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* Helping you to understand your water risk
Helping you to understand your water risk 11 November 2010
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At our recent Water in your Supply Chain event, IGD launched a new free guide which helps grocery businesses understand, assess and manage water. Toby Pickard tells us about some of the day's key revelations.
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* Will solar power solve our energy needs?
Will solar power solve our energy needs? 23 September 2010
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There are several reasons why solar energy is a particularly attractive option. IGD's James Walton explains in more detail what these are.
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* Sustainability, food and fuel in the USA
Sustainability, food and fuel in the USA 05 August 2010
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The energy debate in the USA has a different focus than in the UK. But what about the wider sustainability agenda, and how is the grocery industry responding? Simon Barnes examines the US experience.
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* One small step for man - one small footprint for mankind
One small step for man - one small footprint for mankind 14 July 2009
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Since the late 1960s, global energy use has grown enormously, but so has our understanding of the consequences. Simon Barnes reflects on some of the key learnings we've made in the past forty years and some of the initiaves our industry is taking to protect our future.
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* Is Sustainability Sustainable?
Is Sustainability Sustainable? 31 March 2009
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With industry focused on the bottom line, are businesses putting their sustainability agendas on the backburner? We look at current government initiatives and business strategies, as well as some outstanding industry best practice and why sustainability has become an essential part of corporate responsibility.
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* The breathing space
The breathing space 06 February 2009
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One of the most dramatic phenomena of 2008 was the rise and fall in oil prices. IGD's Chief Economist James Walton looks at how energy is certainly not yesterday’s problem; and that the recent fall in price provides a short lived respite, a breathing space, in which to address three pressing issues.
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* Energy Security – it’s not just a problem for nations
Energy Security – it’s not just a problem for nations 02 December 2008
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With oil prices dropping many could be tempted to let energy fall down the priority list – but what are the longer term implications?
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* Food and grocery industry committed to sustainability, regardless of the economy
Food and grocery industry committed to sustainability, regardless of the economy 16 October 2008
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In uncertain times it is hard to predict the changes ahead. But according to a hall full of industry leaders in October 2008 – at the height of stock market volatility, rising unemployment and roller-coaster oil prices – it looks like the focus on sustainability is here to stay.
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* It's Crunch Time
It's Crunch Time 12 October 2008
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Will the current economic climate put the green agenda on the backburner? Or will it change the current ‘business-as-usual’ attitude and encourage companies to embrace a ‘low carbon economy’? IGD's Toby Pickard investigates.
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