Supply chain

UK drought: Crop harvests at severe risk of collapse

Climate change

UK drought: Crop harvests at severe risk of collapse

clock 31 July 2026 • 5 min read
SBTi seeks 'real world feedback' to inform new forest, land, and agriculture standard

Carbon Accounting

SBTi seeks 'real world feedback' to inform new forest, land, and agriculture standard

Standards-setter launches call for evidence to help inform development of new FLAG standard to help companies tackle emissions from food and farming commodity value chains

clock 31 July 2026 • 3 min read
'Climate change is upon us': Tesco and Aldi join 100 leaders in demanding action to strengthen UK food security

Legislation

'Climate change is upon us': Tesco and Aldi join 100 leaders in demanding action to strengthen UK food security

Letter from UK food industry to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham warns that 'the next food shock is not a question of if, but when'

clock 30 July 2026 • 5 min read
Study: Protecting tropical forests could save pharmaceutical industry up to $1.2tr

Biodiversity

Study: Protecting tropical forests could save pharmaceutical industry up to $1.2tr

Deforestation since 2001 has put around a trillion dollars in social health and pharmaceutical value at risk, Zero Carbon Analytics finds

clock 30 July 2026 • 4 min read
Tesco strengthens Sustainable Beef Group with new long-term contracts

Supply chain

Tesco strengthens Sustainable Beef Group with new long-term contracts

Farmers in the Group will earn an additional amount per kilograms by meeting a new set of standards focused on quality, breeding, animal health and welfare, and sustainability

clock 30 July 2026 • 3 min read
Study: Food banks prevented half a billion kilograms of food waste last year

Waste

Study: Food banks prevented half a billion kilograms of food waste last year

Food banks helped slash food waste, delivering emissions savings equivalent to taking 473,000 vehicles off the road

clock 28 July 2026 • 4 min read
How Mykor is turning waste biomass and fungus into low-carbon building materials

Buildings

How Mykor is turning waste biomass and fungus into low-carbon building materials

Olivia Page, CEO and co-founder at Mykor, explains how creating insulation from fungal mycelium is more than 'just growing mushrooms in a lab'

clock 27 July 2026 • 3 min read
'Do It Right': Signature Brew, Wildfarmed, and Groove Armada launch regeneratively farmed beer

Marketing

'Do It Right': Signature Brew, Wildfarmed, and Groove Armada launch regeneratively farmed beer

New 'Do It Right' lager is to be stocked exclusively in Waitrose stores nationwide

clock 24 July 2026 • 2 min read
'A wake up call': Britons' diets have already exceeded sustainability thresholds for the year

Risk

'A wake up call': Britons' diets have already exceeded sustainability thresholds for the year

New analysis from Lidl GB shows Britain will reach its 'Planetary Health Diet Overshoot Day' on Saturday 25th July

clock 24 July 2026 • 3 min read
Mass balance accounting: A 'misleading marketing scheme' or a 'bridge' to greener products?

Carbon Accounting

Mass balance accounting: A 'misleading marketing scheme' or a 'bridge' to greener products?

EXPLAINER: BusinessGreen unpacks a new report into the accounting method behind some of the green claims made by some of the world's biggest companies

clock 23 July 2026 • 12 min read