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By Rachel Fixsen2021-02-26T15:21:00+00:00 Four Swedish professors have lambasted a political push for the country’s national AP pension funds to contribute to climate policy by investing in an exclusively sustainable manner. John Hassler, professor of economics, IIES, Stockholm University, along with three academic peers, wrote in a column published in Swedish newspaper DN last week: “The government has so far put pressure on the public pension funds to increase holdings of shares and bo...

Sweden: ICA wants shoppers fruit and veg buys to equal 500g consumption/person/day by 2025 In Sweden, all the ICA groups stores have adopted a new health strategy. The goal - to make it easier for customers to be healthier. They hope to reach one of these goals by 2025. By then, shoppers purchases must correspond to each person eating 500 g of fruit and vegetables a day. They want to achieve this goal through inspiration, communication, and several different in-store measures. Only two out of t...

ICA has launched a new health strategy Food retail landscape is changing for good, says Britains Ocado British online grocer and technology group Ocado said the landscape for food retailing was changing for good as it reported a 69% jump in annual core earnings that were boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic generating huge demand for home delivery. The increase reflected revenue growth of 35% at Ocado Retail, a joint venture between Ocado and Marks & Spencer, which offset a negative contribution fr...

DoorDash has acquired Chowbotics US: United Supermarkets CEO to Retire United Supermarkets LLC CEO Robert Taylor has revealed he will retire on March 1, and that Sidney Hopper, currently president of Lubbock, Texas-based United, will succeed him. Taylor will remain in an advisory role for the company as EVP - senior advisor. US: GrubMarket raised $90mln in 2020 to accelerate nationwide expansion GrubMarket announced it completed $90mln of financing in an oversubscribed Series D round in 2020, f...