Dried yellow mealworms are safe to eat, according to the European Food Safety Authority. However, they may cause allergic reactions in people with allergies to crustaceans and dust mites. The European Commission will now consider the assessment before final market approval in the EU. The provisional green light from EFSA marks a major step forward…

Better recycling and eating less meat are among the most common New Year’s resolutions for Brits, according to a new survey. Environmental charity Hubbub polled 3,000 people from a cross-representation of society asking what changes they planned to make in 2021. It found one in six people have resolved to reduce their impact on the…

The average FTSE 100 CEO is now paid around 126 times the average UK worker, compared to ‘only’ 58 times in 1999. Ocado boss Tim Steiner actually pocketed 2,605 times the £22,500 average one of his staff earns. “Put another way, 24 hours of Mr Steiner’s time is allegedly worth a year’s toil from an…

Covid-19 has increased the urgency behind business efforts to decarbonise but there remains a gulf between ambition and action, new research has found. A survey of sustainability leaders by consultancy South Pole found that most organisations' climate mitigation efforts have stayed the same or accelerated during the pandemic reflected in a surge of net zero…

Campaigners say that plans to ban the purchase of illegally produced food and forest commodities will not be sufficient to tackle deforestation. The government plans to introduce a new law to the Environment Bill which will make it illegal for UK businesses to source key commodities like cocoa, soya and palm oil if they have…

UK retailers will support sustainable diets and transition to electric delivery vehicles as part of an ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. Over 60 leading retailers including Aldi, Morrisons and Greggs are supporting the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Climate Action Roadmap which aims to align the retail industry and its supply chains with…

Falling cereal yields and a potential shortage of people to pick fruits and vegetables could reduce availability and push up the price of key ingredients for foodservice operators. The results of this year’s NFU harvest survey showed a significant drop in yield across all major crops as an extended period of extreme and volatile weather,…

Asda has become the latest supermarket to trial a sustainability store concept featuring refill stations, loose produce and on-site recycling facilities. The store in Middleton, Leeds is designed to help shoppers reduce, reuse and recycle products more easily and will be used to test concepts with the potential to be rolled out at scale. Features…

CO2 emissions fell further in the first half of 2020 than during the financial crisis of 2008, the oil crisis of 1979 and even the second world war. In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers showed that in the first six months of this year, emissions were down 8.8% compared to the same period…

Tesco has set itself a target to increase sales of plant-based meat alternatives by 300% by 2025 as part of its ambition to halve the environmental impact of the average shopping basket. Britain’s largest food retailer said it would launch new products including plant-based ready meals, sausages, burgers, quiches, pies and party food to help…