Superlist Green The Netherlands 2021

How do Dutch supermarkets contribute to sustainable food?

Superlist Green in the Netherlands compares Dutch supermarkets bi-annualy on their contribution to a sustainable food system. The issues researched in this Superlist are agriculture and nature, deforestation, packaging and fishing.

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2021
Ranking Superlist Green the Netherlands 2021

Dutch supermarkets are not keeping up with agreements on sustainability

None of the supermarkets had tangible objectives to reduce meat. In 92% of researched promotion flyers, supermarkets advertise with red meat. Three out of five supermarkets do not indicate which proportion of their soy is certified deforestation-free. Seven out of eight supermarkets are not transparent about the reduction of packaging they agreed to in 2019..

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Dutch supermarkets do not meet their sustainability commitments
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Superlist Environment The Netherlands 2021
Sustainable food: which supermarket takes the lead?
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Superlist Environment 2021 research method
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Superlist Research Framework (version 1.0)

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