Sight-Seeing: Seven tips for ethical shopping this Christmas
SIMON OLDHAM and LAURA SPENCE, of Royal Holloway University of London, provide – in an article first published on The Conversation – some help for those wanting to make ethical choices when shopping…
Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smart
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation The Rainforest Alliance will bolster its food certification scheme to ensure growers and brands make better use of technology to tackle climate change, respect human rights and invest in sustainable farming, the green group said. International certification bodies the Rainforest Alliance and UTZ merged in 2018, and provide ethical labelling […]
No palm oil or green palm oil? Retailers face labelling dilemma
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Retailers in Malaysia and Indonesia should ensure shoppers can easily find foods made with sustainable palm oil, instead of refusing to stock products that steer clear of the controversial oil, environmentalists said last week. Palm oil, the world’s most widely used edible oil, is found in everything from margarine to […]