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End to Time-at-sea Limits For North Sea Cod Fisheries

    End to Time-at-sea Limits For North Sea Cod Fisheries

North Sea cod fishermen will be able to land every catch – not just cod – more easily following the European Parliament’s recent decision. The updated regulation will remove limits

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Is It Time For a Reinvigoration of Product Carbon Footprint Labelling in Europe?

    Is It Time For a Reinvigoration of Product Carbon Footprint Labelling in Europe?

Companies that clearly demonstrate the climate change credentials of their products could secure a competitive and commercial advantage, with two thirds of consumers across the UK, France and Germany saying

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Manor Farm Named Food Producer of the Year at Irish Agribusiness Awards

    Manor Farm Named Food Producer of the Year at Irish Agribusiness Awards

Irish chicken producer Manor Farm was named Food Producer of the Year at the Agribusiness Awards. The competition received more than 200 entries from participating companies throughout Ireland. The chicken

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Egemin to Build Third Automated High-bay Warehouse For Agristo

    Egemin to Build Third Automated High-bay Warehouse For Agristo

Belgian pre-fried and frozen potato products manufacturer Agristo is teaming up with Egemin Automation for the third time in a row for the construction of a new, fully automated high-bay

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Irish Businesses Urged to Help Save the Bees!

    Irish Businesses Urged to Help Save the Bees!

Irish businesses are being called on to take action in helping to save the bees. The National Biodiversity Date Centre and Bord Bia have launched a Framework for Businesses as

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WeFarm Reaches Over 100,000 Users and Secures £1.3 Million Investment

    WeFarm Reaches Over 100,000 Users and Secures £1.3 Million Investment

WeFarm, a peer-to-peer agtech network that enables small-scale farmers to access and share vital agricultural information even without internet, has reached over 100,000 users and secured £1.3 million in seed

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Mondelez International Updates its Sustainable Palm Oil Action Plan

    Mondelez International Updates its Sustainable Palm Oil Action Plan

Mondelēz International has laid out new milestones and requirements for suppliers to work toward a sustainable supply of palm oil as part of its updated Palm Oil Action Plan. The

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Avery Dennison Helps Coca-Cola European Partners to Recycle 70 Tonnes of PET Waste Annually

    Avery Dennison Helps Coca-Cola European Partners to Recycle 70 Tonnes of PET Waste Annually

Avery Dennison has collaborated with partners throughout the supply chain namely Viridor and PET UK, to help Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) reduce waste, costs, and the carbon footprint of Smartwater

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RT14 Calls Stakeholders to Collaborate For a Truly Sustainable Palm Oil Industry

    RT14 Calls Stakeholders to Collaborate For a Truly Sustainable Palm Oil Industry

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) 14th Annual Roundtable Meeting (RT14) urged corporate leaders, NGOs, policy makers and academics to step up and join forces to ensure an effective

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Cargill Direct Purchasing Licence Boosts Cocoa Sustainability

    Cargill Direct Purchasing Licence Boosts Cocoa Sustainability

Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has established its own licensed buying company (LBC) following the successful application for a licence from the Ghanaian Cocoa Board (Cocobod). The new LBC is now

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Fishing Opportunities in the Atlantic and North Sea For 2017

    Fishing Opportunities in the Atlantic and North Sea For 2017

In preparation for the December Fisheries Council, where EU Member States will negotiate fishing quotas in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017, the European Commission is presenting its proposal

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Huge Drop in Plastic Bags in English Supermarkets After 5p Levy

    Huge Drop in Plastic Bags in English Supermarkets After 5p Levy

According to the latest figures from IRI, a leading provider of FMCG market intelligence and predictive, actionable insight, government targets to reduce the number of plastic bags used by English shoppers has

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What is Engineered Sustainability by Rexnord?

    What is Engineered Sustainability by Rexnord?

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. Engineered Sustainability™ by Rexnord is a product program to help you design durable conveyor systems with components that guarantee optimal product handling without compromising

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Biogas Solves UK’s £64 Million Food Waste Headache This Christmas

    Biogas Solves UK’s £64 Million Food Waste Headache This Christmas

No food company deliberately creates unnecessary waste. However, the volume of food waste created over the festive period is typically 30 per cent higher than the rest of the year.

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New Strategy to Double Size of Scotland’s £1.8 billion Aquaculture Sector

    New Strategy to Double Size of Scotland’s £1.8 billion Aquaculture Sector

A group of leading businesses and organisations in Scotland’s aquaculture industry have come together for the first time to create an ambitious new growth strategy for the sector. The 2030

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Are Sustainable Proteins Nutritious Enough?

