Sustainability news archive – Page 67
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NewsCompostable Coalition assembles advisory board
Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Ocado are among the first names to be unveiled as Compostable Coalition UK advisory board members
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News2nd Banana Awards honour sustainability of Ecuador’s banana sector
AEBE praises the commitment to innovation and sustainability of Ecuadorean companies at gala event
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NewsAssomela slams EU’s proposed ban on packaging
Proposed regulation, which would outlaw all fruit and vegetable packaging in the EU, needs a major rethink, according to Italian apple suppliers
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NewsNew book explores how to make avocados more sustainable
Publication provides comprehensive overview of more than 30 years’ of research into avocado supply chain
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NewsAgrofresh and Strella partner on apples and pears
New innovative sensor technology enhances real-time monitoring of apple and pear ripening process
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NewsAldi completes living wage verification pilot on banana farms
Retailer successfully pilots an innovative living wage verification process on banana farms
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NewsAsda starts LEAF Marque rollout
Move is part of supermarket’s long-term sustainability strategy
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NewsAvos good for gut health
Studies show avocados can significantly improve gut health and digestive system, says WAO
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NewsAlbert Heijn: more discounts, more local produce
The Netherlands’ largest supermarket chain wants to offer shoppers more Dutch fruit and vegetables at even lower prices
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NewsDel Monte named one of America’s most-trusted companies
The company is ranked number 14 in the food and beverage category for consumer, investor, and employee trust by Newsweek
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NewsDuroc reiterates commitment to sustainability
The Moroccan group is investing in new ways to reduce its impact on the environment, prioritising packaging waste, water efficiency and organic waste recycling
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NewsWestfalia and Chiquita join European Sustainability Forum
How must the fruit and veg trade respond on sustainability? Fruitnet’s annual meeting brings together expert speakers to consider challenges and opportunities ahead
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NewsWhere next for Belgian horticultural research?
Located in Flanders, Belgium’s vegetable heartland, the Research Station for Vegetable Production has 60 years’ experience in translating academic research into practical knowledge for greenhouse and open-field growers. Fred Searle speaks to its director Els Berckmoes about the challenges for producers and what the non-profit is doing to help
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NewsAutomating Australian protected cropping
New indoor cropping-focused project to work on smart solutions for managing horticultural crops
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NewsSingrow announces expansion
Singapore-based agri-genomics firm opens R&D facility and reveals plans for further Asian expansion
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NewsLEAF announces new CEO
David Webster joins the sustainable farming group as CEO in September from the UK grocery division of Associated British Foods where he is sustainability director
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NewsThe Natural Fruit Company goes solar
Company to invest in 6,000m2 solar park at its orange packhouse in Alzira to cut CO2 emissions
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NewsDefra awards £9.13m to agri-robotics
Projects on robotic crop harvesting, a new way of cultivating potatoes and an autonomous cow bedding system are to receive share of funding
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NewsTiming key to sustainability success, says Vanoirbeek
Producers in Belgium back the aims of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy, according to Luc Vanoirbeek, general secretary of the Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives (VBT), as long as they are ”affordable, realistic and fair”