Day: 9 July 2023

Dole Releases 2022 Sustainability Report, Outlining Its Sustainability Strategy and 2030 Goals

Stuart Mitchell

Dole plc has announced the release of its first sustainability report since the 2021 merger of Total Produce plc and Dole Food Company. Building on its historical achievements, this report sets out the organization’s refreshed sustainability framework and offers a new set of environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals through 2030. The Dole Way, Dole’s sustainability framework, focuses on robust governance and three core pillars—For Nature, For People and For Food—covering environmental, ethical and social and nutrition related issues. These three pillars incorporate key areas identified as being most material…

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Investors not waking up to nature loss risk, with majority voting against biodiversity proposals

Stuart Mitchell

New research published analysing investor voting action finds almost two thirds (62%) of votes on biodiversity proposals were cast against or not voted on, showing investors are still failing to take biodiversity loss seriously, despite half the world’s GDP ($44 trillion) being moderately or highly dependent on nature. Planet Tracker’s latest Report Voting against nature assesses 26,587 votes cast on biodiversity proposals and found that very little, only 7%, of votes provided shareholders’ reasoning for the decision, and those that did were largely when the vote was in favour. Funds…

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Olio Announces Partnership With Whole Foods Market To Tackle Food Waste In London

Stuart Mitchell

Olio, the local sharing app, is launching a partnership with Whole Foods Market, supporting the natural and organic food retailer with food waste prevention at its stores in London. Olio has been brought in after a successful six-week pilot scheme at its Kensington store. The initial trial saw Olio’s team of Food Waste Heroes collect over 1,200kg of edible food from Whole Foods Market – the equivalent of 2,800 meals – with the store feeding 439 local households and avoiding 5,000kg of CO2 emissions. Whole Food Market’s London stores have…

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Ørsted opens a new era in green shipping by breaking ground on Europe’s largest e-methanol project

Stuart Mitchell

Recently, at an event in Örnsköldsvik in Northern Sweden, Ørsted broke ground on Europe’s largest e-methanol project, FlagshipONE. The groundbreaking of FlagshipONE not only marks the construction start of the project, but also the first steps in a new green era of shipping, where large-scale methanol production facilities will supply a constantly growing fleet of methanol-powered vessels. Currently, over 110 e-methanol vessels have been ordered or are in operation, up from 80 vessels at the end of 2022. At the same time, new regulation such as Fuel EU Maritime is…

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Experts agree new guidelines to promote decent work in the agri-food sector

Stuart Mitchell

Experts from governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations have adopted new guidelines to promote decent work in the agri-food sector. The agreement will support efforts to improve the lives and livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion workers and support sustainable enterprise development in the sector. The promotion of decent work in the sector will also help address major global challenges such as rising food insecurity, affecting hundreds of millions of people globally; increasing levels of poverty, which are particularly pronounced in rural areas and especially among the agri-food workforce; and environmental…

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