    Are Sustainable Proteins Nutritious Enough?

Are proteins derived from sustainable sources, nutritious enough? This question is central to research conducted by the public-private partnership Sustainable Future proteins: focus on nutritional and health-promoting qualities. The research,

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First Research Partnership in the Mediterranean to Increase Food and Water Sustainability

    First Research Partnership in the Mediterranean to Increase Food and Water Sustainability

The European Commission has presented a proposal for a Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area – PRIMA. The first partnership of its kind in the Mediterranean basin aims

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The EU Proposes to Curb Subsidies Causing Overfishing in WTO Countries

    The EU Proposes to Curb Subsidies Causing Overfishing in WTO Countries

The EU is proposing to restart talks on an international WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies to combat the further depletion of the world’s fish stocks and the devastation of natural

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Holfeld Freshens Up its VSP Range of Meat Packaging

    Holfeld Freshens Up its VSP Range of Meat Packaging

Holfeld Plastics knows the value of sustainable packaging in the meat industry. Their VSP range has recently been extended taking into account portion size, sustainability, good looks and freshness. With consumers

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PepsiCo sets sugar reduction targets

    PepsiCo sets sugar reduction targets

PepsiCo has announced ambitious plans to dramatically reduce the sugar content in its drinks as part of its sustainable growth strategy for 2025. These goals aim to continue “transforming PepsiCo’s

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Food and drink manufacturers to reduce emissions by 55% in 10 years

    Food and drink manufacturers to reduce emissions by 55% in 10 years

The Food and Drink Federation has pledged to reduce the carbon emissions of manufacturers in the industry by 55% by 2025. The group, which has hailed its previous sustainability efforts,

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Emmi Commits Itself to Sustainability

    Emmi Commits Itself to Sustainability

Sustainability and in particular environmental protection have been key issues for Swiss milk processor Emmi for over 20 years. Now, the company is going a significant step further by setting

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Emmi Switches to 100% Renewable Hydroelectricity From BKW

  Emmi Switches to 100% Renewable Hydroelectricity From BKW

Emmi has committed to reducing its CO2 emissions by 25 % by 2020. In an important step towards meeting this objective,

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Carlsberg Unveils New Green Fiber Bottle Design

  Carlsberg Unveils New Green Fiber Bottle Design

The new design of Carlsberg’s Green Fiber Bottle was revealed today, as 500 business leaders joined the Sustainable Brands community

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Snact choose Tipa to roll out fully compostable flexible packaging

Sustainable packaging developer Tipa has announced its exclusive UK brand partnership with Snact, a social enterprise making snacks from surplus product.

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ACE: EU beverage carton recycling rate shows growth

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment UK has reported that beverage carton recycling is continuing to grow across

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Novamont calls on to invest in biodegradable

Italian bioplastics company Novamont is calling on the foodservice industry to invest in compostable biodegradable bioplastics. Adding to the recent media

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Scotch Whisky Industry Renews Commitment to Sustainability

  Scotch Whisky Industry Renews Commitment to Sustainability

A commitment to environmental sustainability lies at the heart of the Scotch Whisky industry which has now unveiled even more

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Coca-Cola HBC Italia Cuts Carbon Footprint With ENER-G Trigeneration Technology

  Coca-Cola HBC Italia Cuts Carbon Footprint With ENER-G Trigeneration Technology

Coca-Cola HBC Italia will reduce its carbon footprint by 15% and save 40% on its energy costs after installing an

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Mondelez International Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index For 12th Consecutive Year

  Mondelez International Named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index For 12th Consecutive Year

Mondelēz International has once again been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for both the North America and

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Nestlé Leads Industry in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

  Nestlé Leads Industry in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

A biogas facility that fuels a factory with green energy and helps farmers is just one example of kind of

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Cameroonian Cocoa Sector Makes Good Strides in Sustainable Production

  Cameroonian Cocoa Sector Makes Good Strides in Sustainable Production

Over 9,500 cocoa farmers in Cameroon have received more than €1.4 million (958 million cfa) in premium payments – the

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Mondelez International Expands Cocoa Life in Indonesia

  Mondelez International Expands Cocoa Life in Indonesia

Mondelēz International has announced the successful completion of the first phase of its new partnerships with Swisscontact, Cargill and Wahana

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Nestlé Waters Helps Swiss Farmers to Fuel Their Crops and its Factory

  Nestlé Waters Helps Swiss Farmers to Fuel Their Crops and its Factory

A joint project between Nestlé Waters and Groupe E Greenwatt to build Switzerland’s largest biogas plant has focused on producing

