Research by European consumer organisation BEUC shows that most consumers believe that the safety and use information provided on food packaging is either not understandable or insufficient.  A survey of around 1,000 people in each of 11 EU countries for a new report – ‘Unwrapped: what consumers say about safe and sustainable food packaging’ – showed two in…

Compass is planning to reformulate up to 90,000 recipes to reduce their carbon impact as part of a new strategic partnership with footprinting platform Foodsteps. The UK’s biggest caterer said the tie-up would give more than 4,000 chefs across its UK and Ireland business improved capability to measure in real time the carbon footprint of…

Urgent action is needed to address toxicity in plastics after a report linked numerous groups of chemicals to adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Ten groups of chemicals used in plastic production and found in a wide range of products including food packaging were identified as being of major concern due to their…

Consumers are willing to take personal steps to combat climate change, so long as their lifestyles don’t change too much and the government intervenes too. A seven-country YouGov survey, reported exclusively by The Guardian, found many people in the UK, France, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Germany and Spain, were happy with net-zero measures that would not greatly affect the way…

Most of the world’s biggest companies have responsible marketing frameworks in place and recognise their growing importance but few have policies which cover all key areas, according to research by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA). The most covered areas are marketing and children (83%) and influencer marketing (75%). The least covered area is environmental…

Trade bodies representing pubs and hospitality businesses are (again) calling for urgent government intervention on “unfair energy costs and contracts”. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), UKHospitality (UKH) and the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) have written to Amanda Solloway, minister for energy consumers and affordability, demanding support for hospitality businesses “on the brink…

Food businesses are being urged to prioritise higher welfare chicken as part of a transformation of the poultry sector. Compassion in World Farming this week published its first report on companies’ progress towards meeting the ‘better chicken commitment’ (BCC), which requires businesses to achieve higher welfare criteria including lower stocking densities, the use of slower growing, more…

Ultra-processed foods should not be targeted for blanket avoidance in national dietary guidelines, according to the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF). In a new position statement on ultra-processed foods (UPF) the BNF, whose corporate members include Greggs, McDonald’s and Coca Cola, said that in countries such as the UK, UPF currently make a significant contribution to…