Tesco has announced it will continue expanding their carbon labelling project, with the goal to eventually have a carbon label on all their private label products. The UK’s largest supermarket chain...

The plastic bag ban in South Australia is set to come into effect next Monday, with supermarket staff set to wear badges asking for customer understanding. Premier Mike Rann is excited about the positive...

The recently established Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture has urged the immediate adoption of a five-point plan of action, entitled “Food First”, to counter concerns about food security...

Finnish food group Raisio is the world’s first food company to add an H2O label to product packaging, indicating the total water consumption of the product. The label was added to Elovena oat flakes,...

A multi-million dollar ‘supermarket of the future’ featuring new technology to Australia has been unveiled in Adelaide’s North Eastern suburbs. The Fairview Park Foodland IGA, part of...

Sustainable practices in agriculture, combined with the development of local food systems, can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the food system, finds a new paper by the Institute for Agriculture...

UK’s largest retailer, Tesco, has announced the start of a customer packaging audit trial, which offers customers the opportunity to remove and leave excess plastic and paper packaging in store after...

A Victorian Green plan to introduce a 10 cent returnable deposit on all drink bottles, can and cartons should be rolled out nationally, according to the Greens Sustainable Cities Spokesperson, Senator...

The combined forces of the economic downturn and environmental pressures are causing a sharp slowdown in the global bottled water market, according to a recent analysis by global beverage industry specialists,...

As the debate about local food and the concept of food miles heats up in Australia, new research from Mintel shows that “buying local” still has many fans to earn in America. According to Mintel’s...