Out of Home News Analysis

  • NET-ZERO NOTEBOOK: Carbon cruise is risky for business

    NET-ZERO NOTEBOOK: Carbon cruise is risky for business

    ‘Greenhushing’ provides cover for companies making progress on their carbon reduction plans. Or does it? By David Burrows Click on any major news site and you’ll probably encounter headlines about companies scaling back — or even dropping — their sustainability initiatives. These… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Strategy group sparks backlash

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Strategy group sparks backlash

    There has been much chatter this week over the make-up of the government’s food strategy expert group amid murmurs that the process has been captured by big business interests. To recap: last Friday Defra revealed the names of the leading… Read More

  • Investors urged to turn up the heat on out of home giants

    Investors urged to turn up the heat on out of home giants

    Campaigners want foodservice businesses to be transparent about the healthiness of their products to encourage responsible investment. By Nick Hughes. Up for the fight. “This is not a particularly easy time for shareholder engagement,” noted Georgie Cowell, senior research officer at… Read More

  • POLITICAL PRINT: Reeves’s war on red tape risks coming unstuck

    POLITICAL PRINT: Reeves’s war on red tape risks coming unstuck

    The chancellor’s determination to remove the burden of regulation is not what responsible businesses or the public say they want, says Nick Hughes. “Today we are taking further action to free businesses from the shackles of regulation. By cutting red… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: The grass isn’t always greener

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: The grass isn’t always greener

    Let’s start this week in the US: ‘Your grass-fed burger isn’t better for the planet,’ runs a headline in The Washington Post. The article is on the back of a new study, published in the journal PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,… Read More

  • Packaging 2025: more paper, more AI and more reuse 

    Packaging 2025: more paper, more AI and more reuse 

    Experts predict what’s set to be hot in the packaging world this year as companies adapt to new laws, embrace technology and supply sustainable solutions. By David Burrows. Brands will continue to switch to fibre-based packaging this year to ‘mitigate… Read More

  • POLITICAL PRINT: Producers pay the price for broken system

    POLITICAL PRINT: Producers pay the price for broken system

    Defra’s decision to suddenly shut its sustainable farming scheme exposes a number of hard truths about fixing our broken food system. By David Burrows.  On Tuesday last week the sustainable farming incentive (SFI) snapped shut. The budget for the 2024… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Farmer fury and organic outrage

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Farmer fury and organic outrage

    The closure of the government’s sustainable farming incentive (SFI) is the big news this week. The SFI pays farmers in England to manage land to protect soil, restore hedgerows and boost nature recovery – the ‘public money for public goods’ mantra… Read More

  • Wahaca: ‘less but better’ meat to reduce emissions by 9%

    Wahaca: ‘less but better’ meat to reduce emissions by 9%

    Mexican chain beefs up its regenerative sourcing to slim down its total carbon footprint. David Burrows reports. Carbon cuts. Two years ago, in April 2023, Wahaca announced significant changes to its menu on the back of its carbon labelling scheme. Menus at the… Read More

  • Supply chain risks get real

    Supply chain risks get real

    A growing threat from extreme weather events and pathogenic diseases means businesses can no longer afford to take the availability of staple food crops for granted. By Nick Hughes.  The banana is in many ways the ultimate modern commodity crop.… Read More