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A giant stone is placed into the North Sea as part of a new bottom trawler exclusion zone in the Dogger Bank Marine Protected Area. The initiative will help prevent destructive bottom trawling which destroys the Dogger Bank’s protected More than two-thirds of people back a ban on damaging fishing methods in protected areas of the sea, a poll suggests. The findings come as conservationists warn fishing such as bottom trawling – in which a weighted net is pulled along the seafloor to catch fish – risks releasing millions of tonnes of carbon stored in the seabed in protected areas.
Calls for plastic bag ban intensify as Co-op announces it will scrap bags for life
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Co-op becomes second supermarket to scrap bags for life as campaigners mount ‘Big Bag Ban’ in wake of government s move to delay raising charge on plastic bags
Pressure is mounting on the government to introduce an outright ban on plastic bags, as the Co-op became the second major UK supermarket to announce it will no longer offer so-called bags for life to customers.
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NGOs Mighty Earth and Greenpeace UK have joined forces in a campaign against Tesco urging the retailer to cut ties with supplier companies that are driving the destruction of Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado.
An overwhelming majority of Tesco customers in the UK (88%) agree that supermarkets should not do business with companies that are driving the destruction of forests in Brazil, a new YouGov poll conducted for Mighty Earth shows [1].
Despite this, the supermarket giant keeps sourcing from the companies most responsible for driving deforestation in Brazil – including subsidiaries of JBS, the world’s largest beef company, and Cargill and Bunge, the two biggest soy traders globally – which manufacture animal feed ingredients.
Tesco to launch sustainability linked finance scheme for suppliers Tesco is set to become the first UK retailer to offer its supply base sustainability-linked supply chain finance, in a move it hopes will encourage more suppliers to sign up to science-based emissions reduction targets.
The supermarket giant will provide preferential financing rates for suppliers that address their environmental impacts, under a new initiative that is supported by Anthesis, KPMG and Santander.
The voluntary program, which has been in development for 18 months, is due to launch in September.
Suppliers enrolled in the program will provide annual greenhouse gas emissions data which will be verified by sustainability consultants Anthesis. KPMG will carry out assurance of the initiative.