Supply chain

'Explicit and simple': Why the government's 'Green Day' can't afford to forget sustainable farming

Biodiversity

'Explicit and simple': Why the government's 'Green Day' can't afford to forget sustainable farming

Green Finance Institute calls for clearer green guidance, standards, and targets across the food value chain to catalyse necessary investment in smart farming opportunities

clock 28 March 2023 • 6 min read
'Outsize opportunity': How investors could help slash global food sector emissions and unlock a $1.5tr economic boost

Investment

'Outsize opportunity': How investors could help slash global food sector emissions and unlock a $1.5tr economic boost

Planet Tracker argues financial sector holds huge potential to help build more sustainable food and farming system worldwide

clock 27 March 2023 • 5 min read
Robot farmers: Defra announces £9m of funding awards for cutting-edge farming technology

Technology

Robot farmers: Defra announces £9m of funding awards for cutting-edge farming technology

Robotic crop harvesters and autonomous cow bedding system receive share of funding from latest round of the Farming Innovation Programme

clock 27 March 2023 • 2 min read
Should regenerative agriculture follow organic's path?

Biodiversity

Should regenerative agriculture follow organic's path?

The organic movement forged a path for a federally recognised standard for food - Should regenerative follow its course?

clock 24 March 2023 • 9 min read
Report: Construction industry can halve embodied emissions, but 'systemic change' needed

Buildings

Report: Construction industry can halve embodied emissions, but 'systemic change' needed

The global construction industry has the solutions to halve embodied building emissions, according to a new report from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Arup

clock 21 March 2023 • 3 min read
Vertical farmers Harvest London secure investment for third site

Supply chain

Vertical farmers Harvest London secure investment for third site

Foresight invests in London-based vertical farming firm in fresh boost for fast-expanding sector

clock 21 March 2023 • 2 min read
Greener cans: Ball Corporation targets 55 per cent emissions cut by 2030

Supply chain

Greener cans: Ball Corporation targets 55 per cent emissions cut by 2030

Ball Corporation updates and expands 2030 climate goals

clock 20 March 2023 • 2 min read
'Move faster and bolder': Report reveals less than half of firms disclosing supply chain emissions

Supply chain

'Move faster and bolder': Report reveals less than half of firms disclosing supply chain emissions

CDP warns many major corporates are still failing to engage suppliers to tackle nature and climate-related risks

clock 15 March 2023 • 4 min read
Why carbon accounting for food products needs an overhaul

Carbon Accounting

Why carbon accounting for food products needs an overhaul

The World Wildlife Fund asserts that product-level emissions data for food products is meaningless without stronger standards and more detailed input factors

clock 10 March 2023 • 4 min read
Green Alliance publishes blueprint for demolishing construction industry emissions

Buildings

Green Alliance publishes blueprint for demolishing construction industry emissions

New report argues circular economy policies and practices could cut construction industry carbon emissions by nearly 40 per cent inside 12 years

clock 08 March 2023 • 3 min read