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Food Business programme makes longlist of Guardian Sustainable Business Awards

Food Business programme makes longlist of Guardian Sustainable Business Awards

Compassion’s Food Business programme has been longlisted for the Guardian’s Sustainable Business Awards 2013 for its collaborative work with the food industry.

The Guardian Sustainable Business Awards are about…

Compassion launches European Supermarket Survey

Compassion launches European Supermarket Survey

Compassion is extending its biennial UK Supermarket Survey across Europe for the first time this year, enabling European retailers to benchmark their farm animal welfare performance against their…

The importance of food provenance and animal welfare

The importance of food provenance and animal welfare

The recent horsemeat scandal has raised obvious issues of food provenance, consumer trust and the need for greater transparency and traceability in the supply chain. Regardless of what…

First Benchmark of Global Food Companies’ Approach to Farm Animal Welfare launches

First Benchmark of Global Food Companies’ Approach to Farm Animal Welfare launches

The first Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) has been launched, releasing the results of how 68 of the world’s largest food companies (retailers, food producers, and…

Group housing for sows – meeting new EU legislation!

Group housing for sows – meeting new EU legislation!

In 2001, the EU agreed the Pigs Directive (2008/120/EC), laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs. One of the outcomes was the partial ban on the…