The BFA's Organic Advantage newsletter reports that a German study has considered how appetites affect carbon emissions, finding diets low in meat and dairy are best, with organic alternatives able to significantly reduce chewing up of carbon credits.
10/09/2008
Supermarket shoppers already confused by nutritional information listing a product's content may have to psyche themselves up to spend more time reading in the aisles with new labels listing greenhouse gas emissions.
01/07/2009
Taylors Wines has announced today it has achieved a world-first for any wine brand or range with the company’s Eighty Acres range of wines certified 100% carbon neutral.
11/09/2009
UK retailer Tesco yesterday began including carbon footprint information on milk as part of the company's aim for all its products to carry carbon labels.
19/08/2009
As of 2008, FIJI Water offers a carbon negative product.
05/05/2008
Food manufacturers are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, including the rising cost of ingredients, and are becomming more proactive about doing their bit for the environment.
26/11/2007
Planet Ark said by the end of this year, ALDI's everyday olive oil range will feature the Carbon Reduction Label, highlighting ALDI's ongoing commitment to the environment.
09/06/2010
The grocery industry is lobbying for a carbon tax to be applied to imports as a way of protecting local manufacturers competing with nations that do not have emissions trading.
15/09/2008
Knowing where energy is being used is the secret to making carbon management an exercise in profitability rather than just compliance.
10/03/2009
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that the government's emissions trading scheme will be delayed until 2011.
04/05/2009
The Australian Food and Grocery Council has warned that the federal government’s plans to cut greenhouse emissions by between 5% and 15% by 2020 has the potential to compromise the domestic and international competiveness of Australia’s food industry.
17/12/2008
Australian food production and exports could be cut when carbon trading starts from mid-2010 with the price of carbon to add to already hefty price rises for fuel, Australia's biggest farmers' group said this week.
30/07/2008
A Federal Parliamentary select committee will hold an inquiry into how Australia can produce enough food for itself and export markets during the current and future global warming scares.
03/07/2008
The New Zealand Wine Company has achieved carbon neutral recertification under the world leading carboNZeroCERT TM programme.
14/03/2008
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and Woolworths Limited have announced a joint study into ways of measuring the climate change impact of food, beverage and grocery products.
30/01/2008
Victorian-based Cool Change Natural Spring Water has launched Australia’s first spring water packaged in a bottle made from plants, as they seek to go green in an industry often criticised for its lack of sustainability.
12/11/2008
Plans to include food processors in Australia’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), but with special support, have been welcomed by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).
26/10/2009
Organisers of Smart 2009 are providing members of the supply chain and logistics industries with a new opportunity to engage in key industry topics, through a series of Breakfast Seminars.
10/09/2008
New Zealand's fresh organic food company Pitango has unveiled the world's first carbon neutral meals in a move that's sure to delight the tastebuds as much as satisfy the environmental conscience.
03/04/2008
Fresh food innovator Pitango has gained CarboNZero status by becoming the first company in the world to sell carbon neutral meals.
25/03/2008