All Sustainability articles – Page 243
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ArticleRetailers ‘lack financial incentive’ to cut waste
Food waste campaigner and author Tristram Stuart has told MPs and Lords at a meeting in Westminster that supermarkets lack the financial incentive to reduce waste because they can pass on the costs to suppliers.
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ArticleStrawberry pesticide pulled
Sudden withdrawal of methyl iodide fumigant at the centre of a legal battle limits pesticide options for US strawberry growers
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Wales gets hort waste recycling plant
The UK horticultural industry stands to get greener yet thanks a new agricultural-waste wash plant in Wales.
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ArticleProgress for Corpus Christi wind farm
The Texas-based port is well on its way to providing renewable energy after starting to transmit some power to the grid last month
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ArticleAlgeria turns to hydroponics
With water scarce, the North African country is stepping up its efforts to ensure food security with hydroponic greenhouse technology
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ArticleFlorette to display LEAF logo
Salad specialist will demonstrate its environmental consciousness by placing the LEAF Marque logo on its packs
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ArticleAustralian flooding misses fruit
Fruit production in south east Australia appears to have dodged the worst of the flooding across the region this week
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ArticleSymbioCity promotes urban agriculture
Swedish group adds vertical farms to its portfolio of sustainable projects
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ArticleUK retailers to unveil green store plans
M&S, John Lewis and Coop will reveal the latest plans for environmentally friendly stores at the upcoming ACR Show
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ArticleGroup opposes expansion in Philippines
New alliance aims to prevent expansion of banana and pineapple plantations in the Allah River Valley in South Cotabatao
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ArticleVertical farm goes up in Sweden
Plantagon breaks ground on site in Linkoping for its first vertical farm
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ArticleResponsibly Fresh label launched in Berlin
Flanders' new sustainability label, Responsibly Fresh, was unveiled at Fruit Logistica for the very first time
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ArticleVertical integration of a different kind
Located as close as possible to market, vertical fresh produce farms could make supply lines much shorter, more dependable and hopefully less damaging to the environment
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ArticleAntwerp releases Sustainability Report
Belgium's port of Antwerp has launched its first report detailing the efforts being made to improve sustainability
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ArticleDEFRA assesses climate-change risks
DEFRA has published its Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) highlighting the challenges as well as opportunities for the UK economy including agriculture. The 2,000 page report means the UK is one of the best prepared nations for the implications of climate change.
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ArticleTesco abandons carbon labelling
The UK supermarket chain has ditched its plan to label all its products with their carbon footprint
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ArticleClimate could change UK agriculture
Government report suggests UK could expand blueberry production as climate change takes hold
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ArticleHeavyweights eye Cambodian banana project
Major Japanese-owned banana player Sumifru and Australia's Indochina Gateway Capital are reportedly mulling a US$35m banana plantation in Cambodia
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ArticleChile develops solar-powered orchard
A Chilean company is developing solar energy to pump water into desert regions for cultivating table grapes
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ArticleSaudi set to halt veg exports
In a bid to conserve its dwindling water resources, the Kingdom will cease exports of vegetables in September this year