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Asda women win key appeal in equal pay fight
The BBC reports the Supreme Court has upheld an earlier court ruling that lower-paid shop staff, who are mostly Asda...
Agrifood leaders must “re-invent capitalism” to stop climate change
Some of the world’s leading agrifood companies are behind a high-level call to re-invent capitalism and transform food systems. Rabobank,...
The little-known activist fund that toppled Danone’s CEO
The Financial Times writes about Bluebell, a hedge fund boutique that is fewer than two years old and runs just...
UK exporting a deadly pesticide that kills thousands
Channel 4 News in the UK has reported that tens of thousands of people have died from poisoning by a...
Seaspiracy: Industry subsidies could instead solve world hunger
The documentary Seaspiracy which premieres tonight on Netflix aims to change personal, industrial, and governmental choices, according to co-director Ali...
UK food and drink exports to EU down 75.5 per cent
Reuters says that exports of food and drink from the United Kingdom to the European Union plunged by 75.5% in...
Nestle recycles cocoa waste, replaces sugar in chocolate
Reuters says chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle ready to...
Cheap food culture creates slavery in supply chains
The Grocer says, Slavery shouldn’t have been accepted in 1821 and is definitely unacceptable in 2021. Yet UK food outlets still...
Agribusiness suppliers are risking food brands’ reputations
Agribusiness suppliers are risking the reputations and profits of their customers, the world’s biggest food brands, by failing to improve...
Low-paid migrant workers ‘trapped’ on Britain’s farms
The Financial Times reports that between March 2020 and February 2021, Focus on Labour Exploitation, an NGO, investigated the experience...
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