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Size of Wales calls for Wales to become a deforestation free nation
21 March 2025
Tropical forests are crucial to life on Earth, helping to provide the conditions for life to thrive on our planet. These biodiverse ecosystems provide us with a range of benefits, or ecosystem services, that range from sequestering carbon and climate regulation to air and water purification, from disease prevention to the provision of shelter, food and medicine. Not to mention the benefits we receive in terms of culture, awe and inspiration.

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Forests and food: Recognising International Day of Forests in a critical year
21 March 2025
2025 marks a critical year for forests, with global leaders preparing for COP30, the major climate summit set to take place in Belém, Brazil—deep in the heart of the Amazon. At the same time, businesses are in a final sprint to meet their commitments to eliminate deforestation and habitat conversion from their supply chains by the year’s end.

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Checking out on-farm soil health in retailer sourcing
10 July 2023
Our report ‘Sourcing Better Checked Out’ found a lack of effective sourcing policies to support local soil health on farms. We found no publicly available reporting on specific soil health indicators, or policies to limit insecticidal veterinary medication use that is harmful to soil health.
Retailers and manufacturers

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Checking out on-farm biodiversity in retailer sourcing
24 March 2023
Our recent report ‘Sourcing Better Checked Out’ found a lack of effective sourcing policies to support local biodiversity in farmed landscapes. While many retailers had topline statements of ambition, there is almost no reporting on biodiversity actions or indicators throughout their meat and dairy supply chains.
Retailers and manufacturers

Reports
Food retailers fail to publish evidence on sustainable sourcing
7 March 2023
A new report reviews retailers’ published commitments against Eating Better’s Sourcing Better framework.
Retailers and manufacturers

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Supermarkets must take action to reduce pesticide harms in their soy supply chains
27 April 2022
A new campaign from the Soil Association exposes the use of highly hazardous pesticides in supermarket soy supply chains for chicken feed.
Retailers and manufacturers Food service

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Sourcing better for food retail
31 March 2022
Waitrose’s farming commitments demonstrate its leadership in farm animal welfare and deliver “better.” It holds 14 Retailer Awards from Compassion in World Farming, including five Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards. Waitrose is ranked as tier one leaders by Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare.
Retailers and manufacturers

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Tackling the sustainability of the average shopping basket
31 March 2022
Initially developed with Tesco, WWF is now working with five UK supermarkets to halve the environmental impact of UK baskets by 2030, using the WWF Basket metric to track progress.
Retailers and manufacturers

Reports
Sourcing Better: 8 steps for retailers and restaurants to buy better meat and dairy.
16 February 2021
Eating Better launches an ambitious plan to help retailers and restaurants source climate and nature friendly meat.
Retailers and manufacturers

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We need to talk about chicken
27 February 2020
Chicken is the most popular meat in the UK and its consumption is growing. Our new report shows the true costs of production on this scale.
Retailers and manufacturers