agriculture

Supply chain

'Mother of all sustainability challenges': Report urges global diet and farming overhaul

Scale of challenge to feed growing population while cutting emissions is greater than previously thought, finds WRI report

clock 05 December 2018 • 6 min read

Supply chain

Global food system is broken, say world's science academies

Radical overhaul in farming and consumption, with less meat eating, needed to avoid hunger and climate catastrophe

clock 29 November 2018 • 4 min read

Carbon Accounting

Report: Failure to track supply chain emissions boosts climate risk for major food brands

Just 12 of North America's 50 largest food and beverage firms report on supply chain emissions, Ceres report finds

clock 28 November 2018 • 3 min read

Supply chain

UK farmers keen to boost their green credentials, McDonald's survey claims

Poll of 500 farmers commissioned by fast food giant finds overwhelming majority have measures in place to drive environmental improvements

clock 22 November 2018 • 4 min read

Supply chain

SDG1 Case Study: How Burberry is helping Afghan goat farmers cash in on cashmere

Despite its luxury cachet, many of Afghanistan's cashmere farmers still live in extreme poverty - Fashion giant Burberry has teamed up Oxfam and PUR Projet to try and change things for the better

clock 19 November 2018 • 4 min read

Carbon Accounting

Tesco teams up with WWF to halve environmental impact of food shop

Long-term partnership aims to respond to customer demand and slash the environmental impact of average Brit's shopping basket

clock 16 November 2018 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

Pukka Herbs becomes UK's smallest firm to secure 1.5C Science-Based Target

EXCLUSIVE: Tea company promises to become carbon neutral in its own operations by 2030 and halve Scope 3 value chain emissions

clock 15 November 2018 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

'Hell of a journey': How Pukka Herbs becomes UK's smallest firm to secure 1.5C Science-Based Target

EXCLUSIVE: How the organic tea company plans to cut emissions 'from crop to cup' and become an 'A* green business'

clock 15 November 2018 • 7 min read

Marketing

Third of Britons have stopped or reduced eating meat - report

Figures from Waitrose suggest animal welfare, environmental and health concerns driving sea change in UK diet

clock 01 November 2018 • 4 min read

Supply chain

ASDA promises switch to 100 per cent sustainable soy

Supermarket giant follows rivals in releasing new strategy designed to eliminate risk of deforestation from own-brand soy supply chain

clock 31 October 2018 • 1 min read