All Sustainability articles – Page 257
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ArticleAuchan behind salad producers
The French retailer has strengthened its commitment to its salad suppliers, including economic, environmental and social assurances
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ArticleHealth concerns lead Brits to cut meat intake
Vegetarian options are enjoyed by increasing numbers as a third of Brits cut meat intake during the last year
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ArticleSpecial report: The Waste Land
Momentum is gathering fast as the world wakes up to the need to reduce food waste. Michael Barker rounds up the latest developments
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ArticleWeFood tackles waste in Denmark
Set up by a Danish charity, WeFood has secured agreements with a retailer and importers to sell produce at discounted prices
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ArticleGreen Party appoints first-ever agri spokesperson
Organic farmer Oliver Dowding has said farmers need better stability from market prices and would not benefit from leaving EU
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ArticleAsda starts selling wonky veg boxes
The retailer claims that the box contains enough wonky produce to feed a family of four for an entire week for just £3.50
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ArticleNatures Way in major LED installation
The new lighting system at Runcton saves the equivalent electricity usage of 160 homes annually
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ArticleAldi Süd bans bee-harming pesticides from its products
The ban came into effect at the start of 2016 after lobbying from environmental organisation Greenpeace
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ArticleSpecial report: GM trials power on
Two GM trials in the UK are looking at disease resistance in potatoes and the health benefits of purple tomatoes
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ArticlePast 30 years in Europe 'warmest in last 2,100 years'
The study used tree ring records and historical documents to reconstruct yearly temperatures going back more than two millennia
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ArticleDave Lewis to chair new global food waste campaign
Leading CEOs and ministers from around the world have become ‘champions’ of new partnership on food waste
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ArticleBerry grower faces £20k of crop losses after flooding
Northern Irish strawberry grower Foxberry Fruit Farm cannot get near plants due to three feet of floodwater
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ArticlePaying the True Cost of Food
At this week’s Green Week in Berlin, Nature & More launched its True Cost of Food initiative, a campaign to include all the external costs of food production in the price
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ArticleRenewable energy could free-up water supply
Australian growers could benefit from a move towards sustainable energy, according to UN-backed organisation
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ArticleCarrot growers face 'material losses' from flooding
Growers hit by heavy flooding in Yorkshire on top of poor yields, although waterlogging means it's too early to quantify losses
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ArticleEren Tarim embraces solar
The Turkish exporter has demonstrated its ambition when it comes to sustainability with its decision to install solar panels on its packhouse
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ArticleEfsa 'begins review' of neonics ban
Commission has reportedly said review could lead to tightening or softening of ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides
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ArticleKoppert explores Sudan potential
Netherlands-based Koppert Biological Systems has partnered up with KOI Group to boost sustainability in Sudan
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ArticleTruss outlines plans for Defra facelift
Environment department to be modernised, while more capital funding will boost flood defences and marketing, Liz Truss has said
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ArticleUK 'increasing reliance' on overseas agriculture
New report says UK could be food self-sufficient 'in theory' but is currently outsourcing majority of agriculture abroad