Foodrise raps Tesco on net-zero plans, mounts legal challenge against Food Strategy
16th Jun 23
Environmental NGO Foodrise is taking the UK Government to court over the weakness of its National Food Strategy
Updates
Government taken to court over meat and dairy emissions
16th Jun 23
Following the hearing, the three judges ruled that the application could proceed and granted permission to apply for judicial review.
Campaigners win right to challenge England’s food strategy over climate crisis
16th Jun 23
Foodrise argues ministers’ failure to include measures to reduce production of meat and dairy products was unlawful
Food campaigners hail victory for the climate
16th Jun 23
Court of Appeal rules that a Judicial review on the legality of the Government’s Food Strategy should proceed
Green activists take government to court over ‘failure’ to cut meat emissions
15th Jun 23
Lawyers will argue in the Court of Appeal that the government’s 'failure' to adopt measures to reduce meat & dairy was 'unlawful'
Hearing at the Court of Appeal over the Government’s failure to address emissions from meat & dairy
14th Jun 23
The ruling will significantly impact climate change policy
How Fishmeal Factories Put Food Out of Reach for Communities in The Gambia
9th Jun 23
Campaigners urge greater scrutiny of aquaculture, which relies on wild-caught fish as feed.
Campaigners bring legal challenge against UK over Australian beef
25th May 23
Campaigners are challenging the UK government over its assessment of environmental impacts of a trade deal with Australia.
UK government faces legal action over Australian Free Trade Agreement
25th May 23
The government must ensure all trade deals work towards emissions reduction targets rather than towards catastrophic heating.
Seriously, HSBC? Why This Bank’s Relationship with Meat Giant JBS Doesn’t Add Up
24th May 23
We all have to live with the consequences of this bank financing climate chaos, and it's time HSBC took that responsibility seriously.
‘Farm to Fork’ summit hosted by Rishi Sunak falls flat for the food industry
18th May 23
Rishi Sunak’s Food Summit failed to tackle key issues yesterday, such as inflation, soaring costs and food security, the industry says
Barclays toughens deforestation rules for beef sector clients
3rd May 23
Barclays provided $6.7 billion in finance to JBS and its subsidiaries between 2015 and 2022, making Barclays its biggest financier.
The healthiest way to eat salmon, the ‘chicken of the sea’
3rd May 23
If this mass-market fish is no longer a luxury but part of a powerful global industry, how should we be buying and eating it?
Food experts condemn UK supermarkets over failure to tackle sugar levels
11th Apr 23
Retailers continue to encourage sugar consumption while paying lip service to healthy eating, report says
Charities call for urgent regulation on supermarket sugar sales
5th Apr 23
Foodrise and Action on Sugar sound the alarm: those in the position to address this unsafe supply of sugar should seize the opportunity.
Supermarkets selling excess sugar at our expense
5th Apr 23
Supermarkets are pursuing ‘business as usual’ strategies that drive overall sales of sugary products even higher
UK government threatened with legal action over Australia trade deal
4th Apr 23
Campaigners claim ministers failed to carry out proper environmental impact assessment of beef and dairy imports
Rabobank Bankrolling Meat Industry’s Biggest Emitters
8th Feb 23
Rabobank’s clients in the industrial livestock sector are key drivers of climate change and deforestation.
Seeding Reparations Making the UK’s Food Corporations Pay
7th Feb 23
Foodrise's Andre Kpodonu talks about reparations at the Oxford Real Farming Conference
NGO contacts UK gov’t in view of legal challenge over aquaculture regulation
25th Jan 23
Lawyers representing environmental campaign group Foodrise have written to the UK government
New legal challenge to the “awful business” of salmon factory farming
25th Jan 23
UK government faces threat of legal action over its failure to regulate the growing fish farming industry
Green campaigners issue legal threat over fish farming regulation
25th Jan 23
Environmental campaigners have threatened the government with legal action over its recently published Joint Fisheries Statement
Our survival depends on the ocean
20th Dec 22
This is about our fish, he said. This is about African fish.
