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Proof of Compliance is Vital in Delivering Sustainable Palm Oil

Following the announcement of the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ in December 2022, a supply chain sustainability expert is imploring food retailers to prioritise third party verification when using responsibly sourced palm oil.

Waste and recycling myths busted

In a world beset by a climate crisis, recycling is one low-stakes activity that can make us feel like we're making a difference.

Greenhushing must not impact sustainable action

LRQA, a leading global assurance partner, has warned that food and beverage organisations must not lose focus on their sustainability targets amid claims of ‘greenhushing’ expected to rise this year.

Europe's packaging industry embraces innovation to meet sustainability goals

The packaging sector is growing, with a forecasted annual growth rate of 1.7% until 2027. New regulations are also driving rapid change and innovation. On 9 and 10 March, close to 120 people from 18 countries joined the event Shaping the Future with Packaging to discuss why innovation is needed, and how companies along the supply chain are playing their part.

Time to make the packaging world add up - Ecoveritas

Environmental compliance specialist Ecoveritas is calling on businesses to ensure they hold live and accurate packaging specifications, as producers today became mandated to collect packaging data under new packaging Extended Producer Responsibility rules.

The high price of materialism

By Kathy Illingworth, Head of Sustainability Consulting

Are we buying into our own destruction?

For the first time in history, there are now eight billion people on Earth; eight billion people from a species that, unlike every other species on the planet, does not always put its survival first.

Lack of EPR preparedness laid bare in a new survey

The vast majority of UK businesses view their packaging data collection capability as a “work in progress”, according to a new survey by environmental compliance data experts, Ecoveritas.

UK businesses move to shore up EPR provisions

UK businesses have taken to Google in their droves this week as they get ready for new reporting requirements and reforms to cut packaging waste, according to environmental compliance data experts Ecoveritas.

On the cusp of Europe-wide EPR legislation - Lindhquist

Dr. Thomas Lindhquist, the man behind the original principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the nineties, insists it remains a viable collective solution to the worsening plastic pollution problem some 30 years on.

World’s first global Youth Interfaith Fellowship on climate change launches at Duke University Divinity School in partnership with Climate NGO – Faith For Our Planet

Faith For Our Planet (FFOP), a global interfaith coalition launched the world’s first ever global Youth Interfaith Program on climate change at Duke University Divinity School yesterday.

Sustainable Food Predictions 2023

Ecovia Intelligence gives its predictions for the year ahead. The previous year (2022) marked the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as geopolitical conflict which has led to high energy costs and food inflation. Although the repercussions will continue to be felt in 2023, the outlook for sustainable foods remains positive...