deforestation

  • The big school food shake-up

    The big school food shake-up

    Ministers set out proposals for “the most ambitious overhaul in a generation” of school food standards, a raft of changes that will limit foods high in fat, salt and sugar

  • Chop and change in deforestation laws creates confusion

    Chop and change in deforestation laws creates confusion

    The EU Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, was designed to ensure that products placed on, and exported from, the EU market are no longer linked to deforestation or forest degradation

  • Don’t buy into deforestation law delays

    Don’t buy into deforestation law delays

    The European Commission wants to delay EUDR due to IT issues, but food businesses can’t afford to switch off from ensuring they have sustainable supply chains.

  • Deforestation, dodgy green claims and delays

    Deforestation, dodgy green claims and delays

    New EU laws relating to green claims and deforestation do not mean food businesses can relax.

  • Deforestation pledges don’t cut it, report warns

    Deforestation pledges don’t cut it, report warns

    Companies are struggling to make good on public commitments to remove forest destruction from their supply chains, according to a new report. Of 566 companies who were identified as having deforestation risk tied to the ‘big four’ agricultural commodities –…

  • Voluntary agreements won’t deliver food security

    FOOD BUSINESSES want more regulation to help them tackle issues linked to sustainability, including food security.                   In their research for a new report, published today, WWF and the Food Ethics Council…

  • Deforestation-free claims lack accountability, says Rainforest Alliance

    A NEW Rainforest Alliance paper “Halting Deforestation and Achieving Sustainability” argues that a surge of recent deforestation-free pledges need definition, context and accountability.                 The past few months have seen a number of…

  • KFC – The Colonel’s recipe for deforestation

    Greenpeace activists have undertaken their second action of the day against Kentucky Fried Chicken, the UK’s third biggest fast food retailer, by placing a giant replica of a KFC family bucket outside of KFC’s flagship store on Oxford Street.  The…