Richard Walker Why is Iceland against palm oil? Posted on 23rd April 2018 Over the last week a number of lobbyists have asked me this question, and luckily I have a simple answer: we’re not against palm... Read More
Richard Walker Iceland: No Appetite for Extinction Posted on 10th April 201810th April 2018 In the short time you take to read this blog an area of Indonesian rainforest the size of 12 football pitches will have been... Read More
Richard Walker Why bioplastics are not necessarily the answer Posted on 9th March 201813th March 2018 Pretty much everyone who does not have a vested interest in plastic production seems to agree with us that there is too much plastic... Read More
Richard Walker DRS – JFDI! Posted on 2nd March 20182nd March 2018 We have a useful acronym at Iceland: JFDI. It means Just … Do It. We invoke it when colleagues start putting trifling concerns in the... Read More
Richard Walker Putting our own house in order Posted on 6th February 20187th February 2018 Once you start thinking about plastic waste it’s amazing how much of the stuff we all use unnecessarily – and how easy it is... Read More
Richard Walker It’s time to put a freeze on plastics Posted on 16th January 201816th January 2018 Iceland has taken the bold decision to remove plastic packaging from its own label products by 2023 for one simple reason: because we care.... Read More