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  • Defra publishes food aid report

    THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the findings from research on the use of food aid in the UK.                           Defra commissioned researchers from… Read More

  • Britain’s Bruising Banana Wars

    BRITAIN’S SUPERMARKET price wars are trapping tens of thousands of banana farmers and workers in an unrelenting cycle of poverty                     The Fairtrade Foundation today launches a new campaign Make Bananas… Read More

  • Safeguarding seafood by managing our seas

    INCREASING CONCERNS about ‘food security’ for the UK, alongside dwindling public investment in fisheries research has led some to question how we can meet future knowledge needs to sustainably manage our seas.                … Read More

  • Diageo launches £5 million youth training and employment programme

    DIAGEO HAS launched the Diageo Learning for Life, Scotland – a new £5 million training programme to help prepare young, unemployed people with the skills to succeed in the hospitality industry.                  … Read More

  • Kellogg’s announces commitment to sustainably sourced palm oil

    CEREAL MANUFACTUERER Kellogg’s has announced its global commitment to work with palm oil suppliers to ensure the product is fully traceable. The company has said that as part of its commitment it only wants to use palm only which is… Read More

  • Appetite for Fairtrade grows

    THE FAIRTRADE Foundation today launches Fairtrade Fortnight (24 February – 9 March) and its major new Make Bananas Fair campaign by announcing continued growth in Fairtrade sales of 14 per cent during 2013, demonstrating continuing public and business support for Fairtrade goods.… Read More

  • Safeguarding seafood by managing our seas

    INCREASING CONCERNS about ‘food security’ for the UK, alongside dwindling public investment in fisheries research has led some to question how we can meet future knowledge needs to sustainably manage our seas.                … Read More

  • Recognised for positive impact in local communities and as a leading employer

    SODEXO HAS been ranked, for the seventh consecutive year, as the best-performing company for Social, Environmental and Economic Performance in the benchmark RobecoSAM ‘Sustainability Yearbook 2014’ as Sector Leader and Gold Class.                … Read More

  • Cool evolution – naturally…

    A NEW study finds food retailers see value in natural refrigerants and accelerate their investment in the technology.   Refrigeration emerges as number one priority in terms of increasing a stores’ energy efficiency. Food retailers agree natural refrigerants now outperform… Read More

  • Pricing tactics in supermarkets revealed

    A NEW Which? investigation reveals some of the pricing tactics used by supermarkets and big brands to get shoppers to part with their cash.                   Since Which? launched its campaign in November… Read More