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- Winners of the 2025 Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards “Greenwashing has infiltrated the food and drinks sector in ways many of us don’t even realise and when sustainability is merely used as a marketing tactic, consumers are misled and...
- Arla Foods to invest €107.7 million in UHT milk production in the UK Arla Foods has announced a proposal to invest €107.7 million into its Lockerbie site in Scotland, to support the farmer owned co-operative’s future growth ambitions. The dairy co-operative is proposing...
- Foodex Manufacturing Solutions Returns to the UK Food & Drink Shows in 2025 Foodex Manufacturing Solutions will be back at the NEC, Birmingham this April (7th–9th), as part of the UK Food & Drink Shows. Bringing together the very best of the hospitality,...
- Irish Distillers launches Enviroflex Partnership with Bank of Ireland providing sustainability-linked loans to tillage farmers Irish Distillers is partnering with Bank of Ireland to offer Enviroflex sustainability-linked loans, that provide discounted flexible finance, to tillage farmers for the very first time. Enviroflex loans are designed...
- Global Retail Trends In 2025: UK And European Grocery Retailers Must Adapt To Emerging Consumer Needs And Technological Innovation As grocery retailers in the UK and Europe look ahead to 2025, global trends are providing a roadmap for success. According to a new report from IGD, six key trends...
- Winners of the 2025 Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards “Greenwashing has infiltrated the food and drinks sector in ways many of us don’t even realise and when sustainability is merely used as a marketing tactic, consumers are misled and...
- Arla Foods to invest €107.7 million in UHT milk production in the UK Arla Foods has announced a proposal to invest €107.7 million into its Lockerbie site in Scotland, to support the farmer owned co-operative’s future growth ambitions. The dairy co-operative is proposing...
- Foodex Manufacturing Solutions Returns to the UK Food & Drink Shows in 2025 Foodex Manufacturing Solutions will be back at the NEC, Birmingham this April (7th–9th), as part of the UK Food & Drink Shows. Bringing together the very best of the hospitality,...
- Irish Distillers launches Enviroflex Partnership with Bank of Ireland providing sustainability-linked loans to tillage farmers Irish Distillers is partnering with Bank of Ireland to offer Enviroflex sustainability-linked loans, that provide discounted flexible finance, to tillage farmers for the very first time. Enviroflex loans are designed...
- Global Retail Trends In 2025: UK And European Grocery Retailers Must Adapt To Emerging Consumer Needs And Technological Innovation As grocery retailers in the UK and Europe look ahead to 2025, global trends are providing a roadmap for success. According to a new report from IGD, six key trends...
Carbios, a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, has announced the publication of an article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, entitled:
Aldi Ireland announced today that its own-label Irish sourced potted herbs are now packaged in recyclable and home compostable materials. The discount retailer has been working with its Wicklow-based supplier
Mondelēz International has joined two leading initiatives focused on tackling plastic waste and pollution, as the company accelerates its efforts to reduce its impact on people and the planet. Mondelēz
Finnish consumers have ranked Valio, the co-operative-based company owned by 4,700 dairy farmers around Finland, as the most sustainable brand for the seventh consecutive year. Sustainable Brand Index is Europe’s
First Milk, the wholly British farmer-owned dairy co-operative, has launched the First4Milk Pledge – a new initiative to proactively promote dairy farming and First Milk to its customers and the
The Federation of European manufacturers of glass containers (FEVE) has launched an ambitious new project – the ‘Furnace of the Future’ – which will cut CO2 emissions by 50%. The
Ireland’s second largest liquid milk processing firm Aurivo has cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at its Killygordon site by 80% and reduced fossil fuel consumption at the facility by 80%,
Iteris, the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, has announced that CONSUS, a research partnership between University College Dublin (UCD) and Origin Enterprises plc (Origin), will add
Innovative secondary packaging company TrakRap has beaten off competitors from across the globe to win the Best Manufacturing Technology award at the World Food Innovation Awards. The prestigious annual awards
Müller UK & Ireland has secured a long term partnership with Biffa, the UK sustainable waste management specialist, which allows the dairy company to meet increased demand for packaging made
With the 2020s set to be the most disruptive decade yet for business leaders, a new report from Veris Strategies highlights ten key global trends that are likely to shape
Valio, the dairy and food owned by Finnish milk suppliers, has committed to set scientifically assessed targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Science Based Targets). Valio had already announced that
HEINEKEN Spain has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy supplier Iberdrola, guaranteeing the supply of 100% renewable electricity to all four HEINEKEN Spain breweries as well as its
Britvic has agreed its first sustainability-linked credit facility, allowing it to borrow up to £400 million over the next five years whilst linking the margin of the facility to its
The packaging industry’s most cutting-edge technologies and solutions will take centre stage at Packaging Innovations 2020, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 26 & 27 February. New for 2020, the show will host
Irish chicken producer Manor Farm has won the IFSA (Irish Foodservice Suppliers Alliance) Best Sustainable Food Product Award 2020. Manor Farm, received the award for the company’s ‘Farmers to Market’
Food and drink retailers face increased consumer pressure to provide sustainable packaging options, according to new research from Tetra Pak, which polled major retailers in the UK and Ireland on
With Coca-Cola set to roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from recycled plastic (PET) in Sweden, it is unveiling new labels on which the brands step
European production of glass packaging for food and beverage continues to grow according to latest figures published from the European Container Glass Federation (1). The increase of 2.0% in tonnes
Refresco Europe has been awarded the first-ever European Lean & Green Star for the transport operations in the soft drinks group’s European business. Refresco earned the Star for having transport
Coca-Cola, Aveda, and Britvic are just some of the global brands set to put sustainability firmly in the spotlight when they join the Ecopack Stage as part of Packaging Innovations 2020.
