All Sustainability articles – Page 217
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Sainsbury’s reduces food waste by 10 per cent
Sainbury’s has slashed food waste to energy recovery but charity donations of surplus produce remain small across major retailers
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RSA farm schools learn to be WaterWise
South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute is helping to save lives on fruit farms
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Standard opens for applications in £1m food waste fight
The Evening Standard has opened a £275,000 grants programme to fund resourceful and innovative food waste charities
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'More work needed' in food waste fight, says report
Major report recommends governments and businesses worldwide accelerate efforts to reduce food waste
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Idyl discovers eco solution
For its organic brand, Tribu Ecolo, French-Moroccan producer Idyl is using the fibres of recycled tomato plants to create ecological packaging
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Bradford wholesale market to get facelift
To mark its 40th birthday the wholesale market is looking at ways of modernising the site’s appearance
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Produce World and Puffin sign up to Courtauld
Fresh produce firms are among 30 new signatories to WRAP-backed waste-reduction initiative
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Glasgow wholesale market goes green
Scotland’s biggest fruit and veg market is introducing wide-ranging measures to minimise its environmental impact and save money
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Opinion: Environment should be top of the agenda
Preserving resources and protecting the environment are crucial as the climate changes, writes Duncan Worth of AH Worth
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MyFresh 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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Report blames intensive farming for wildlife damage
UK is one of the “most nature-depleted countries” and intensive farming is partly responsible, according to a major report
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Tackling the packaging problem
Limiting the amount of unsustainable packaging is a constant challenge in the produce industry, above all for organics, with Eosta leading the way
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NFU promotes Red Tractor Week at supermarkets
Farmers will visit supermarkets across the UK to endorse food standards, welfare and environmental protection
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Wrap launches £2.7m London food waste scheme
A new awareness campaign is aiming to reduce food waste, save money and promote healthy eating in the capital
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Mexican limes suffer after heavy rain
Quality and supply of Mexican limes are sliding following heavy rain and storms after tropical storm Earl
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Eosta 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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Moroccan producers feel the heat
Country-wide heat waves have caused problems for Moroccan apple and stonefruit growers, with insufficient chilling hours leading to quality and quantity issues
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Compass Group wins Green Apple eco-award
Foodservice organisation Compass Group has won an international award for environmental best practice
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Upro Nature taps Iranian promise
The new joint venture between Iran’s Upro Tarh Pouya Kish and Italian firm Nature aims to bring Iran’s agriculture sector into the modern era
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Scotland Food & Drink signs eco-pledge
Industry body has joined the Resource Efficiency Pledge in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and running costs