Month: October 2019

Smurfit Kappa has worked with a Belgian specialty brewer to produce a sustainable packaging concept that eliminated the need for shrink film.

In this episode of Food Management’s podcast, we talk with Barbara Hamilton and Chris McCracken about human health and the environment.

British lawmakers are conducting an inquiry into the impact the fast-fashion industry has on both the environment and pay.

The benefits of healthier produce and the social and economic impact are such that more people should embrace the practice.

British luxury brand Burberry has added two new “ambitious” emissions-based climate goals to its 2022 responsibility strategy.The goals, approved by the…

Glassman Europe in Lyon this September aims to help manufacturers debate how the glass industry can increase the reduced reliance on single-use plastic….

Claire Pescod has left the Marine Stewardship Council after 10 years of work in ‘fisheries outreach’, to join Scotland’s Macduff Shellfish…

A combination of waste materials supplemented with a product of biomass could help in the search for high quality soils, a new study suggests.

Inditex is one of 32 businesses that has signed up to the ‘Fashion Pact’ initiative, created to “champion environmental sustainability” in fashion.

Future crops will need to withstand conditions like climate change, low water availability, rising soil salinity, and attacks by pathogens and insects. Genetic engineering could help address these problems while also reducing the amount of land and other natural resources needed to grow our food.

MPs have called for a tax on all single-use plastic packaging and also raised concerns that compostable plastics are being introduced without consumers knowing how to dispose of them.   The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee says a “fundamental shift” away from all single-use packaging…

The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to.

Information on the environment for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public…

Caterers share their tips and tricks for cutting down on the product that never dies—single-use plastics.

We try to post a new blog at least once a week, just to share our insights into the world of sustainability strategy and what it takes to be a sustainability consultant or professional today. Here are our most-read posts from September.

By eating produce grown close to home, we can reduce our carbon emissions and reconnect with the land…

A Danish rubbish-to-clean-energy plant is attracting global attention with its new ski slope…

Europe produces 31kg of packaging waste per person every year, but only 40% of that is recycled.Henkel is partnering with innovative companies in a bid to improve that figure…

Does cold and flu season inevitably generate packaging waste? Consumer brands can step up to treat people and planet, as TerraCycle and Loop CEO Tom Szaky enlightens us.A new example is the RB Health & Nutrition Recycling Program, a national network for health-and-wellness package recovery. …

Drip irrigation, in a nutshell, is the process of lacing your garden area with irrigation lines that feed into the root systems of your plants, “dripping” water into them gradually