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  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Donald is Trumped by a story about bottles

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Donald is Trumped by a story about bottles

    Only at Footprint would a packaging story steal the spotlight from Donald Trump and the gathering at Davos. And for that we are proud.  This is the news (of course) that the Deposit Return Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland)… Read More

  • The Friday Digest: Eco-labels don’t move the dial

    The Friday Digest: Eco-labels don’t move the dial

    Does the presence of an eco-label change our dietary choices? Specifically, does it make those choices more environmentally friendly? That’s the question a group of researchers set out to answer three years ago in an out of home setting. The… Read More

  • The Friday Digest: Reed seeks to reset relations in Oxford

    The Friday Digest: Reed seeks to reset relations in Oxford

    “The straws are piling up and up – and the camel’s back is close to breaking.” Steve Reed struck a sympathetic tone this week as the secretary of state for Defra resolved to reset relations with the farming sector. Delivering… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Will alt proteins pack a punch in 2025?

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Will alt proteins pack a punch in 2025?

    2024 has been an eventful year for alternative proteins, a category that includes plant-based meat alternatives, products made using precision fermentation techniques, insect protein and cell-based or cultivated meat products. Although some of the commercial lustre has fallen off the UK… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Can we see through the weeds of that methane story?

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Can we see through the weeds of that methane story?

    We start with a story about methane, cows and a feed additive beginning with B: a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a red seaweed-based supplement (Brominata) in pellet form reduced their methane… 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Friday Digest: Baku to reality

    The Friday Digest: Baku to reality

    As world leaders and their officials gather in Baku, Azerbaijan to engage in a fortnight of tense climate diplomacy, the real-world impact our food system is having on human health and the environment has been laid bare in a new… Read More

  • The Friday Digest: Solving the 3.2 billion single-use cup conundrum

    The Friday Digest: Solving the 3.2 billion single-use cup conundrum

    “We were at 6% recycling of cups and gaining momentum, but the pandemic took the wind out of our sails,” explains Hannah Osman, national cup recycling manager at Valpak. Amidst the climate crisis and dire state of the natural world, recycling… Read More