Sustainability time, read about the who and how: what are retailers doing to address environmental and social challenges they face, what help are they getting to implement good practice initiatives?
Food waste is unavoidable. Aldi has more than five-hundred UK stores, which like all others, must manage waste food disposal. Wherever possible, Aldi donates food still suitable for human consumption to the FareShare charity. Inevitably there is some food that
Today, the IKEA Foundation released its 2013 Annual Review, reporting £84m (101 million euros) in grants to help children and families living in the world’s poorest communities. In 2013, the IKEA Foundation was ranked as one of the highest-giving foundations in the
Sainsbury’s has launched the first ‘grown by women’ coffee to hit mainstream shelves in the UK in partnership with the ethical trading organisation, Twin. The fully-traceable Kopakama Ejo Heza Fairtrade Ground Coffee carries a premium to support women growers, many
Unilever is using a new app from Muddy Boots Software, a provider of quality assurance and compliance solutions for the food supply chain, to gain immediate access to sustainability achievements from its suppliers. The Greenlight Assessments iPad App enhances Muddy
Tetra Pak, a world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, has launched a new pack design – the Tetra Brik Aseptic 250 Base Crystal. Featuring two crystal shaped panels on the front side of the familiar Tetra Brik Aseptic, the new
A new group of leading organisations and companies operating across the drinks and food packaging supply chain has been established to work closely with the Scottish Government to help it boost recycling, and provide partnership support for waste reduction and anti-littering
The Co-operative Food is celebrating 10 years of Fairtrade Mark wines this year, and, to mark the occasion, the retailer is encouraging shoppers to take the ‘Fairtrade Wine Challenge’ by trying one of the wines from its delicious, market-leading Fairtrade
2degrees, a leading community for sustainable business, is calling for inspiring examples of sustainable business practice to enter its annual 2degrees Champions Awards, as its deadline of 14 February 2014 draws closer. Voted by industry peers, the 2degrees Champions Awards are the
The UK retail industry is today (29 January 2014) signing up to a range of targets for reducing its impact on the environment, having beaten the previous set across all areas. Commitments to be announced at today’s A Better Retailing Climate launch
Jam Organic, a UK-based online retailer of organic and fair trade clothing, toys and gifts for infants, children and mothers, claims to be benefiting from a growth in green parenting. Green parents are deeply concerned about the environment and want
CS Labels has received the ISO 14001 accreditation for the implementation of its official Environmental Management System. The certificate confirms CS Labels enhanced awareness of environmental issues, and recognises the label producer’s efforts to reduce the impact of its activities
The Co-operative Food claims to be introducing the world’s first fairly-traded own-brand rubber gloves, as it becomes the first supermarket to switch its range to fair trade sourcing. Launching into selected stores nationwide throughout February 2014, the household gloves are
Food packaging company, LINPAC Packaging, claims it is leading the way with its vacuum skin packaging (VSP) offer to customers looking to extend shelf life and reduce food waste in the supply chain. Europe’s leading multi-material packaging manufacturer says it
North West forecourt operator The Kay Group has agreed a roll-out programme with food retail energy reduction specialists, Enviroglow. After a successful three month trial at one of its sites in Blackburn, Lancashire, the forecourt group has committed to running
Responding to results issued by Government waste body WRAP on the second phase of the Courtauld Commitment, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) says the results demonstrate retailers have made major strides to cut waste across the supply chain. Today’s results
An IGD-led initiative has prevented 125,000 tonnes of food supply chain waste since 2010. The project has met its target for 2013 and is on track to prevent 200,000 tonnes of supply chain waste by the end of next year.
Home furnishing retailer, Ikea, is encouraging its customers to make their shopping trips more sustainable through the installation of electric vehicle rapid charging points across all 18 of its store’s car parks by December 2013. Research conducted by the retailer
The Carbon Trust has launched a Carbon Trust Waste Standard, awarded to organisations able to demonstrate they are measuring, managing and reducing waste year on year. Following the successful completion of a pilot stage, five leading businesses have become the
Whilst virtually everything else in the world of waste management has changed over the last decade, the payment model used for the collection of commercial waste has hardly altered at all. So, unlike most of Europe, which has moved over
Unilever’s biggest food brand Knorr has announced great progress on its commitment to sustainably sourcing its agricultural ingredients and revealed the results of a new global consumer survey looking at shopping attitudes and purchase behaviour. The study shows food sustainability
Tetra Pak, a leading food processing and packaging company, reports a significant rise in the number of countries selling products in Tetra Pak packages bearing the FSC label, up about 40% since last year. The company announced customers in
Tesco is launching a collaborative buying club, which it claims will help suppliers invest in energy efficient lighting equipment and installations by offering substantial discounts and advice. The Buying Club, which has been developed in collaboration with 2degrees and the
Cheeky Cow, the cheese brand from Somerset Cheddar maker, Cricketer Farm, has teamed up with the Bath-based development charity Send a Cow, which works hand in hand with poor African families, teaching them the skills they need to build new lives
To meet demand from the growing lunchtime on-the-go food market, Europe’s leading multi-material packaging manufacturer LINPAC Packaging continues to extend its new Freshware range for sweet and savoury foods. Many of the new packs are individual or twin portion
Coffee brands, retailers, out-of-home outlets and contract caterers are signing up to take part in the Fairtrade Foundation’s two-week consumer coffee campaign this autumn called Finding Hannah – and there’s still time to get involved. Confirmed campaign partners so far include Cafedirect, Starbucks, Greggs
