agriculture

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

R&D

Secrets of the Disruptors: Seawater Greenhouse's Charlie Paton

Seawater Greenhouse founder on why the simplest solutions are often the best

clock 24 October 2018 • 3 min read

Biodiversity

IPCC report: Agriculture can be part of the solution rather than the problem

Sustainable farming is a short-cut to lower emissions, argues Green MEP Molly Scott Cato

clock 22 October 2018 • 3 min read

Management

The BusinessGreen Guide to the SDGs: SDG2 - Zero Hunger

Our at a glance guide to the SDGs continues with SDG2 and the pledge to 'end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture'

clock 02 October 2018 • 7 min read