All Ethical trade articles – Page 35
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ArticleWalmart China invests US$25m in food safety
Walmart has teamed with Tsinghua University and IBM to invest in food safety research in China
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ArticleFowler Welch to collect produce for FareShare
Customers of haulage firm can now have surplus or outgrade produce collected by Fowler Welch and redistributed to those in need
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ArticleFreshtime hires ethical trade officer
Richard Fletcher has been hired for the newly-created position and will be auditing Freshtime suppliers on social compliance
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ArticleG’s wellbeing programme attacts government visit
Produce firm was visited by Dame Carol Black in support of its unique heath and wellbeing scheme for senior managers
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ArticleTesco links Branston and Samworths to use wonky potatoes
Retailer sends wonky potatoes from Branston to Samworths to become mash in ready meals and help reduce waste
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ArticleReduce carbon emissions to ensure future of farming
Incentivising sustainability with higher prices and using agroforestry could help farmers to reduce their carbon footprint
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ArticleCeres group supports land reform initiatives
Witzenberg PALS helps empower agri-workers and play a role in South African land reform
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ArticlePatoka on food waste
FPJ's cartoonist Patoka on news that major retailers send the majority of food waste to energy production rather than charity
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ArticleThe Co-op signs NFU Fruit and Veg pledge
Retailer made the commitment to support its fresh produce suppliers at its inaugural Farming Conference this week
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ArticleRungis groups in cooperation deal
Two French companies based in Paris’s international wholesale market have signed a deal to strengthen cooperation on fighting food waste, improving diets and building social cohesion
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ArticleMajor exposé reveals retailer food waste
London’s Evening Standard has published food waste figures from the top 10 retailers and ranked them in order of donation to charity
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ArticleMyFresh and Abel & Cole staff volunteer in Malawi
A team from the William Jackson Food Group spent nine days volunteering on the company’s food security project
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ArticleFairtrade strengthens worker support
In its annual report, Fairtrade International has outlined its commitment to deliver more impact for farmers and workers
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ArticleRetailers ‘in favour’ of wonky veg
A new survey has found that most senior managers in grocery retail believe consumers would buy more wonky veg
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ArticleEosta slams short-termism
The short-sightedness of large supermarkets has come under fire from the Dutch organic specialist’s Volkert Engelsman
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ArticleStudy: Consumers ‘would pay more’ to make food fairer
Majority of shoppers would pay higher prices at the supermarket checkout to ensure fairer returns for producers
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ArticleSpecial Fruit puts sustainability centre stage
The company continues to ramp up its CSR activities in Latin America
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ArticleOlympic Fruit looks beyond Russia
The Dutch importer has welcomed the growing stability of the European market, as companies begin to cope better with the continuing Russian ban
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ArticleSalad supplier 'named and shamed' for underpaying
Flavourfresh Salads owed three workers £2,154 according to a list designed to 'name and shame' employers that underpay
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ArticleFrutura's sustainable future
The Austrian fresh produce grower-marketer has launched a unique vegetable project in Styria that utilises geothermal energy