Sustainability and Social Governance

19 Jul 2024

BRC Issue Retailer Statement in relation to SMETA 7 requirements

16 Jul 2024

Migration Advisory Committee Seasonal Worker Visa Review

28 Jun 2024

DEFRA Contractual Fairness Consultation Response

26 Jun 2024

Consumer Goods Forum Launch SSCI Environmental Benchmark

29 May 2024

Defra Farm Business Survey results 2022

29 May 2024

31st May EPR Enrolment and Data Submission Deadline for Large Producers

14 May 2024

Government Unveils Major Packaging of Farming and Food Sector Support

20 Mar 2024

Design of Energy Markets Consultation Sessions - March / April 2024

4 Jan 2024

IMPORTANT - Fresh Produce Contracts Consultation Call

15 Dec 2023

Members Feedback Required - Fairness in the Fresh Produce Supply Chain Consultation

15 Dec 2023

2024 Packaging Recycling Targets

7 Nov 2023

Revealing The True Cost of Food To Transform Agrifood Systems

10 Oct 2023

UK Food Security Report - feedback required

3 Oct 2023

Find out about eligibility and requirements for the organic conversion - top fruit

25 Aug 2023

Calling London Based Wholesale / Retail / Food Service Businesses

14 Aug 2023

EPR and Recycling Assessment Webinar 17/8/23 11.30am

26 Jul 2023

Extended producer responsibility scheme deferred for a year until October 2025

19 Jul 2023

Plastic Packaging Tax Consultation launched

10 Jul 2023

MPs invite farmers to take part in a survey on soil health

3 Jul 2023

Packaging Waste Obligations Data Collection Deadline

26 Jun 2023

Energy Consultation opens - opportunities for Controlled Environment horticulture?

26 Jun 2023

Find out more about the Sustainable Farm Initiative

31 May 2023

Wrap Issue Guidance on Behaviour Change for Fresh produce in the home

26 May 2023

Collection and Packaging Reforms (CPR) Business Readiness Survey and Forum

26 May 2023

DEFRA and Innovate UK Farming Futures funding call on environmental resilience

11 Apr 2023

Plastic Packaging Tax Submission Calendar 2023

5 Apr 2023

Defra/ Wrap Food Waste Survey

23 Mar 2023

Wrap Water Roadmap Progress Report March 2023

22 Mar 2023

IPCC Synthesis Report on Climate Change - March 2023

15 Mar 2023

FPC work with Wrap to Reduce Plastic Packaging

13 Mar 2023

Wrap Courtauld 2020 Water Road Map

27 Feb 2023

Sign up to Defra's weekly newsletter

1 Feb 2023

Funding Opportunity - UKRI Farming Net Zero

31 Jan 2023

2023 Environmental Improvement Plan set out by Govt

27 Jan 2023

Government sets out plans for the nations farming sector

27 Jan 2023

Plastic Packaging Tax Return and payment due 31 January 2023

20 Jan 2023

Minister Mark Spencer faces MPs on food security inquiry - January 24th 2.30pm - watch live

18 Jan 2023

Ban on single use plastics - from October 2023

12 Jan 2023

WTO - World Trade and Climate Change Report 2022

22 Dec 2022

DEFRA Statement on Energy Bill Relief Scheme

14 Dec 2022

DEFRA to match fund Farming Futures R&D

14 Dec 2022

Tunley Opinion Piece "Scope 3 - More Than Suppliers"

1 Dec 2022

Dr Therese Coffey to be quizzed by MPs on environment, food and rural affairs issues - Watch live Dec 6th 2pm

18 Nov 2022

Defra seek packaging and waste panel volunteers

10 Nov 2022

EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

10 Nov 2022

Net Zero Playbook for Consumer Industries - Consumer Goods Forum

9 Nov 2022

Retailers, Wrap & WWF Commit to Climate Action

8 Nov 2022

WWF Retailer GHG Report

8 Nov 2022

EFRA Report on Plastic Waste Exports

27 Oct 2022

Wrap Food Waste Reduction Roadmap Refresh Webinar

22 Sept 2022

Government plans to help cut business energy bills

14 Sept 2022

EU Environmental Review and Implementation documents

6 Sept 2022

FreshPPact / FPC call for plastic mitigation partners

1 Sept 2022

Plastic Packaging Tax: Stakeholder toolkit - August Edition

25 Aug 2022

WRAP publishes Scope 3 GHG Measurement and Reporting Protocols for Food & Drink

17 Aug 2022

Defra Environmental Monitoring Innovation Survey - Call for Opinion by 5/9/22

16 Aug 2022

Plastic Packaging Tax Registration Reminder

15 Aug 2022

EU Guidance on The Minimum Requirements for Safe Water Re-Use

28 Jul 2022

GlobalGAP Chain of Custody requirement from 01 Jan 2023

22 Jul 2022

DEFRA Consultation on improved reporting of food waste by large food businesses in England

19 Jul 2022

EFSA Bees and pesticides: draft guidance update for public consultation

12 Jul 2022

Environment Agency releases Working with Nature Report

5 Jul 2022

ITC StandardsMap - The world’s largest database for sustainability standards

22 Jun 2022

National Audit Office publishes Energy Report

21 Jun 2022

Looking for assistance with Carbon Management?