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Fishing Opportunities in the Baltic Sea For 2017

  Fishing Opportunities in the Baltic Sea For 2017

The European Commission has tabled its proposal on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2017. The proposal is based

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Origin Green Ambassadors Join Forces With UK Food and Drink Giants

  Origin Green Ambassadors Join Forces With UK Food and Drink Giants

Five ambassadors from Origin Green, Ireland’s national sustainability programme, are beginning placements with leading UK food businesses McDonald’s, Mars, Bidvest,

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Aquabio Provides High Quality, Robust Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Solutions

  Aquabio Provides High Quality, Robust Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Solutions

With water scarcity increasingly prevalent worldwide, businesses are far more aware that not only is water a precious resource, but

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Unilever and Hubbub Launch Joint Ambition to Cut Food Waste

Unilever and Hubbub, with the support of WRAP, have launched its Joint Ambition for a Zero Food Waste Britain. The

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400 PPM and the Next Four Years

  400 PPM and the Next Four Years

What current atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration tells us about the need to stabilise the global climate and the need for

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Irish Agri-Tech Firm BHSL Enters US Market with $3 Million Poultry Pilot Project

  Irish Agri-Tech Firm BHSL Enters US Market with $3 Million Poultry Pilot Project

Irish agri-tech business BHSL has agreed a $3 million pilot project with the State of Maryland to trial its pioneering

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Barry Callebaut and Tony’s Chocolonely Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement

  Barry Callebaut and Tony’s Chocolonely Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement

The Barry Callebaut Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, and Tony’s Chocolonely, the Amsterdam-based chocolate

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The Staggering Cost of Global Food Waste and How to Cut It

  The Staggering Cost of Global Food Waste and How to Cut It

US$940 billion – this is what human food waste costs consumers, farmers and businesses each year. A third of all food

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Visionary Culina – General Mills collaboration at Port Salford gains CILT recognition

The visionary collaboration at Port Salford between Culina Group and General Mills was recognised at the 2016 CILT North West

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Tesco to Source Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Cocoa For Own Label Chocolate in the UK

  Tesco to Source Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Cocoa For Own Label Chocolate in the UK

Tesco has announced all the cocoa required for its own label chocolate products sold in the UK will be from

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Arla Foods UK Launches Farmers Milk

  Arla Foods UK Launches Farmers Milk

Arla Foods UK, the largest dairy company in the country, has unveiled Arla Farmers Milk – created to give shoppers

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Tesco Investing in the Future For Britain’s Potato Growers

  Tesco Investing in the Future For Britain’s Potato Growers

Tesco has announced it will issue contracts worth £12 million over three years to help support British Agriculture, and become

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Aquabio to Build Leading Edge Plant For Bakkavor’s Cucina Sano

  Aquabio to Build Leading Edge Plant For Bakkavor’s Cucina Sano

To help Bakkavor achieve its sustainability goals it has appointed waste water treatment specialist Aquabio to design and construct a

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A ‘Smart Factory’ For Nestlé Vera Naturae

  A ‘Smart Factory’ For Nestlé Vera Naturae

A new state-of-the art bottling plant for Nestlé Vera Naturae mineral water has been opened in Castrocielo in Italy. The

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Heineken Ireland’s Brewery Marks 160 Years in Ireland

  Heineken Ireland’s Brewery Marks 160 Years in Ireland

HEINEKEN Ireland, a leading beer and cider company, has published its sustainability report for 2015, demonstrating that sustainability is embedded

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Clover in Grass Swards Increases Milk and Grass Production

  Clover in Grass Swards Increases Milk and Grass Production

The results of research at the Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College in Ireland show that incorporating white clover into ryegrass pastures

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The Co-op Group Backs British Agriculture and the Environment

  The Co-op Group Backs British Agriculture and the Environment

The Co-op has underlined its strong commitment to British farmers with the launch of a progressive scheme to monitor and manage

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World Congress of Food Science and Technology Launched

  World Congress of Food Science and Technology Launched

The World Congress of Food Science and Technology 2016, which will take from 21st to 25th August in Dublin, has

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Baltic Plan – First Long-term Fishing Plan Under New Common Fisheries Policy

  Baltic Plan – First Long-term Fishing Plan Under New Common Fisheries Policy

The EU multiannual plan for managing Baltic Sea cod, sprat and herring stocks has been approved by the European Parliament.

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McDonald’s Ireland Gets the Green Light For Sustainability

  McDonald’s Ireland Gets the Green Light For Sustainability

McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland has become the first food service company to achieve Bord Bia Origin Green accreditation.To achieve Origin

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