All Sustainability articles – Page 40
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OpinionOpinion: Ethical consumerism has gone from fad to mainstream
Another Veganuary is upon us, where those who know the difference between a vegan and a Venusian try to add more of the green side to their diet for at least a month.
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AnalysisComeback kid: Missguided's Nitin Passi on a difficult year
Missguided founder Nitin Passi has had a challenging year but is, he insists, “energised” for a fightback in 2019.
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OpinionOpinion: How Iceland made the most successful Christmas ad of all time
It’s the question everyone keeps asking me: how did Iceland come to make the most successful Christmas ad of all time?
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AnalysisGlobal consumer 2019: the trends to bank on
Next year food sales will increase across the globe, ethical considerations will rise and shoppers will remain fixated on price, finds a major study of 10,000 consumers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 12 Christmas predictions
The golden quarter is the most important trading period for retailers, but what will the festive season bring this year? Here are 12 Christmas trading predictions based on PwC consumer research.
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AnalysisConsumer 2019: How to serve the ethical shopper
The consumer might be increasingly conscious of how products are made and sold, but what are retailers doing to serve this new ethical shopper?
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AnalysisConsumer 2019: Six trends that retailers need to know
We pick out the big consumers trends that retailers should watch out for in 2019.
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OpinionIceland ad shows being on point beats being on screen
There was a time when having Christmas advert banished from TV would have been a sucker punch to festive sales.
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NewsBoohoo and Primark defend prices and sustainability to MPs
Fast-fashion retailers including Primark, Boohoo, Asos and Missguided defended their practices to MPs yesterday.
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AnalysisThe future of food: Insects, Brexit and petri-dish burgers?
Climate change, shifting food trends and Brexit are putting the food supply chain under immense pressure. How can retailers keep Britain well fed?
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NewsMissguided boss slammed by MPs for inquiry snub
Missguided chief executive Nitin Passi has been reprimanded by MPs for declining an invitation to appear in Parliament as part of an investigation into fast fashion.
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers should be political – if they mean it
It’s been an interesting few weeks in the world of conscious consumerism.
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NewsUK supermarkets issue 59 billion pieces of plastic per year
British supermarkets are flooding the UK with 810,000 tonnes of single-use plastic every year, according to Greenpeace.
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VideoWatch: Iceland's banned TV ad sparks 600,000-strong petition
A petition to overturn the TV ban on Iceland’s Christmas advert has surged past 600,000 signatures.
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OpinionAre fashion retailers really serious about sustainability?
Fast fashion is currently in the media limelight as consumers, retailers and journalists seek to better understand the social and environmental impact of our sartorial choices.
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NewsFast-fashion retailers called before Parliament
Fast-fashion retailers including Asos, Boohoo and Missguided have been called before Parliament over concerns the impact cheap clothing has on workers and the environment.
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OpinionFairtrade ensures supply security, as well as morality
The aroma of a coffee plantation in full bloom is sweetly intoxicating. Jinaldo encouraged me to sniff the white flowers on the tall, delicate trees and compare their complex bouquets.
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OpinionOpinion: Customers will hold irresponsible retailers to account
There is serious commercial and reputational risk to not addressing social responsibility head on. But for most retailers it is frequently treated as a tick-box exercise.
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AnalysisThe start-ups helping John Lewis Partnership banish plastic
Tackling the plastic problem was the theme of John Lewis Partnership’s latest JLAB innovation programme. We profile the start-ups it believes can help fix it.
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