HFMA’s ‘Graham Keen era’ comes to an end
The Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) has confirmed that Graham Keen will stand down as executive director in June. As part of a ‘wider succession plan’ Keen’s role will be…
Organic Market Report features new Sustainability Report
Soil Association Certification’s Organic Market Report (OMR) 2023 has been published, showing ‘strong performance’ and featuring a new Sustainability Report which highlights how ‘fixing our broken food system demands a…
Planet Organic appoints Interpath to ‘navigate options’ as it opens 14th store
As Planet Organic celebrates the launch of its 14th store, Sky News reports that the retailer has hired financial advisory company Interpath to advise on its strategic options. The organic supermarket…
Organic retail sales reached almost €125 billion and organic farmland grew to 76.4 million hectares in 2021
Organic farmland and retail sales both continued to show growth worldwide, according to data from 191 countries (data as of the end of 2021). Published by FiBL and IFOAM –…
European organic market reached €54 billion in 2021
Increasing by almost 4 percent, the European organic market reached another high in 2021: 54.5 billion euros. Organic farmland expanded by almost 0.8 million hectares. The latest data on organic…
B-Beauty reaches 59 certified brands in first year
The B-Corp Beauty Coalition, which works to improve the sustainability standards of the beauty industry, has more than doubled the number of certified brands during its first 12 months. B-Beauty…
‘Innovation will shape our world, like it or not’ – Helen Browning
At January’s Peter Melchett Memorial Lecture Helen Browning OBE, chief executive of the Soil Association (SA), welcomed members of Melchett’s friends and family, and the wider organic community, commenting that…
Eco-Score is misleading, organic associations say
IFOAM Organics Europe and the French Association of IFOAM Members are bringing legal action before the Paris Court of Justice in an attempt to block uptake of the Eco-Score label…
Government ‘ignores evidence’, re-authorizes neonics
The Soil Association (SA) says the Government is ‘ignoring scientific evidence’ in issuing an ‘emergency temporary authorization’ of neonicotinoids for use on this year’s sugar beet crop. Defra says its…
The Eco & Organic RETAIL Awards are launched
Se lanzan los Eco & Organic RETAIL Awards Los premios reconocen y celebran la importancia de la experiencia de