Plant-based diets

'Meat Free Made Easy!': Plant-based brands unite to launch new campaign

Marketing

'Meat Free Made Easy!': Plant-based brands unite to launch new campaign

Supported by Henry Dimbleby, the new campaign aims to target the growing number of consumers interested in plant-based products

clock 21 May 2025 • 5 min read
'Home Advantage': How a new blueprint is aiming to help UK households reach net zero

Policy

'Home Advantage': How a new blueprint is aiming to help UK households reach net zero

Environmental charity Hubbub reveals three quarters of households are open to more sustainable living, but they need help from government and businesses

clock 12 February 2025 • 8 min read
Lidl and WWF join forces to promote plant-based and sustainable diets

Incentives

Lidl and WWF join forces to promote plant-based and sustainable diets

Lidl aims to increase proportion of plant-based foods sold by 20 per cent by 2030, as it seeks to align with Planetary Health Diet guidelines by 2050

clock 23 January 2025 • 3 min read
'Positive change for animals, people, and planet': Survey finds four in five Veganuary participants have changed their diet

Management

'Positive change for animals, people, and planet': Survey finds four in five Veganuary participants have changed their diet

Survey of hundreds of thousands people who took part in Veganuary challenge highlights positive impact of adopting vegan diet on health and long-term eating habits

clock 01 October 2024 • 2 min read
How eating less meat could reduce early deaths and disability - and cut emissions too

Supply chain

How eating less meat could reduce early deaths and disability - and cut emissions too

Food Foundation study highlights the huge toll of unhealthy diets on the NHS, the economy, and the planet

clock 16 September 2024 • 6 min read
Plant-based products are failing in the marketplace. So what?

Supply chain

Plant-based products are failing in the marketplace. So what?

Despite a recent spate of negative headlines, the shift towards sustainable diets is here to stay, argues Hubbub's Alex Robinson

clock 14 June 2023 • 4 min read
On eco-shops and vegan sausage rolls: How Greggs bakes sustainability into its business

Management

On eco-shops and vegan sausage rolls: How Greggs bakes sustainability into its business

Greggs' CEO Roisin Currie sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss how the firm is working towards net zero

clock 17 May 2023 • 8 min read
ExCeL London pledges to make menus at least 50 per cent plant-based

Supply chain

ExCeL London pledges to make menus at least 50 per cent plant-based

London events venue has extended its partnership with caterers Levy UK + I in a bid to enhance its offering of more sustainable food and drink

clock 08 February 2023 • 2 min read
Veganuary: New Year plant-based diet campaign attracts record number of participants

Biodiversity

Veganuary: New Year plant-based diet campaign attracts record number of participants

More than 700,000 people signed up for Veganuary this year, with participants in almost every country in the world

clock 06 February 2023 • 2 min read
'No comment': Number 10 bats away £1m challenge for PM to go vegan for a month

Policy

'No comment': Number 10 bats away £1m challenge for PM to go vegan for a month

Number 10 declines to comment on call from campaigners for Rishi Sunak to adopt a plant-based diet

clock 11 January 2023 • 3 min read