Organic Monitor: Green brands should expand beyond specialist retail
Ahead of its Sustainable Foods Summit and Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, Organic Monitor research has found the most successful green brands to be those who...
BOOM winners announced at upbeat Borough Market event
Winners of the Soil Association’s prestigious BOOM (Best of the Organic Market) Awards were announced last night, 5 July, 2017 at a ceremony in London’s renowned Borough Market.
A little bite of beauty
Rebecca Goodyear Health & Beauty has launched Biteable Beautique, an online shop specializing in natural and organic beauty products.
The site also includes a weekly...
"Come on, let’s big-up real brands" – organic pioneer
With news that supermarket own-label organic sales are in decline, one prominent figure in the natural products sector is calling on the trade to...
Guy Singh-Watson calls out capitalism in front of royalty
The 18th Award for Responsible Capitalism has been presented to Guy Singh-Watson by publishing group First, in a ceremony attended by HRH Princess Anne. But the decision to accept the award, says the Riverford Organic’s founder, was ‘a difficult one’.
Natural ingredients specialist reports high demand for organic
Leading natural ingredients importer, blender and packer EHL Ingredients is again reporting a high demand for organic. For the third year running the Stockport...
Ecover pledges to label novel cleaning ingredient
Ecover has posted an updated statement about its plans to replace palm oil with an algae-derived ingredient made using a new technology called synthetic...
Deliciously Ella to front OTB’s #ThriftyOrganic Challenge
Top food blogger and best-selling author Deliciously Ella is to front a new Organic Trade Board initiative aimed at showing people that organic doesn’t...
Erin O’Connor brings natural look to London Fashion Week
Former supermodel Erin O’Connor is bringing key natural brands to London Fashion Week later this month.
As part of a project to look after show-weary...
ASA’s Alpro twitter ruling highlights ad ‘identifier’ requirements
An Advertising Standards Agency ruling over a tweet promoting products made by dairy-free brand Alpro has highlighted rules requiring brands to clearly identify paid for social media communications.
Fair trade milk label needed to end supermarket “cultural cleansing by...
The founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, Patrick Holden, is calling for a fair trade milk label to end the “cultural cleansing by price”...
Pukka becomes a Certified B Corporation
Pukka Herbs has announced that it is now a certified B Corporation, joining an international network of businesses committed to high standards of social and environmental performance.
Supermarket giant becomes eco-active
Responding to a growing demand from environmentally-conscious consumers, supermarket giant Tesco launches own-label range of eco-cleaning products.
Small food firms hit hardest by mandatory nutritional labelling
Mandatory nutrition labelling requirements are likely to hit smaller food companies hardest, international policy specialist EAS has warned.
Food companies have five years to implement...
Whole Foods: sales soar but losses are up too
Whole Foods Market saw sales from its UK operation soar by 28.6% to £81.5 million in 2013, reports The Guardian
But figures just filed with...
Scottish GM crops ban could have “apocalyptic” effect, former chief scientist...
The former chief scientific advisor to the Scottish Government, professor Muffy Calder, claims its decision to ban the growing of GM crops will have...
Waitrose becomes first supermarket to cut plastics in key beauty products
Waitrose has pledged that by this September no branded cosmetic products will contain microbeads (its own-label range never has) in order to reduce plastics...
Sugar limits for nine food groups set by PHE
Public Health England (PHE) has challenged food and drink manufacturers to reduce sugar in their products by 5% this year and 20% by 2020.
Think Dirty app roots out cosmetics toxins
A new app has been launched for the iPhone to enable consumers identify potential toxins in cosmetics and personal care products.
Think Dirty was created...
Prince’s Foundation closes after fraud investigation
The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health has been closed following the arrest of one of its senior officials on suspicion of fraud and money...