Fossil Fuel
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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… Read More
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Footprint Insight: Divestment campaigners have honed in on fossil fuels. But if they start casting their net wider, food companies might be caught in the line of fire, says Nick Hughes.
FOOD AND drink companies are no strangers to activist campaigns. From historical boycotts of Nestlé over the promotion of infant formula to more recent protests against Starbucks for perceived tax avoidance, the industry, with its raft of household name brands,… Read More
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Next in the line of fire?
THE FOSSIL fuel divestment movement is going mainstream and food companies could become high-profile targets writes Nick Hughes. When a cause unites a group as diverse as… Read More
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Edinburgh University bows to fossil fuel industry lobby, refuses to divest
THE UNIVERSITY of Edinburgh ignored calls from students, staff and alumni to divest from fossil fuel companies, sparking accusations of a conflict of interests within the university from students. … Read More