Paper has long been the number one recyclable mono-material. Accordingly, the market leader Sappi has expanded its portfolio of barrier
Unilever and JD Logistics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive sustainable business initiatives in the supply chain.
Nestlé has announced that it will invest up to SFr2 billion (€1.86 billion) to lead the shift from virgin plastics
Syntegon Technology is the new name for Bosch Packaging Technology, following the sale of the former Bosch division. Headquartered in
In the coming years, FrieslandCampina will make an annual amount of €24 million available to further stimulate sustainable development on
By Dr Felix Flemming, TOMRA Food The scale of the global food waste problem is staggering. According to reports, 1.6 billion
Packaging Innovations Birmingham 2020, which brings the whole packaging industry together under one roof, from design, marketing and branding, through
AB InBev beers, including Budweiser, the world’s most valuable beer brand, will soon be brewed with renewable electricity throughout Europe
The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland has published the second annual EU Sustainable Dairy Fact Book, in conjunction with the
Building on Britvic’s existing work to protect the environment, the company has joined forces with other global businesses to promote
Leading industry experts from some of the UK’s most respected authorities will come together on the Ecopack Stage at Packaging Innovations
Ebro Foods, the largest food group in Spain, the world leader in rice production and the second biggest global fresh
Buxton Natural Mineral Water, which is part of Nestlé Waters UK, has announced its whole range will be made from
New consumer research published by Kantar, the world’s leading data, insights and consulting firm, reveals that over three-quarters (77%) of UK grocery
Palsgaard has won the Sustainability Champion prize at the Food Ingredients Europe Innovation Awards. The Danish emulsifier specialist clinched the award
Sustainably produced food is a hot market and the carbon footprint of food products is already a decisive factor in
ABP Food Group, which is the largest beef processor in the UK and Ireland, in conjunction with the Irish Cattle
A Queen’s University Belfast researcher has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into
Smurfit Kappa has launched a portfolio of sustainable packaging solutions for bundling canned and bottled beverages. The innovative new corrugated
Coca-Cola Sweden has announced that, from 2020, it will make all of its plastic bottles from 100% recycled material, becoming
Tetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem, has become the first company in the food and beverage industry to responsibly
Fyffes, one of the world’s largest and oldest tropical produce importers and distributors, has been awarded by its long-term partner
C&C Group has announced enhanced investment of €16 million (£14.23 million) in sustainability for its Tennent’s Lager brand, significantly boosting
Carlsberg Group has given an update on its journey to create the world’s first ‘paper’ beer bottle made from sustainably-sourced
PepsiCo has issued the company’s first ever Green Bond. The net proceeds from the US$1 billion Green Bond offering will
PepsiCo has published its 2018 Sustainability Report, outlining the company’s progress against its sustainability goals and announcing a new purpose
Since the introduction of its sustainability programme Together Towards ZERO – an important element of the seven-year SAIL’22 strategy –
HKScan, the Nordic meat and food group, is building a new model to its value chain, in particular to its
Aurivo, which is one of Ireland’s leading dairy and agribusinesses, has completed a significant investment in its milk processing facility
Britvic has pledged to pursue bolder greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets by signing up to the Science Based Targets
M&S Food is partnering with infarm – one of the world’s most advanced urban farming platforms – to deliver a
Coca-Cola European Partners, will be replacing plastic shrink wrap with cardboard for its can multipacks across Western Europe, removing approximately 4,000
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