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Anna Collins: Can procurement shift diets? The launch of WWF’s new healthy and sustainable diet tool
Anna Collins is the Healthy and Sustainable Diets Lead at WWF-UK, where she works with businesses, NGOs and other stakeholders to support the transition towards healthier, more sustainable food systems. A registered dietitian by background, Anna has worked across clinical…
Why businesses need to take biodiversity seriously
Our food system is advancing the destruction of the natural world; but food businesses have the power to reverse it. By Nick Hughes. Delegates of a fatalistic disposition will have come away from October’s Extinction and Livestock conference in London…
British cod gains first MSC certification
North Sea cod officially designated as sustainable will soon be sold in supermarkets and restaurants for the first time in 20 years after English and Scottish cod boats were awarded MSC certification. Over a decade since North Sea cod stocks…
Challenge for agriculture as emissions progress stalls
Agriculture is expected to miss key reduction targets for greenhouse gases. With bold new policies needed, shifting demand could be the next step. By Nick Hughes. The UK’s transition to a resilient low-carbon economy is in danger of being derailed…
More foodservice ‘influencers’ needed to shift people to plant-based diets
The UK needs to “rethink the way it eats” in order to meet the Paris Agreement targets, according to WWF-UK. And the charity, which published its revised “Livewell Plates” this week, has identified chefs and supermarkets as “key influencers” in…
Environment must not be compromised by Brexit, say NGOs
Some of the UK’s largest conservation groups have joined forces to urge the government to restore and enhance the environment as the UK prepares to leave the EU. The National Trust, RSPB and WWF are among 13 organisations to throw…
UK misses sustainable palm oil target
The UK has failed to meet a target to achieve 100% sourcing of “credibly certified sustainable palm oil” by the end of 2015. Figures just released by DEFRA show that 87% of imports were RSPO certified by the end of…
Coca-Cola meets “aggressive” water targets
Coca-Cola has hit its water replenishment goal five years early and improved its water use efficiency by 27% since 2004. The soft drinks firm has supported 248 community water partnership projects in 71 countries, returning an estimated 19.9 billion litres…
Compass joins RTRS
Compass has joined the Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS). The move comes hot on the heels of the catering firm’s poor performance in last month’s Soy Scorecard, published by WWF. Compass scored four points out of 24, which actually put…
Time for a serious rethink of sustainability standards to tackle the urgent climate challenges the world is facing
For many years I have worked with some of the world’s largest conservation bodies, businesses and other civil society organisations to develop sustainability standards for a wide range of globally traded commodities. Many of these focus on specific sustainability challenges, such…