Supply Chain

L’Oréal Joins 'Responsible Mica Initiative'

L’Oréal has joined the Responsible Mica Initiative, which seeks to stamp out child labour and poor working conditions in India’s mica su...

Carrefour France Running First ‘Responsible Fishing Week’

Carrefour France is at present running its first-ever ‘responsible fishing week’. The event, which began on 20 February and will finish...

Lidl Switzerland Exported 9% More Swiss Products In 2016

Despite the high value of the Swiss franc, Lidl Switzerland exported 2,950 tonnes of local products last year, almost 240 tonnes more (+9%) than in the pre...

Lidl To Create 360 Jobs At New Scottish HQ

The Scottish arm of retailer Lidl will be moving its headquarters to the Eurocentral industrial estate in North Lanarkshire, creating 360 new positions....

Carrefour France Makes Further Food Quality Commitments

Carrefour is taking further steps to improve food quality, implementing additional organic farming and high-welfare practices in its supply chains. The...

Alien Armyworm Invasion Spreads to Congo, Ravages Corn Crop

An outbreak of the crop-destroying fall armyworm has spread to the Democratic Republic of Congo, laying waste to 63,000 hectares of corn in the southeast o...

Dutch Retailer Jumbo Keeps Sustainable Plant Certification

Dutch retailer Jumbo has announced that it has managed to keep the 'Florimark GTP' sustainable certification for its Plants and Flowers department, despite...

Top Wheat Buyers Grow More Of Their Own To Swell Global Glut

As if the global wheat surplus couldn’t get much worse, some of the biggest buyers may not need as much. That could swell stockpiles already expected...