Sustainability

Boots Bans Plastic Bags And Replace With Paper Bags

Boots is set to ban plastic bags and replace them with brown paper carriers, these bags will have strong paper and will be used across 53 stores this week....

Heineken Ireland Achieves 58% Reduction In Carbon Dioxide Production

Ireland today published its 2018 Sustainability Report which saw the brewer achieve a 58% reduction in CO2 (carbon dioxide) production since 2008, far exce...

The Race Against Waste: Why 'Best Before' Doesn’t Mean Bad After

Aidan O'Sullivan talks to Odile Le Bolloch, member of the Food Waste Prevention team at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland about w...

Used Packaging Is Top Of Our Sustainability Agenda, Writes Zoran Bogdanovic, CEO, Coca-Cola HBC

Bringing new life to used packaging is top of our sustainability agenda, writes Zoran Bogdanovic, CEO, Coca-Cola HBC. The amount of waste littering our...

Lidl Ireland Invests €130,000 In Solar Panels At Birr Store

The Irish arm of discount retailer Lidl has completed the installation of solar panels at its Birr store adding a further investment of €130,000 in re...

Mondelēz To Secure Cocoa Needs Through Cocoa Life Program By 2025

Mondelēz International has announced its commitment that, by 2025, the Cocoa Life sustainability programme will deliver 100% of the cocoa volume needed for...

Smurfit Kappa Invests In A Series Of Upgrades For Swedish Kraftliner Mill

Irish-based packaging leader Smurfit Kappa has announced that it is investing in a series of upgrades to its flagship kraftliner mill in Piteå, Swede...

Pernod Ricard Betting On Growth From Green Agenda

Drinks group Pernod Ricard, which is being targeted by activist investor Elliott, is banking that its push into socially and environmentally sound business...