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The search for SA’s most sustainable restaurant is now on

August 13, 2018 Leave a Comment

Entries are now open for the country’s most prestigious accolade for sustainable restaurants. Launched in 2016 as a first for South Africa, the Eat Out Woolworths Sustainability Award acknowledges a restaurant that brings its customers seasonal, local and responsibly produced food. “We launched the award to acknowledge the one restaurant leading the pack in South Africa,” … [Read more...]

Is your favourite seafood supplier selling you sustainable fish?

March 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, in 2014 the planet’s population – more than 7 billion at the time – each ate 19kg of seafood on average. In 1960, the number was only 10kg and the population was only 3 billion! According to the 2015 WWF-SASSI Retailer/Supplier Participation Report, wild-capture fisheries have been unable to meet this exponential growth … [Read more...]

Tracing the fish on your dish

October 16, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Are you eating the fish you ordered? Up to half of the fish is mislabelled in South Africa. Who can we trust? Green Times was invited to visit Three Streams Holdings and the Salmon Bar restaurant in the picturesque town of Franschhoek. The event was arranged by the Marine Stewardship Council of South Africa to express the importance of traceability in … [Read more...]

Fishing for a sustainable future

September 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Over 80% of all seafood stock is overfished, according to the 2011 report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA) of the UN. How can we make the shift to fishing responsibly? Green Times attended the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Seafood conference this week hosted at Intaka Island Eco Centre, Century City. The purpose was to discuss the issue … [Read more...]

eLabel: innovating consumer choice

May 3, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Consumers are increasingly aware of nutrition and health. Worldwide, they want to be better informed about the foods they eat, particularly when it comes to food content and what is declared on the product label. In a 2008 survey, conducted by Ketchum on 1 000 consumers in the UK, US, Argentina, Germany and China, 53% of all respondents indicated that 'health benefits' were … [Read more...]

Top retailer and WWF form sustainability partnership

December 7, 2012 Leave a Comment

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In a first for African retail, the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA) and Woolworths have announced a broad-based, multifaceted partnership to drive greater sustainability through selected Woolworths products and operations. The collaboration is timely, reflecting a trend that recognises that the private sector and the non-governmental sector can work together … [Read more...]

See through the greenwash

November 28, 2012 Leave a Comment

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As a savvy consumer, you will probably be a bit skeptical about the claims made by brands these days. eLabel is an independent source of information about consumer products. eLabel is an independent source of information about consumer products. Get the free eLabel app and scan the barcode of a product that interests you. To try out the app go to any Woolworths store and … [Read more...]

A new commitment to sustainable seafood

March 13, 2012 Leave a Comment

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In a bid to address the growing concern about the exploitation of global seafood resources, a responsible supermarket has committed to transforming its entire fresh, frozen and canned seafood operations by the end of 2015. Said Pick n Pay’s Marketing and Sustainability Director, Bronwen Rohland, “As one of the country’s largest retailers, we cannot ignore the fact that … [Read more...]

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