The management systems community
– 7th May 2009
For companies looking to get their products carbon labelled, three carbon labels are currently up and running. But which are the most credible and what do you get for your money?
– 14th Oct 2008 by Alex Briggs
This New York Times Media Group article raises the question “Is there more tainted food out there?”
The melamine scandal has heightened fears that the food business is racing ahead of the ability of governments to detect health-threatening contamination, whether accidental or deliberate.
– 6th Jul 2008
As critics accuse carbon labels of confusing customers, supermarket giant insists initiative has proved “encouraging” and cheaper than expected, reports James Murray, BusinessGreen.
– 3rd Jul 2008
This special edition podcast was recorded at the launch of a new report on carbon labelling, Check-out Carbon.
– 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.
– 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.
– 2nd Jul 2008
Has the credit crunch begun to affect what you put in your shopping basket? How about the Carbon crunch?
– 2nd Jul 2008
The Codex Alimentarius Commission in Geneva will discuss over 30 texts concerning international food standards.
– 30th Jun 2008
A new guide from the Canadian Competition Bureau of the Canadian Standards Association provides the business community there with green marketing guidelines.
– 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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