Sustainability

Construction: Important considerations for food entrepreneurs

You want to expand or renovate. So, you decide to build! Once you’ve made that decision, questions start arising. What materials will you choose? Are they sustainable? How does this choice affect fire safety? What about ..

Fisheries to shrink by 10 to 15 per cent until 2030

16 August 2022

The trawler fisheries is in dire straits. After two difficult coronary years, in which the fishery was hit by falling prices and turnover, high fuel costs are causing problems in many cases. About a third of fishermen ex...

KIDV compares international disposal logos

03 August 2022

The KIDV has made an initial comparison of the use of disposal logos on packaging in various European countries. KIDV published an overview of this, which makes it clear to companies which logos are used in those countri...

Nature organisations want tax on meat and dairy

02 August 2022

Nature and environmental organisations want the government to take the lead in stimulating a healthy and sustainable diet, with measures such as: restrictions on advertising for meat and dairy products, stimulating veget...

Sustainable straws turn out to be unsustainable

02 August 2022

As an alternative to plastic straws, paper straws are mostly used nowadays. These straws are often advertised as 100% biodegradable, but are these plastic alternatives really sustainable and biodegradable? Two bachelo...

SEA Water converts salt water into drinking water

29 July 2022

In August 2022, SEA Water will launch its first product in the Netherlands. SEA Water converts local seawater into drinking water. They do this using an innovative technique powered by solar energy. This makes SEA Water ...

Research into usable side streams for insect cultivation

28 July 2022

An alliance of insect breeders, consultancies, natural capital managers and an animal feed manufacturer will be investigating low-value side streams. These raw materials can be processed into substrate: the nutrient basi...

Number of pesticides on strawberries increased

27 July 2022

In a survey of pesticides in strawberries from supermarkets 2022, the average number of substances found per sample and the average content have increased slightly compared to 2021. Despite all the sustainability program...

The Dutch are willing to eat more insects

26 July 2022

Dutch people are very open to the idea of eating more insects. 1 out of 5 Dutch people (21%) have already eaten insects or insect-based food. This is shown in research commissioned by Ÿnsect. When the advantages in te...

Companies fail to comply with EU sustainability rules

25 July 2022

Despite the fact that large listed companies with more than 500 employees must provide insight into the impact of their activities on people, the environment and society in their annual reports from 2024 onwards, this ye...

KIDV makes packaging guidelines clear

25 July 2022

The corporate world faces many challenges in the area of packaging legislation and policy. The Sustainable Packaging Knowledge Institute (KIDV) has published a timeline in which many of these aspects are listed. The curr...

124 million for approach to circular plastics

18 July 2022

The government has approved the first phase of Circular Plastics NL and is investing 124 million euro from the Growth Fund. With the implementation of Circular Plastics NL, the government, companies and knowledge institu...

Longer shelf life due to new packaging technique

13 July 2022

PerfoTec and Oerlemans Plastics have started a collaboration to make packaging for fruit, vegetables and flowers more sustainable. The machine manufacturer and packaging producer are creating a unique packaging technique...

Consumer expects shared responsibility for the planet

12 July 2022

For several years now, Innova’s Top 10 Trends have been headed by issues related to transparency and building consumer trust. By 2022, these trends had zeroed in on environmental issues and a shift in key consumer concer...

The province of Gelderland is working on local protein

07 July 2022

Lupin, field beans and Nederquinoa contain a lot of protein and fit in with the goal of eating more vegetable protein and less animal protein. The crops are perfectly suited to cultivation in the Netherlands. That is why...

Circular Food Center works on more efficient bread chain

06 July 2022

Harvesting, baking, packaging and transporting: there is a lot of energy in our bread. Nevertheless, there are still 700,000 loaves of bread too many being baked every day in the Netherlands. About half of this is wasted...