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Consumers on the importance of Food Labelling

7th Aug 2008 by Alex Briggs

This Food Business Daily article looks at the ever increasing amount of labels on food products. Are consumers paying attention to these claims and understanding what the claims mean? Or are there better ways to reach consumers?

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WRAP Business Plan 2008-2011

9th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The “resoure efficiency loop” is the key to WRAP’s four-year business plan.

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Shoppers urge retailers to ditch non-green products

6th Jul 2008

More than three quarters of consumers want higher environmental product standards from government

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Check-out Carbon report leads to Carbon Labelling debate

3rd Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

Blog posts on events are supposed to be written immediately following the event or not at all. I am going to break that rule and write about a great Carbon Labelling event that took place on Monday, June 30th at the Lloyd’s Register HQ in London.
Forum for the Future, the sustainability charity in the UK, […]

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Carbon Trust Standard launched

2nd Jul 2008

It has been developed to provide a much needed, clear and robust definition of good practice that can be used to judge an organisation’s commitment to and achievement of carbon reduction.

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Carbon labels to arrive in China

2nd Jul 2008

Carbon Trust to open office in Beijing as UK government steps up plans to address supply chain emissions.

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Are good intentions enough?

2nd Jul 2008

Telling customers about your environmental targets is all well and good but, as Paul Thomas argues, they are meaningless if you do not know how they are to be achieved.

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Ban on unnecessary colours for children

9th May 2008

Sweeteners and colourings in food aimed at children should be banned, while additives ought to be used in other products only if they provide an advantage to the consumer, said the EU Environment Committee.

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Unilever pledge to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015

9th May 2008

Unilever has pledged to use only palm oil certified as sustainable by 2015, while also supporting calls for a moratorium on further deforestation for palm oil in Indonesia.

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The green product life cycle - beginning to end, and beyond

9th May 2008

Products are increasingly being designed, manufactured and packaged with a new focus on the end of their life cycle – and beyond

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The Carbon Labelling section was launched in sync with the Check-out Carbon report, June 2008. The section contains information on news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other carbon labelling resources.

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