succeed, says Katherine Lewis. Farmers are concerned by claims made by lab-grown meat companies, so they want to understand where they fit into this new market. After… Read More

  • PLASTICS PACKAGE: A crisis of confluence

    PLASTICS PACKAGE: A crisis of confluence

    There is more stress over DRS as UK waste policy seemingly falls apart. But new laws are sprouting up everywhere in Brussels. By David Burrows. After a crisis of identity earlier this month, there is a more relaxed feel about The… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: COP, cash, chickens and chaos

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: COP, cash, chickens and chaos

    It is COP29 and Tuesday marked food, agriculture and water day, so “[…] perhaps it’s appropriate that the biggest deliberations feature a game of chicken”, wrote Bloomberg Green. This is of course the standoff about the expiring $100 billion annual climate finance commitment. The latest… Read More

  • Comment: Diet focus can be net-zero turning point

    Comment: Diet focus can be net-zero turning point

    Recognition from IGD of the need to lower meat consumption to decarbonise the food system helps validate an industry shift that is already underway, says Nick Hughes. The publication of a plan for transitioning the food system to net-zero is… Read More

  • Can schools square the sustainable meals circle?

    Can schools square the sustainable meals circle?

    New analysis has found a significant gap between government funding and the cost to already cash-strapped schools of providing a nutritious, sustainable lunch. By Nick Hughes. Labour is still in the foothills of its mountainous quest to create the “healthiest… Read More