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THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Diage-go-go-go for greener packaging
It was promised in 2021. Disappeared without trace in 2022. Almost made it into the world in 2023. But finally it is here: a paper-based bottle for Johnnie Walker whisky. Made from 90% paper and a “very thin plastic liner”,… Read More
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The Friday Digest: A crisis in climate confidence
“Time is running out to save the planet,” reads the sobering headline from a new Mintel report that dropped into the Digest’s inbox this week. The research company’s new ‘Global outlook on sustainability’ paints a worrying picture of public desperation at our collective… Read More
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THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Labour looking for love from farmers
This week’s news has a heavy agricultural feel. Wednesday was, of course, ‘Back British Farming Day’ – an annual event now in its ninth year and taking place with UK farming at a “tipping point”, according to organiser, the NFU. … Read More
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The Friday Digest: Winds of change?
MPs returned to Westminster this week ahead of a busy autumn that will see the Conservative Party elect a new leader and the new chancellor, Rachel Reeves, deliver her first budget. Most new governments are afforded a brief honeymoon period… Read More
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THE FRIDAY DIGEST: How now free-range cow
It’s a four-day week for those lucky enough to be living in England. We’ve therefore squeezed the best sustainability stories into our usual digestible format for you; so make a brew, sit back and enjoy tales of grazing cattle, gene… Read More
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The Friday Digest: The kids aren’t alright
UK obesity policy has stagnated in recent years after the Conservative government decided to postpone a number of measures designed to create healthier food environments. These included plans to introduce a 9pm TV advertising watershed for foods high in fat,… Read More
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The Friday Digest: Fruit and veg wilts while megafarms spread
This week’s Digest has a head for figures, and not all of them (or indeed any of them) are especially positive. Regular Footprint readers will need no reminding of the value in eating more fruit and vegetables for a healthy, sustainable diet, yet new data released… Read More
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The Friday Digest: Defra officials in high spirits, while carbon data leaves farmers downbeat
“It’s been a while since we last posted. We’re glad to be back!” This isn’t from us at the Digest (we posted only seven days ago and would never use an exclamation mark); it is the opener from the Defra farming team’s… Read More
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The Friday Digest: black holes, greener land and faux gras
The size of the black hole in public finances was the big economic story this week, but there was worrying environmental news too. “Nature is dying,” said Defra secretary Steve Reed as he announced a new statutory plan to protect and… Read More
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The Friday Digest: Beefy investments and revving up reuse
Campaigners have wasted little time in setting out their key asks for a new government following Labour’s victory in the UK general election. This week saw the publication of reports calling respectively for a doubling of UK fruit and vegetable production and… Read More