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Environment
Environment
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EnvironmentCo-op Group bans peat from compost in its stores
The retailer is stocking a peat-free product from Westland Horticulture to encourage sustainable gardening
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AgricultureFirst Milk pledges to go zero carbon by 2040
Other sustainability promises include a reduced target for antibiotic use in cattle
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AgricultureDairy co-op First Milk launches scheme to protect Lake District watercourses
Mitigation and monitoring measures will be taken on farms supplying the co-op’s Wigton site
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CommunityEdinburgh Community Solar fits out its 30th public building
It is hoped the installation on the roof of the city council’s Waverley Court HQ will generate enough to power 41 homes for a year
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BusinessNew research adds more evidence to ethical business trends
Covid-19, climate change and the Black Lives Matter movement have helped to drive the change
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AgricultureEuropean retail co-ops to work on code of conduct for Farm to Fork Strategy
Sustainable food should not be a privilege for the few,' says Euro Coop's Todor Ivanov
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AgricultureCo-op Party MP urges government to keep bee-killing pesticide ban
Luke Pollard says allowing the use of bee-killing pesticides could have catastrophic effects on the environment
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EnvironmentMidcounties named business of the year at national sustainability awards
The prize is one of two gongs picked up by the retail society at the Edie Sustainability Leaders Awards
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AgricultureFonterra partners with Royal DSM to lower on-farm greenhouse gas emissions
The dairy co-op is introducing a feed additive which it hopes will reduce methane emissions by at least 30%
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EnvironmentMalaysian government to support co-ops affected by floods
Co-ops will receive up to up to RM30,000 (£5,449) each
