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Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business Green

Katya Simmons, managing director at Nestlé Professional UK & Ireland, said the move was a response to growing demand for plant-based products, which she said was being driven by "two powerful trends: health and concern for the planet".

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Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail

AGreenLiving

While specific companies have invested in strategic energy efficiency or clean energy, the food retail industry has not had a wholesale reckoning with its climate change impact. Given the industry’s carbon footprint from energy consumption alone , there is ample opportunity to reduce energy usage and improve its bottom line.

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

In alternative proteins, we look at fungal-based, algae-based, and of course seafood businesses. Red Bull is not an energy drink business; it’s a marketing company that happens to sell an energy drink. They just happen to sell an energy drink. Are you looking for marketing assistance, branding, packaging?

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

In alternative proteins, we look at fungal-based, algae-based, and of course seafood businesses. Red Bull is not an energy drink business; it’s a marketing company that happens to sell an energy drink. They just happen to sell an energy drink. Are you looking for marketing assistance, branding, packaging?

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

Grist

If anything is going to change, they say, plastic production and packaging choices around the world need to shift. “It Plenty of research has focused on the microplastics found in the guts of fish and seafood, to better understand how that may be taken up through their digestion process.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

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Louisiana Communities Already Vulnerable to the Climate Crisis Worry That the Expansion of the LNG Export Industry Could Be Catastrophic

DeSmogBlog

Though the storm didn’t devastate the city, 11 of the deaths attributed to Ida were residents who remained in the city and had no way out after power failed. Many were without power for over a week. Venture Global stated via email that it plans to raise the ramp if need be and that it has a separate power source for it.