Each week IGD's
Sustainability Analyst Toby Pickard rounds up the biggest and
most important sustainability and environmental news stories
affecting the food and grocery industry. Check back each week
for the latest updates!
Click on the links to read each article:
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Asda, 2nd September 2010
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This isn’t a ‘wine-d up’... UK throws away almost 50 million litres of
wine a year
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Brits are throwing away almost 50 million litres of wine a year which
in monetary terms equates to a massive £470 million...
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Packaging and Food Waste |
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The Grocer, 28th August 2010
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Saturday Essay: The water crunch is primarily our problem
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Engaging the industry to tackle water shortages now means investing
in research, then acting on it, says Joanne Denney-Finch...
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Article: We Must Act Decisively to Avoid a Water Crunch,
Conference: Water in your Supply Chain |
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WRAP, 25th August 2010
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Total carrier bag use continues to fall |
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The UK’s leading supermarkets have continued to reduce the total
number of bags given out by 41% since figures were first recorded in
2006...
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Information on Packaging and Waste |
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The Co-operative, 20th August 2010
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Clean water for one million people in Africa thanks to The Co-operative |
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The milestone comes just three years after The Co-operative partnered
with the One Foundation, which provides innovative PlayPump water
systems in Africa...
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Conference: Water in your Supply Chain |
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The Independent, 19th August 2010
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On the frontline of climate change |
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It's the burning issue Australia's leaders dare not confront, even on
the eve of a general election...
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Environmental Leader, 5th August 2010
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Fresh & Easy Supermarkets to Cut Water Use by 30% |
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Fresh & Easy Neighbourhood Market expects to reduce water consumption
30% across its stores by installing water conditioning systems...
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Conference: Water in your Supply Chain |
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Defra, 3rd August 2010
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Paice calls for more honest labelling
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Food businesses, including supermarkets and processors, should do
more voluntarily to improve country of origin labelling on food
products...
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Free Guide: Voluntary Guidelines for the Provision of Food Safety Advice
on Product Labels |
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Financial Times, 2nd August 2010
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Weather woes spark fears for wheat |
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The worst drought since records began more than a century ago is
torching the wheat fields, resulting in warnings about surging wheat
prices which could increase the retail cost of products from poultry to
beer...
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- Conference: Water in your Supply Chain |
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Sainsbury's, 1st August 2010
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Sainsbury's to conquer the mobile phone charger mountain
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Sainsbury's continues to lead the charge on recycling, with an
initiative encouraging customers to recycle the millions of
long-forgotten mobile phone chargers...
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Case Studies:
Sainsbury's - Improving customer communication to help reduce packaging
& food waste |
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Sainsbury's, 15th July 2010
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Sainsbury's named UK's best volume supermarket by Compassion in World
Farming
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Sainsbury's industry-leading commitment to improving the lives of
farmed animals has again been recognised by farm animal welfare
charity...
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Case study:
Noble Foods and Sainsbury’s Woodland Eggs |
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