UK

Waste Reduction through Innovation

11th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

UK’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) have invited food manufacturers to take part in a project aimed at waste reduction through innovation in food packaging technology.

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WRAP Food Waste Report

8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

In the UK we throw away 6.7 million tonnes of food every year, roughly a third of everything we buy.
This ground-breaking report was launched on 8 May 2008.
It provides, for the first time, an objective assessment of the amounts and types of food we buy but don’t eat.
It is a call to action for government, retailers, food manufacturers, NGOs and all of us, in our role as consumers, to reduce the food we waste.

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WRAP study on environmental recycling

8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The most comprehensive assessment ever undertaken, this study, comissioned by WRAP, reviewed and analysed the best Life Cycle Analysis studies from all around the world evaluating the environmental impacts of recycling compared to incineration or landfilling for seven of the most commonly recycled materials.

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Compliance driving Global Supply Chains?

8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

This Retail Bulletin article discusses the results of a recently published survey on supply chain issues. According to the 100 UK supply chain professionals surveyed, supply chain managers spend up to 52 days a year keeping abreast of, and complying with regulation and legislation relating to the supply chain.
The research found 84 per cent spend up to 52 days a year on compliance while 16 per cent claim even more time. More than half (58 per cent) claim to be either concerned or very concerned about operating in an increasingly regulated environment.

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UK looks to single labelling system for foods

25th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs

The UK government is announing plans on simplifying food labelling. This article examines the plans to tackle obesity through a new labelling system.

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CBI Climate Change Report sounds alarm

26th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs

According to a groundbreaking report out today, British businesses are committed to do what it takes to tackle climate change but the UK effort will only succeed if it becomes an urgent, shared national priority for companies, consumers and the government.

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Consumers demand green action from UK’s top brands

9th Nov 2007 by Alex Briggs

The °Climate Group has launched findings of the UK’s first ever Climate Brand Index which tracks year-on-year consumer perceptions of how brands are performing on climate change.

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How consumers, businesses and government can fight climate change

12th Oct 2007

In this podcast, Neville Hobson interviews Douglas Parr, Greenpeace’s chief scientist, and David Chaytor, MP for Bury North. They discuss the roles of consumers, businesses and government in tackling climate change.

Also interviewed is Rebecca Willis, vice chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, who discusses the Grid 2.0 concept.

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The Stern Report: One year on

9th Oct 2007 by Alex Briggs

An Ethical Corp story focuses on the effect the Stern Report has had on UK businesses. The articles describes the issue of the report as a “eureka moment” and provides the example of Cadbury-Schweppes as being a brand that responded to the report at the boardroom level.

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Impact of Food Waste and possible uses

2nd Oct 2007

A CNN article has taken a holistic look at the causes and effects of global food waste:
According to the UN Food Programme, US food waste could:
satisfy “every empty stomach” in Africa
Some other key facts from the article:
The US and Japan waste up to 50% of all their food
the entire food supply chain in the […]

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