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?
Following the overwhelming success of the UK’s inaugural Food Waste Action Week, WRAP today announces the names of the first corporate donors for its other huge week of environmental action - Recycle Week 2021.
Corona today launches a new, circular form of packaging for six-packs as part of its long-standing dedication to protecting the environment – harnessing surplus barley straw to create a truly sustainable paper packaging solution. Corona, which has a deep connection
Packaging data specialist, ecoVeritas, has launched a free online tool for brands, retailers and their packaging supply partners to calculate their future costs in preparation for the incoming UK Plastic Packaging Tax.
KP Snacks has announced large-scale packaging reductions as it strives to meet its sustainability goals via the company’s Taste for Good responsible business programme. As one of the UK’s leading snacks manufacturers, KP Snacks is constantly looking for ways to
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol welcomes one of China’s top three denim manufacturers, Advance Denim, as a member of the system that provides mills and manufacturers the critical assurances they need to prove to their customers that they are an approved
The Plastic Free Mark launched by environmentalist group A Plastic Planet has been spotted on teabags, food products, and even validated ‘the world’s first plastic-free supermarket aisle in Amsterdam’. Now this revolutionary ‘stamp of approval’ has finally made its way
Household favourite Bacofoil® has launched new innovative packaging across key Original and Non-Stick Kitchen Foil SKUs.
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has responded to an Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) call for evidence on the next steps for the implementation of deposit return schemes.
100 Budgens stores have teamed up with the world’s largest surplus food app, Too Good To Go, to fight food waste.
FEI Foods, based in South Wales, is the largest processor of ready to eat rice and grain pouches in Europe. Working closely with JM Packaging, a leading supplier of bespoke flexible packaging to the UK Food Industry, this revolutionary launch
National retailer Next and luxury men's brand Byford have joined the US Cotton Trust Protocol.
Electric car drivers have received a major boost with the opening of the largest public rapid charger hub on one of the UK’s busiest motorways.
Can you help in the fight to reverse climate change and promote social justice, while also generating a profit? In his debut book, The Green Grocer, Richard Walker shows you how it’s not only possible but essential to do so.
Following today’s news (3 March) that the UK Government plans to issue green bonds and create a retail saving program, and found a UK infrastructure bank in Leeds to invest in the green industrial revolution, with an initial £12bn capitalisation
Leading global packaging and paper group Mondi and Tesco Central Europe have launched a new partnership, in which Mondi will purchase the retailer’s warehouse corrugated waste to create recycled paper for the retailers' shopping bags. Tesco is working towards a
Insignia Technologies is helping UK supermarkets encourage consumers to reduce food waste with the launch of its new automatic ‘After Opening Timer’ which provides a clear visual indicator as to how long a packet of food has been opened for.
Waitrose is boosting its efforts to help customers tackle food waste at home and in its supply chain and on farm through a number of initiatives.
One third of all food produced in the world is never eaten, and the amount of food wasted globally could provide more than enough to feed every undernourished person on the planet.[1] Not only is this a major moral concern
Mindful Chef, the UK’s highest rated recipe box service, is proud to be one of the 175 small to medium sized businesses in the UK that is certified as a B-Crop. Determined to use its business as a force for
Smurfit Kappa is launching its innovative punnet portfolio in Europe. The “Safe&Green” portfolio is Smurfit Kappa’s paper-based, sustainable solution to plastic packaging for fresh produce, and consists of unique designs that are 100% renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable.
Aldi has committed to remove plastic packaging from its entire egg range.
The UK’s largest compliance scheme Valpak and circular design specialists, Circular&Co. ave announced a partnership agreement which will see them work together to develop sustainable products from hard to recycle materials.
Brand owners risk slowing the upward momentum of sustainability without the capacity to turn big data into meaningful action, according to ecoVeritas.
For the first time, medicine blister packets can now be recycled at participating pharmacy drop-off points nationwide. The‘Little Packs, Big Impact’ recycling initiative, from the leaders in gut health, Buscopan® and Dulcolax®, is a partnership with recycling innovators TerraCycle®, which
As the climate crisis intensifies, the Fairtrade Foundation is calling on the UK government to work harder to clean up food supply chains and tackle the vast amount of carbon emissions ‘hidden’ in imported food and products that Brits want
