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Seafood Businesses Agree to Consistent Environmental Labeling, Sourcing

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Sustainable Seafood Coalition (SSC), a coalition of major seafood suppliers, brands, supermarkets and restaurants has published two codes of conduct guiding their environmental labeling and sourcing policies. One code is designed to give consumers certainty about what environmental claims on fish and seafood mean, while the second will ensure ... Read more »

Retailers Make ‘Minimal Progress’ on Carbon Targets

September 12, 2014September 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Retailers such as Carrefour, Costco, Ikea, Tesco and Walmart should aim for more comprehensive carbon disclosures and collaborate to define meaningful GHG emissions reduction strategies for the industry, according to Verdantix. The analysis of GHG emissions by Verdantix, Carbon Strategy Benchmark: Retail Sector, covers grocery retailers Aeon, Carrefour, Costco, John Lewis, ... Read more »

Coke, Tesco, Receive Defra Funds to Boost Packaging Recycling

June 24, 2014June 26, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Tesco and Nestlé UK & Ireland are among the companies that have received funding from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to develop viable approaches for collecting flexible packaging materials containing aluminum, such as toothpaste tubes and pet food sachets (pictured), to improve recycling ... Read more »

Tesco Slashes Transport Emissions

May 5, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Tesco has cut transport emissions per case delivered by as much as 14 percent in the UK in the last two years, on top of a 50 percent reduction achieved between 2006 and 2012. The UK retailer, which has set a goal to be a zero-carbon business by 2050, has ... Read more »

Retailers Pledge 25% Reduction in CO2 Emissions

January 30, 2014January 30, 2014 by Leon Walker

Members of UK retail industry body the British Retail Consortium including McDonald’s, Asda and Sainsbury’s have pledged to reduce their absolute carbon emissions from retail operations 25 percent by 2020 based on 2005 levels as part of a raft of environmental targets covering waste, transport, resource efficiency in buildings, water and refrigeration. The other ... Read more »

PepsiCo, Unilever Launch Sustainable Agricultural Tool

January 23, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

PepsiCo, Unilever, Heineken and other members of the Cool Farm Institute have launched an online tool to help farmers assess and improve the environmental and economic performance of their businesses. The carbon-management tool is free for individual farmers; use by supply chain businesses requires a use or membership fee. In ... Read more »

Tesco Publishes Food Waste Figures

October 21, 2013May 10, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Tesco says 68 percent of its bagged salad ends up in the trash along with 40 percent of apples and almost half of bakery items. These foods make up a piece of the 28,500 metric tons of food waste the UK grocer generated in stores and distribution centers in the ... Read more »

Nestlé Makes Zero Waste Pledge For All Europe Factories

October 18, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Nestlé says all 150 of its European factories will be zero waste by 2020, a commitment that will prevent the food products company from burning or throwing anything in the landfill unless energy can be recovered from the process. Nestlé made its pledge at a European Policy Centre event on food ... Read more »

Anthesis Acquires Best Foot Forward

October 8, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Sustainability consultancy Anthesis has acquired UK blue-chip advisors Best Foot Forward in a deal that the companies say creates a “new global sustainability consulting platform.” The agreement combines Best Foot Forward’s Europe-based team with the existing US and Asian operations of Anthesis to form a worldwide expert group. Best Foot ... Read more »

Co-op, Tesco Cut CO2 Emissions Using Paragon’s Carbon Minimizer

October 4, 2013October 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Co-operative and Tesco have cut their carbon emissions by using Paragon Software Systems’ carbon minimizer, which allows fleets to reduce both their carbon footprint and operating costs with improved routing. The Co-op cut 5,000 tons of CO2 from its fleet of 1,300 trucks that deliver food to grocery stores, ... Read more »

M&S No. 1 Company “Taking Environmental Sustainability Seriously”

September 19, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Marks & Spencer is the No. 1 company UK consumers name when asked which companies take environmental sustainability seriously, according to research conducted for the Carbon Trust. The same study finds more than two-thirds (68 percent) of respondents are unable to name a single company that is taking environmental sustainability ... Read more »

Mass. Plans Commercial Food Waste Ban

July 12, 2013July 16, 2013 by Leon Walker

Starting in July 2014, when customers eat at a restaurant in Massachusetts, wasted food will not head for the trash, but will be converted into energy via anaerobic digesters, according to plans proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration. The commercial food waste ban will help the state reduce the volume ... Read more »

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