Opinion

Here we bring you the thoughts of the natural and organic products industry’s leading commentators and opinion formers.

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2018 – or the year policymakers got serious about plastic waste

With 2018 already behind us, we can now say with some certainty…

Andrea Gutierrez-Solana

Introducing the power consumer

As we shake off the excesses of the festive season and bring…

Helen Yeardsley

Veganism needs legal protection for equal society – and this case might achieve just that

Earlier this year, The Guardian broke the story of the legal dispute…

Dominika Piasecka

Make sure it’s an ethical Christmas

Each year the run-up to Christmas starts earlier and earlier. Retail calendars…

Emily McCoy

Towards a fairer food supply chain?

The good governance of the food supply chain and the protection of…

Simon Benadiba

Optimizing health: six reasons to promote plant foods

From a health perspective, there are good reasons to throw moderation out…

Heather Russell

Post-Brexit food supply challenges: a pragmatic approach is needed

Whether the UK and EU achieve a Brexit agreement or fail to…

Ana Rotaru

Public sector canteens should offer vegan options to benefit people, the planet and our health

When you’re sent to hospital for a procedure, or your child is…

Dominika Piasecka

Is the reign of plastic over?

If there is one concern that seems to have been gaining momentum…

Andrea Gutierrez-Solana

Beauty shifts: beyond skin deep

Helen Yeardsley, beauty industry expert, casts her eye over the campaigns making…

Helen Yeardsley

Put your environmental credentials on display

A well-presented store with stock neatly arranged, and price and product details…

Rosie Greenaway

Setting the record straight on soya

You hear a lot of scare stories about soya, which is a…

Rosie Greenaway

Brexit White Paper: a magic bullet for the food and drink industry?

This month’s analysis is from Simon Benadiba, political consultant, The Whitehouse Consultancy

Simon Benadiba

Fighting for the future

In the weeks before Clearspring celebrated its 25th birthday, Christopher Dawson, Maria…

Rosie Greenaway

Calling for better vegan options on trains and planes

Eating out as a vegan is no longer a time-consuming, difficult challenge…

Dominika Piasecka

Letter to the editor

In a letter to the editor, John Brear, national sales director at…

Rosie Greenaway

Plating up plant protein

Protein is not in short supply in UK diets, but nevertheless, it’s…

Heather Russell

How well-meaning businesses can avoid the greenwashing scourge

Plastics in the sea, straws, billions of unrecyclable coffee cups: 2018 has…

Suranga Herath

Why Sainsbury’s is right to place vegan meat in the meat aisle

Whether it’s beautifully arranged plant-based dishes on Instagram, animal rights billboard campaigns,…

Dominika Piasecka

Thread of green

In April, Natural & Organic Products Europe hosted an eagerly anticipated session…

Jane Wolfe