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Food labelling

Carbon Labelling Report Podcast

– 3rd Jul 2008

This special edition podcast was recorded at the launch of a new report on carbon labelling, Check-out Carbon.

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Check-out carbon: the role of carbon labelling in delivering a low-carbon shopping basket

– 3rd Jul 2008

Check-out Carbon, published by sustainable development charity Forum for the Future, also reveals that 77 per cent of consumers want the government to set higher environmental product standards.

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Forum for the Future’s new report: Check out Carbon

– 2nd Jul 2008

Forum for the Future’s new report, sponsored by Lloyd’s Register, entitled Check-out Carbon, released.

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Codex discusses labelling and safety standards

– 2nd Jul 2008

The Codex Alimentarius Commission in Geneva will discuss over 30 texts concerning international food standards.

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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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Standards and schemes playing major role for UK food companies

– 24th Apr 2008 by Alex Briggs

This article highlights the important role that standards and schemes are playing in assuring consumer trust in UK food companies. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) carried out research that is the basis of the article’s conclusions.

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Global Beverage Brands to introduce Carbon Labelling

– 11th Apr 2008 by Alex Briggs

A new global system to measure and record the carbon footprint of beverages is being introduced at the InnoBev Global Soft Drinks Congress in Moscow. This article talks about the reasons that global drink manufacturers have chosen to take this step.

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Lobster fisheries certified sustainable

– 17th Mar 2008

The Maine lobster industry is seeking to have its lobster certified as sustainable by the London-based Marine Stewardship Council.

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