Sustainability Roundup

Schoeller Allibert, a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of returnable and recyclable plastic packaging solutions, has shared insight on how it believes the retail supply chain will adapt their product lifecycle approach towards circular economies with a focus on systems that eliminate waste and embrace the use sustainable materials and energy. The business has spoken about its vision for a more sustainable and secure retail supply chain, which begins with closing the loop in intralogistics packaging. Schoeller Allibert believes that creating a robust circular economy in supply chain logistics can be made simple with a trio of considerations.

A coalition of investors representing more than $9trn of assets has asked some of Europe’s largest and highest-emitting companies, like Shell and Maersk, to prove they are aligning with the Paris Agreement and to improve climate risk disclosure.

Not enough action from EU on plastic’ On the heels of the EU plastics strategy, which includes making plastic packaging recyclable by 2030, DW spoke with the environment minister of Sweden, who has pushed for stronger measures to manage plastic waste. Plastic pollution is a great threat for marine wildlife and ocean ecosystems The first-ever Europe-wide strategy on plastics was adopted Tuesday as part of the European Union transition toward a circular economy.

With the climate and biodiversity COPs in progress, one part of the economy increasingly finds itself in the spotlight: food. Our current food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss and accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, spurring businesses and policymakers alike to set targets and take action to make changes in the sector.  But incremental improvements to the current system will not be enough to address these issues at scale and speed. A fundamental transformation of the food industry is needed; rather than bending nature to produce food, our food needs to be designed for nature to thrive.  Like most of the things around us – our clothes, phones, buildings – much of the food we eat has been designed, from breakfast cereals to pasta. Food brands and supermarkets create these food offerings from a handful of ingredients, making decisions about how something tastes, how it looks, and how nutritious it is. These decisions not only affect customers, farmers and suppliers, but also the environment.