Where are you on the sustainability chart? If you’re not saying it a thousand times a day, you’re way behind the curve… (click on the image to zoom)
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THERE’S THIS performance artist, and eating is his current medium. He’s eating his wardrobe. Time isn’t an issue. He’s focused on the long game. Every day, he sands down a bit more of his wardrobe and sprinkles the accumulated dust on his food. He derives a visceral thrill from it all. It’s a commitment to [...]
A look towards 2020 tells us that the foodservice sector should get serious about sustainability today, says Sally Uren, deputy chief executive, Forum For The Future. FMCG brands and retailers will help make green living normal and easy for millions of people, and progress towards sustainable consumption will not be knocked off course by a [...]
George Osborne declared last week ‘Let’s at the very least resolve that we’re going to cut our carbon emissions no slower but also no faster than our fellow countries in Europe’. To put this into context under the Climate Change Act, the government is legally bound to cut Britain’s carbon emissions by 34 per cent [...]
Issues facing restaurants are becoming more defined as a greater understanding develops with customers and suppliers. For me, it is clear that as more people understand about issues that relate to the environment in general they are beginning to look closer to home as to what they can do to help. Many councils offer recycling [...]
Steve Kelsey Steve Kelsey, an expert in sustainable branding with consultancy Pi Global, explains how to add meaning to ethical labelling. ONE OF the paradoxes involved in designing for brands is that you learn early on that consumers don’t read brands. They recognise them. That is, they see the general outline and [...]
The food supply chains of the future will be closer aligned, more efficient and produce nutritious, low impact food at the right price. Diana Spellman, managing director at catering procurement specialist, Partners in Purchasing, outlines her view of the future. Why do we obsess about sustainability? What does it really mean? Is it a [...]
“At the beginning of January, WWF-UK gathered an audience of policymakers, academics, food industry associations and NGOs to present the findings of a new report. However, instead of highlighting a new environmental threat to habitats or species, this report was about the food we eat. Specifically the report, called Livewell 2020 and drawn [...]
Emiliana Silvestri finds out she can now purchase a handbag made from rubbish rather than just filling one with it. It is now time to start upcycling. So, you’ve insulated your house, replaced all the bad lightbulbs with good ones, composted your food waste, cut out plastic bags from the weekly shop and you’re [...]
No surprise that Tesco ditches carbon label
By David Burrows on February 4, 2012
Published in: Comment, News, News Analysis and tagged Carbon Trust, Tesco.
When he launched a project to label all 70,000 products in his supermarket’s portfolio, Sir Terry Leahy was undaunted by the task: “Many of those people who talk about the need for a carbon currency say it is too complicated to develop; that it will take years. However, at Tesco, we believe in action, in [...]