Sustainability news archive – Page 200
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ArticleGloucester Marine Terminal completes solar project
The pioneering project on Gloucester Marine Terminal’s rooftop is already supplying up to 80 per cent of the firm’s power demand
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ArticleAPL on course to cut carbon emissions
Container shipping line APL says it is on course to reduce a key carbon exhaust measure from its global shipping operations by 30 per cent
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ArticleWaitrose launches woodchip-powered eco store
Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner has opened a Waitrose energy centre that almost entirely powers, heats and cools the retailer’s store on the island.
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ArticleVideo: Hellmann's eat local campaign
The mayonnaise brand's latest promotional campaign is encouraging Canadians to add more local fruit and veg to their diets
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ArticleDrought hits French southwest
Recent dry weather has caused major concern among fruit and vegetable producers in departments like Lot-et-Garonne
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ArticleOscar highlights sustainable side
Actions are planned for sustainable development week to promote French kiwifruit's environmental credentials
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ArticleLandgard monitors water usage in Spain
German importer publishes results of study into water used by its strawberry suppliers in Spanish region of Huelva
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ArticleSwiss group attacks imports
A group in Switzerland has railed against counterseasonal imports and their effect on the environment and small producers
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ArticleRetailers ‘lack financial incentive’ to cut waste
Food waste campaigner and author Tristram Stuart has told MPs and Lords at a meeting in Westminster that supermarkets lack the financial incentive to reduce waste because they can pass on the costs to suppliers.
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ArticleStrawberry pesticide pulled
Sudden withdrawal of methyl iodide fumigant at the centre of a legal battle limits pesticide options for US strawberry growers
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Wales gets hort waste recycling plant
The UK horticultural industry stands to get greener yet thanks a new agricultural-waste wash plant in Wales.
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ArticleProgress for Corpus Christi wind farm
The Texas-based port is well on its way to providing renewable energy after starting to transmit some power to the grid last month
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ArticleAlgeria turns to hydroponics
With water scarce, the North African country is stepping up its efforts to ensure food security with hydroponic greenhouse technology
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ArticleFlorette to display LEAF logo
Salad specialist will demonstrate its environmental consciousness by placing the LEAF Marque logo on its packs
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ArticleAustralian flooding misses fruit
Fruit production in south east Australia appears to have dodged the worst of the flooding across the region this week
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ArticleSymbioCity promotes urban agriculture
Swedish group adds vertical farms to its portfolio of sustainable projects
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ArticleUK retailers to unveil green store plans
M&S, John Lewis and Coop will reveal the latest plans for environmentally friendly stores at the upcoming ACR Show
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ArticleGroup opposes expansion in Philippines
New alliance aims to prevent expansion of banana and pineapple plantations in the Allah River Valley in South Cotabatao
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ArticleVertical farm goes up in Sweden
Plantagon breaks ground on site in Linkoping for its first vertical farm
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ArticleResponsibly Fresh label launched in Berlin
Flanders' new sustainability label, Responsibly Fresh, was unveiled at Fruit Logistica for the very first time