Environmental Sustainability Archives - Just Food

SBTi facing staff revolt in carbon-offsetting row

Andy Coyne — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:42:02 +0000

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has met with an angry response from its own staff after announcing a carbon-offsetting plan.

Simon Harvey — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:36:35 +0000

Danish Crown has brought closure to a legal greenwashing claim by pledging not to use misleading terms about its environmental credentials.

Dean Best — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:40:24 +0000

The chief sustainability officer is having to do more – and faster – but sometimes with less. We dig into the pressures facing food’s CSOs.

Simon Harvey — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:45:21 +0000

The EU’s deforestation law is “still alive” despite calls for revisions from a number of member countries, according to the climate minister.

Henry Mathieu — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:45:18 +0000

Nestlé is set to invest R2.5bn ($131m) over the next five years in its work with Black-owned businesses in eastern and southern Africa.

Andy Coyne — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:29:32 +0000

US food heavyweight Campbell Soup Co. is being sued in the US over allegations that its plant in Ohio is polluting nearby Lake Erie.

Henry Mathieu — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:40:43 +0000

A compensation claim has been launched against UK-based poultry group Avara Foods for allegedly damaging a major river and catchment area.

Andy Coyne — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:21:54 +0000

Just Food’s rolling guide to the commitments made by the world’s big food manufacturers on reducing emissions.

Isaac Hanson — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:03:24 +0000

As part of its new targets, Unilever hopes to reach net zero fully by 2039 through reductions and eventually carbon removals.

David Burrows — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:44:03 +0000

Carbon-neutral claims are so last year. Now brands involved in everything from beef to beer are calling their products ‘carbon negative’.