Unilever and Coca-Cola Co. have joined forces to launch a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the global consumer goods industry.The two giant firms hope to change the behaviour of customers and...

A Greenpeace report claiming that a major supplier of palm oil to Unilever is engaged in illegal deforestation has prompted the company to suspend all future purchases from the company.In a statement released...

ABARE, Australia’s leading commodity research group, has disputed the widely held belief that local food is better for the environment, labelling food miles as a “misleading indicator”...

UK food and drink manufacturers have reduced their carbon emissions by 19% since 1990 – the equivalent of one million tonnes of CO2 – according to a new report published by the Food and Drink...

Australian winemakers and grape growers now have a formal way to highlight their green credentials nationally and internationally. EntWine Australia is a voluntary national environmental assurance scheme...

The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners have announced that a major greenhouse gas (hydrofluorocarbon) will be eliminated from all of their new vending machines and coolers by 2015. Coca-Cola said...

New research has shown that Sydney supermarket shoppers are using more new plastic bags than those in other major cities, including Melbourne, London and Hong Kong. The investigation, by Australian and...

The recognition and support for food processing in the Federal Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) amendments has been welcomed by Australia’s largest manufacturing sector,...

Farmers are to be exempt from the planned emissions trading scheme, with Labor agreeing to the Coalition request for an exclusion of agriculture from the scheme. Horticulture organisation Growcom welcomed...

A Communiqué by Australia’s Environment Ministers outlining a comprehensive long-term national waste strategy has been well received by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). Meanwhile,...