Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, water research and the bioeconomy | CZELO | Czech Liaison Office for Research, Development and Innovation

At Asda, our approach to sustainability is based on the belief that protecting the environment and saving people money go hand in hand. We have a really clear aims – to reduce the environmental impact of our operations, the goods and services we sell, and the suppliers that make them.  Packaging, it’s part and parcel of what we do. Without great packaging, many of our products wouldn’t make it to our stores, or your homes, in one piece. Some of our food wouldn’t be safe, others wouldn’t taste so good, and some things need to be packaged for extra protection as they are so delicate.  We’re focused on reducing and improving it and, since 2007, we have reduced packaging weight by 27 percent. But, it isn’t just about less packaging, it’s about packaging that keeps products at their best for longer, both in our stores and your homes.

Small businesses in both Houston’s Second Ward and Third Ward will be the focus of a community-engaged research project underwritten by a grant just awarded to Rice University. The success of businesses in those two historic Houston neighborhoods during the last two decades will be studied under a $300,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Community-Engaged Research grant awarded to the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. After World War II, Third Ward blossomed into a predominantly African American community while Second Ward developed into a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. Over the last two decades, both wards have undergone economic revitalization and demographic transformation.