1 Jun 2022

EFSA EU Publications - Horizon Scanning, Environmental Risk, Food Safety

27 May 2022

Sustainable Farming Incentive - updated information

24 May 2022

DEFRA Organic statistics 2021

20 May 2022

WRAP Releases their Scope 3 GHG Measurement and Reporting Protocols for Food and Drink

20 May 2022

WRAP Food Waste Webinar 26th May

11 May 2022

Glyphosate: EFSA and ECHA update timelines for assessments

3 May 2022

GlobalGAP webinars for the new IFA and Grasp standards

4 Apr 2022

UK Farm Soil Carbon Code - Survey link

31 Mar 2022

Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging - Summary of consultation responses and Government response

21 Mar 2022

DEFRA Nature Recovery Consultation opens

21 Mar 2022

BRCGS Webinar - ESG: Why it Matters for the Food Industry

21 Mar 2022

Harper Adams Research Paper - Food Safety Vulnerabilities in the Circular Economy

28 Feb 2022

EFSA Call for Evidence - Applying EU environment standards to imported agri-food products

24 Feb 2022

New research and recommendations from WRAP

24 Feb 2022

Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media

4 Feb 2022

MEMBERS' UPDATE 07, 2022

2 Feb 2022

Government unveils levelling up plan to transform UK

21 Jan 2022

MEMBERS' UPDATE: 05-2022

14 Jan 2022

Fera launches collaborative R&D model

11 Jan 2022

MEMBERS' UPDATE: 02-2022

21 Dec 2021

EU recommendations on environmental footprint methods

21 Dec 2021

Concerns across Europe over French national regulations on plastic packaging

27 Oct 2021

FPC Members' update 154

26 Oct 2021

Transitioning towards a sustainable future

26 Oct 2021

Farming Innovation Programme launched

26 Oct 2021

European MEPs adopt Farm to Fork Strategy Report

14 Oct 2021

MEMBERS' UPDATE 153

8 Oct 2021

MEMBERS' UPDATE 151

8 Oct 2021

Feeding the future - Working together to build the National Food Strategy

2 Sept 2021

Tackling on-farm food waste key to increasing profits by a fifth

1 Sept 2021

Buying Better Food – changes in food procurement

17 Aug 2021

WWF publishes new food loss & waste report

17 Aug 2021

EU packaging and packaging waste regulations coming into national legislation

30 Jul 2021

UN Food Systems Summit

27 Jul 2021

FAO Voluntary Code of Conduct for Food Loss and Waste Reduction endorsed

20 Jul 2021

EU ‘Fit for 55’ climate & energy package

20 Jul 2021

EC Guidance for EU companies on risk of forced labour

20 Jul 2021

New bees platform supported by EFSA

19 Jul 2021

Future of England’s national food strategy

15 Jul 2021

Funding to reduce plastic packaging’s environmental impact

8 Jun 2021

Farm to Fork strategy- EU evaluation shows ‘positive step’ towards meeting pesticide targets

4 Jun 2021

Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging

1 Jun 2021

French notify proposals for ban on certain plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables

1 Jun 2021

EU Single Use Plastics Guidelines adopted

30 Apr 2021

New support for farm advisers

26 Mar 2021

Plastic Packaging Tax - update

9 Mar 2021

UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021

1 Mar 2021

WRAP seeks industry views on setting greenhouse gas accounting principles

1 Mar 2021

National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides

13 Jan 2021

Have your say on how GLAA inspects licence holders

6 Jan 2021

Red Tractor Standards consultation

13 Nov 2020

Plastic Packaging Tax - update

13 Nov 2020

New packaging recycling targets for 2021 and 2022

27 Oct 2020

(Micro)Plastics in the Environment –report

26 Oct 2020

Independent review of NHS Hospital Food

13 Oct 2020

Consultation on revision of EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive

6 Oct 2020

EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive - public consultation

15 Sept 2020

Single-Use Plastic – changes in latest draft

8 Sept 2020

Commission prepares new initiatives to boost organic farming

18 Aug 2020

Reducing single use plastics in Wales

14 Aug 2020

EU consultation on substantiating claims on environmental performance

14 Aug 2020

Methodology for environmental footprint – HortiFootprint Category Rules

31 Jul 2020

Front of pack nutrition labelling

29 Jul 2020

National Food Strategy for England launched

28 Jul 2020

EU Plastic Tax approved by European Council

20 Jul 2020

Off-set costs of redistributing surplus food - FareShare’s Surplus with Purpose Fund

7 Jul 2020

Revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive

6 Jul 2020

Hungry for Change – Fixing the failures in food

1 Jul 2020

Single-Use Plastics EU Guidelines - update

23 Jun 2020

EU Farm to Fork Strategy - overview for sustainable food systems

18 Jun 2020

Reducing packaging waste – Inception impact assessment consultation

3 Jun 2020

Roadmap for the planned revision of Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive

28 Apr 2020

Water reuse for agricultural irrigation

8 Apr 2020

Draft guidelines on Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive Guidelines

8 Apr 2020

Consultation on CO2 Emissions from shipping

24 Jan 2020

Food waste falls by 7% per person in three years

14 Jan 2020

Safeguarding nature – EU 2030 biodiversity strategy

14 Jan 2020

Putting Global Food Waste on the Map

10 Jan 2020

Food containers and single use plastic