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Packaging

Most Green Marketing Claims Aren’t True, Says New Report

19th Nov 2007 by Sarah Whitworth

The overwhelming majority of environmental marketing claims in North America are inaccurate, inappropriate, or unsubstantiated, according to a comprehensive survey released today.

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Provenance, Food Miles & Carbon Footprint Of Food & Drink

Event: 23rd Oct 2007 – 23rd Oct 2007

Provenance, Food Miles & Carbon Footprint Of Food & Drink
23rd October 2007

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Vegetarian Society launch Climate Change ads

24th Sep 2007 by Alex Briggs

The Vegetarian Society has launched a new ad campaign on climate change. The ads are aimed at educating the public as to the carbon emitted by livestock.
This often overlooked issue was addressed by Rowland Hill, the Sustainability Manager at Marks and Spencer, in one of our podcasts as he talked about measuring the carbon footprint of their top selling ready meal, Beef Lasagne:

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Sainsbury’s withdraws own brand cereals

17th Sep 2007

Sainsbury’s announced they are withdrawing certain packs of breakfast cereals due to small insects in the packages.

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Global Food Safety Summit 2007

Event: 5th Sep 2007

Subjects include:

  • Executing risk management strategies in traceability and packaging
  • Achieving a safer, more efficient supply chain while challenging globalisation
  • Creating effective and efficient safety measures in response to a major food recall
  • The applications of new technology in risk assessment, the detection and prevention of food borne diseases and the latest developments in nanotechnology for food safety
  • Developing an enterprise initiative for food safety

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Carbon Labelling

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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