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Suppliers the focus for new sustainability framework
A group of six leading food manufacturers has joined forces with IGD to tackle the conflicting and duplicative requests that can drain supplier resources. By Nick Hughes. What’s new? IGD has unveiled a new ‘Food supply chain sustainability framework’ to… Read More
Feet to the fire as 2025 commitment deadlines loom
Next year’s non-financial reports will include company progress on a range of ESG commitments, and a litmus test for voluntary action on animal welfare. By David Burrows. At the end of next month, deadlines for thousands of corporate commitments on… Read More
THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Beans, beans, good for your heart
We won’t spoil your morning porridge by completing the playground rhyme in its entirety, but suffice it to say that beans are having their moment in the sun. This week, bean enthusiasts from across the worlds of academia, civil society… Read More
Waitrose provides £1m pot for regen ag
The supermarket will fund a scheme to help producers weather the turbulent environmental and economic climate, and become certified regenerative. By David Burrows. Waitrose is ploughing £1m into support for UK farmers to help them develop nature-friendly and regenerative farming… Read More
Does good nutrition start in the soil?
The science linking healthy soils with healthy bodies is becoming ever more compelling. Will it be the epiphany that pushes nature-friendly farming into the mainstream? By Nick Hughes. Eating carrots is good for us. As dietary statements go, this is… Read More
THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Do food cos have the appetite for plant proteins?
EAT-Lancet’s meticulously modelled 2025 report this month painted a picture of a better food system. “The report is, on the face of it, full of portents of doom,” Footprint reported on Monday, but “also underscores some of the positive things… Read More
Campaigners up the ante on nitrites
In a strongly-worded letter to the health secretary, experts have called for warning labels on nitrite-cured meats and funding for alternatives, as evidence grows of their harm. By Nick Hughes. Campaigners against the use of nitrites in ham and bacon… Read More
Four takeaways from EAT-Lancet 2025
The influential group of experts has returned with an updated Planetary Health Diet. It’s a meticulously modelled piece of work but is its vision achievable? By Nick Hughes. 1. The concept of a planetary health diet is here to stay.… Read More
THE FRIDAY DIGEST: More trees chopped as governments choke on anti-forestation laws
The European Commission has said its deforestation regulation (EUDR) will still enter into force on December 30th, 2025 for in-scope companies – but there will be a six-month grace period in enforcement. Smaller operators now have until December 30th, 2026,… Read More
Have companies got the stomach for scrutiny?
The appetite for ESG initiatives, so we are told, is on the wane. So, are you a winner or a waner? By David Burrows. The food industry is at a “tipping point” due to changes in demographics, consumer preferences and… Read More