Joining the Pacific trade bloc will free us from our reliance on the European Union and China Jason reed Rishi Sunak is pursuing a deal with Pacific countries to allow the UK to join the CPTPP, and reduce its reliance on trading with the EU and China, writes Jason Reed.
If climate summits are to achieve progress, they should avoid the spirit of Glasgow JASON REED Setting targets is easy. But we are at risk of repeating the same mistakes of Cop26.
As Iceland rows back on palm oil, this is one slippery slope we should start to embrace JASON REED Supermarket chain Iceland announced this week that it had no choice but to go back on a pledge to avoid using palm oil as an ingredient in its own-brand product range. Managing director Richard Walker wrote in a blog post that Iceland could no longer afford to use sunflower oil, the palm oil alternative it [...]
On palm oil and deforestation: regulators are failing, but so is the market January 5, 2022 There are products which have become indispensable to our modern way of life, and few more so than palm oil. If its production were to grind to a halt tomorrow, entire supermarket aisles would be left empty. It features in countless everyday products whose availability we take for granted, from chocolate to deodorant. We are [...]