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Need to know what's going on in the industry?

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: 

Asda, 2nd September 2010

This isn’t a ‘wine-d up’... UK throws away almost 50 million litres of wine a year

Brits are throwing away almost 50 million litres of wine a year which in monetary terms equates to a massive £470 million...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
- Packaging and Food Waste

The Grocer, 28th August 2010

Saturday Essay: The water crunch is primarily our problem

Engaging the industry to tackle water shortages now means investing in research, then acting on it, says Joanne Denney-Finch...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
- Article: We Must Act Decisively to Avoid a Water Crunch, Conference: Water in your Supply Chain

 

WRAP, 25th August 2010

Total carrier bag use continues to fall

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...

Related Items on IGD.com:
- Information on Packaging and Waste

The Co-operative, 20th August 2010

Clean water for one million people in Africa thanks to The Co-operative

The milestone comes just three years after The Co-operative partnered with the One Foundation, which provides innovative PlayPump water systems in Africa...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
- Conference: Water in your Supply Chain

The Independent, 19th August 2010

On the frontline of climate change

It's the burning issue Australia's leaders dare not confront, even on the eve of a general election...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
Conference: Water in your Supply Chain

 

Environmental Leader, 5th August 2010

Fresh & Easy Supermarkets to Cut Water Use by 30%

Fresh & Easy Neighbourhood Market expects to reduce water consumption 30% across its stores by installing water conditioning systems...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
- Conference: Water in your Supply Chain

 

Defra, 3rd August 2010

Paice calls for more honest labelling

Food businesses, including supermarkets and processors, should do more voluntarily to improve country of origin labelling on food products...

Related Items on IGD.com:
- Free Guide: Voluntary Guidelines for the Provision of Food Safety Advice on Product Labels

Financial Times, 2nd August 2010

Weather woes spark fears for wheat

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...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
Conference: Water in your Supply Chain

Sainsbury's, 1st August 2010

Sainsbury's to conquer the mobile phone charger mountain

Sainsbury's continues to lead the charge on recycling, with an initiative encouraging customers to recycle the millions of long-forgotten mobile phone chargers...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
- Case Studies: Sainsbury's - Improving customer communication to help reduce packaging & food waste

Sainsbury's, 15th July 2010

Sainsbury's named UK's best volume supermarket by Compassion in World Farming

Sainsbury's industry-leading commitment to improving the lives of farmed animals has again been recognised by farm animal welfare charity...

Related Items on IGD.com:  
- Case study: Noble Foods and Sainsbury’s Woodland Eggs

If you have any comments please email sustainability@igd.com

 

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