Some 78% of retailers and 71% of suppliers believe reducing road miles to be either “the biggest” or “a significant opportunity” for cost savings in their supply chains. That’s according to research carried out by IGD’s Efficient Consumer Response (ECR)
Viridor has teamed up with River Cottage star, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, for a new BBC1 primetime programme focused on changing the way we think about food waste. In a bid to get us to think more about how much food we
A group of leading UK retailers have for the second time published a combined food waste figure, in line with a commitment to increase transparency and report on progress annually in this area. A British Retail Consortium (BRC) report, which
Food and grocery companies around the country are helping their employees reduce their household food waste throughout October, as IGD’s Working on Waste month gets underway for the second year running. Building on the success of 2014, food and grocery
Clyde Shopping Centre in West Dunbartonshire is encouraging local businesses to follow its lead and boost their environmental performance in the year ahead by making a Resource Efficiency Pledge. Since making the Resource Efficiency Pledge, a free scheme that asks
Small and medium-sized London food businesses have only a month left to take advantage of the largest ever programme to help the capital’s food businesses reduce food waste and save money. The Mayor of London’s FoodSave programme, which is delivered
The British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA), which represents the soft drinks industry in the UK, held a Parliamentary event to highlight efforts to improve sustainability in the soft drinks sector. The Soft Drinks Roadmap was launched last year and aims
Kingfisher Group has appointed 2degrees, the global collaboration platform for sustainable business, to help drive the progress of its restorative Net Positive approach to business across its global operating companies. Mainstreaming sustainability into the heart of the business is a
A new initiative called ‘Working on Waste’ is being launched today (1 October), bringing together food and grocery companies throughout the month in a co-ordinated bid to help their employees reduce household food waste. Spearheaded by food and grocery research
A leading retail, entertainment and leisure complex is celebrating the success of its waste management and recycling programme. Grand Central Stockport has gone from no recycling to more than 85% since B&M Waste Services was appointed to spearhead a major waste
Retailers across the UK can now benefit from the new online system called edoc (or electronic duty of care) to record the transfer of non-hazardous waste between organisations, saving them both time and money. UK retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers generated
CK Polymers, a division of the CK Group based in Lincoln, has been appointed to collect over thirty tonnes of out of stock soup pots from TSC Foods in Scunthorpe. The company’s speed of response to the initial enquiry from
Global innovation and collaboration were the big winners at last night’s 2degrees Champions Awards, as it showcased the companies and individuals pushing the boundaries of sustainable business. The awards – the only ones entirely voted for by industry peers –
DHL Envirosolutions, the global logistics leader’s waste, recycling and environmental compliance product suite, is reported to be generating millions of pounds of additional revenue for UK businesses through innovative, waste management and recycling practices, all integrated into the supply chain. Recycle
Cranfield is one of six universities across the world joining to form The World Food Preservation Centre, a partnership that seeks to combat food loss and hunger through the innovation of sustainable, low cost methods of reducing food waste. One
Asda has extended its agreement with Norbert Dentressangle to encompass the management of its new asset handling and recycling centre in Bristol – the most energy efficient site in Asda’s regional service centre network. The 110,000sq ft, purpose-built centre went
The eco-minded team at the Harvey Centre in Harlow has received a silver ‘Zero Waste Award’ for its contribution to the environment. The coveted awards, which are open to the private, public and community sector, aim to recognise organisations that
The Midcounties Co-operative has reduced its carrier bag usage by 1.3 million this year, as part of its commitment to defend the environment across its stores. Colleagues have been given tips to help cut back on the amount of carrier
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
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 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
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
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.
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
