Office provider WeWork have announced that they will no longer serve meal with meat in at staff events, or expense meals including poultry, pork or red meat. The news was shared in an email by WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey ahead of their WeWork Summer Camp event, a festival for WeWork members. McKelvey said that the…

Virgin Atlantic have partnered up with non-profit organisation Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) to remove unsustainable ingredients from their in-flight menus, including beef, soy and palm oil. This will effect all flights from North America, the Caribbean, the UK, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Virgin admits to knowing that aeroplanes are the largest contributors to…

Coffee giant Starbucks have recently announced that they will be phasing out plastic straws and replacing them with new, eco-friendly lids. Starbucks have described their new lids as “a cleaner, less-ridged version of a hot cup lid”, which will be teardrop-shaped and the size of a thumbnail – although these too are made from plastic,…

Local authorities are working with catering companies in an attempt to increase the number of plant-based meals in schools via the ‘School Plates’ campaign, by food awareness organisation ProVeg Uk. This follows a campaign launched by The Vegan Society last year, which called upon the Government to increase the variation of plant-based meals in schools,…

Cruelty-free beauty brand The Body Shop has launched a new, special edition line of vegan products. The collection will include a variety of different banana-scented body care products, including body butter, shower cream and body yogurt, which will all be made from Community Trade organic banana puree from Ecuador that uses bananas that will not…

At the beginning of August, Tesco stores around the UK will stock one of Beyond Meat’s most popular products The Beyond Burger, which has been described as the first plant-based burger that looks, cooks and tastes like beef. Unlike some controversial ‘lab-grown’ meats, it’s free from genetically modified organisms, gluten, and soy, and is made…

The growth of the plant based food sector is paving the way for more horticultural opportunities, according to the CEO of the Produce marketing Association (PMA). Cathy Burns, CEO at the PMA spoke to Hort Connections and explained that plant based proteins will make up 47 per cent of protein sources globally by 2020. Hort…

Food manufacturing giant Nestlé has had their membership of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended after failing to provide sustainability reports. The RSPO ensure that palm oil is produced sustainably, with palm oil destroying rainforests around the world and threatening the survival of some species. The suspension on their membership means that in…

Swedish burger chain Max Burgers has switched all of their milkshakes to be vegan, in efforts to further improve their environmental credentials. They recently added more vegan-friendly options to their Green Family menu, and the chain continues to push meat-free options to customers. Despite much of the menu being changed to cater for vegans, the…