WWF HAS unveiled a groundbreaking new guide to responsible investing in 10 major commodities sectors. The 2050 Criteria: Guide to Responsible Investment in Agricultural, Forest, and Seafood Commodities comes amid accelerating global interest, and controversy, around the financing of food and agricultural commodities. The 2050 Criteria [...]
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Aviko claims to have achieved nearly one-third of its goal to use only 100% certified sustainable palm oil by 2015 in the second year of its CSR drive. In February 2011, Aviko became the first chilled and frozen potato supplier to join [...]
CATERING FIRM Aramark has come under fire for throwing away food prepared for Olympics teams. Employees working for catering firm Aramark have told BBC London they were being ordered to throw away food meant for Olympic and Paralympic teams immediately after it was cooked. Aramark told the [...]
POLITICIANS FEAR the idea. Environmentalists love it. Consumers dont understand it. And businesses are beginning to trial it. David Burrows investigates the controversial concept of sustainable diets. Obesity and diet-related illness are on the increase. Fewer young people are being taught how to [...]
THE LONDON 2012 Games will undoubtedly be the greenest yet, but there have been some notable failures. For example, the use of carbon footprint as a strategic tool was good; however, the failure to build a significant and visible renewable energy source was bad. The [...]
FIRST IT was palm oil. Now environmental NGOs have set their sights on a new crop: soya. But pork producers are trying to get one step ahead of the game. In the last 15 years, the production of soya has doubled. [...]
THE FOODSERVICE sector has a major role to play in influencing consumer choice and shifting people to more sustainable, healthier diets. New government project also commits to debate on GM Thats according to a new government study into the UKs food system. The report [...]
NEW REPORT shows how food choices will change if industry and government dont get to grips with climate change. UK consumers could be left with steaks grown in laboratories and pills instead of vegetables if more isnt done to tackle climate change. By 2050, restaurants could also become the exclusive domain of only [...]
BUSINESSES HAVE to start producing more disruptive innovation in order to meet the sustainability challenges and goals of the future. The combination of rising energy and commodity prices, concerns over security of supply and consumers who are demanding increased levels of corporate responsibility will force [...]
IN THE NEXT few months there will be a lot of noise about fish. The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is being reformed and businesses, environmental groups and celebrity chefs will be ramping up their efforts to lobby for a robust reform of the out-dated and controversial system. [...]
