All Sustainability articles – Page 269
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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
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ArticleReport finds China likely origin of NZ Psa
Scientists in New Zealand are zeroing in on China as the likely origin of the disease Psa-V, which has severely affected the nation’s kiwifruit industry
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ArticleAnother call for Chiquita boycott
EthicalOil.org urges Canadians to stop buying Chiquita bananas after the company said it would not use Canadian tar sands oil
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ArticleTesco joins The Sustainability Consortium
Tesco is joining an independent group of global businesses, academics, governments and non-governmental organisations to work on developing sustainable innovations in consumer products.
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ArticleChiquita boycotts tar sands oil
Fruit giant agrees to stop using oil from Canadian tar sands but local advocacy group calls it "misguided greenwashing"
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ArticleTesco opens zero carbon store in Thailand
Retailer Tesco Lotus has opened its first zero carbon store in Thailand, the first of its kind in Asia
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ArticleMaersk tests algae-based biofuel
Danish container shipping giant Maersk and the US Navy are reportedly collaborating on a biofuel testing programme
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ArticleRetailers aim for green targets
UK government waste targets are in sight for a number of the country's retailers, according to the British Retail Consortium
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ArticleAB Sustain appoints Mark Moody
Food sustainability expert turns to former AG Thames and Utopia man to head up new carbon footprint model for fresh produce
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ArticlePanama disease manageable say Filipino officials
Fusarium wilt can be managed say officials in the Philippines after the reappearance of the disease in banana plantations there.
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ArticleIsap launches new Satispack range
New line of packaging uses so-called 'second life' recycled plastic which meets EC requirements on food safety and hygiene
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ArticleWaitrose opens 'greenest store'
UK retailer says new store could reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by up to 80 per cent
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ArticleGreen gong for The Greenery
Dutch produce giant The Greenery has won a Netherlands government Lean & Green award.
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ArticleFood waste cut as consumers manage supplies
Retailers have claimed a major victory by helping to reduce domestic food waste by 13 per cent.
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ArticleRetailers urged to adopt dairy model in horticulture
The fresh produce industry is lagging far behind other areas of agriculture in terms of a profitable and functioning supply chain, the NFU chief horticulture adviser has claimed.
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ArticleStorms hammer Australian apple production
Australian apple industry reeling after storms inflict widespread damage to major growing regions