The resources here are specifically designed for use by retailers.
An Effective Town Centre First Policy: what needs to be in the new PPS6
(PDF† format - 91K) Dec 2007
A joint statement from the Association of Convenience Stores, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of the Earth, Food Access Network and the National Federation of Women's Institutes.
Shopping the Bullies
(PDF† format - 613K) Apr 2007
This report examines the tactics used by supermarkets to manipulate the planning system, and highlights why the planning system for retail needs to be strengthened, not weakened.
Calling the shots
(PDF† format - 462K) Jan 2006
Through a series of case studies, this briefing exposes the strategies that supermarkets employ to ensure they get planning permission for new stores.
Britain's supermarkets still not supporting native apples
(PDF† format - 71K) Nov 2005
This briefing gives the results of our consumer survey of apple sourcing in a variety of retail outlets.
The
Tesco Takeover
(PDF format - 194K) Jun
2005
Over the past 10 years Tesco has become a giant among the world's retailers.
But the Tesco bonanza comes at a price for farmers, workers, town centres
and the environment, as this briefing reveals.
The
Tesco Takeover: Tesco's response
(PDF format - 128K) Jul
2005
Tesco have produced a response to the above report. Unfortunately
they pay little serious attention to the issues raised, instead simply
accusing us of inaccuracies. We discuss their response in this briefing
and stand by our original report.
Checking
out the environment? Environmental impacts of supermarkets
(PDF format - 142K) Jun
2005
This briefing provides an outline of the environmental impacts of large
supermarket chains at the local, national and global scale.
Good
neighbours? Community impacts of supermarkets
(PDF
format - 110K) Jun 2005
This briefing looks at the economic and social effects of the competitive
policies of large supermarket chains, and the subsequent impacts on
local communities in the UK.
Why the
new PPS6 could damage town centres
(PDF format - 50K) Nov
2004
Draft Planning Policy Statement 6 (PPS6) was accompanied by a commitment
from Government to the regeneration of town and city centres. But the
draft statement encourages the provision of large format stores on the
edge of town centres. Friends of the Earth produced this MP briefing
to help ensure ministers are made aware that this policy would directly
contradict their aim to protect and regenerate town centres.
Children's
exposure to pesticides in apples and pears
(PDF format - 36K) Jul
2004
Peer reviewed and published research by Friends of the Earth shows that
up to 220 young children per day could be exposed to residue levels
in excess of internationally accepted safety levels just from eating
a single apple or pear. This occurred even when the pesticide residue
was below the legal limit and was a particular problem for imported
produce.
Every
Little Hurts: Why Tesco needs to be tamed
(PDF format - 60K) Jun
2004
Tesco's share of the grocery market gives it tremendous power over suppliers,
but evidence suggests that the supermarket giant is abusing
that power. Evidence from small shops, consumers, farmers and overseas
suppliers flags up the damage that Tesco is doing to communities and
the environment.
Alliance
calls for new supermarket Code and Watchdog
(PDF format - 123K) Jan
2004
A new alliance of environmental, farming and consumer organisations
is calling for a new statutory code of practice to be imposed on the
biggest supermarkets and for a ‘retail regulator’ to be appointed
to ensure that the new code is enforced and is working effectively.
Home grown
apples in short supply...
(PDF format - 146K) Nov
2003
This briefing gives the results of our consumer survey of apple, potato
and carrot sourcing and pricing in a variety of retail outlets. For
the third year running we found that the biggest supermarkets are not
supporting UK apple growers.
How
supermarkets avoid planning controls
(PDF format - 113K) Jul
2003
Asda-Walmart is building mezzanine floors in existing stores to expand
its retail floorspace
without having to obtain planning permission. The
addition of signficant areas of floorspace may have signficant impacts
on local shops and traffic levels. This briefing explains how an amendment
to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill could close this loophole
and require assessment to be carried out by local planning authorities.
Tesco: Exposed
(PDF format) Jun 2003
Friends of the Earth is attending AGMs to expose companies' records
of putting profit before people and the environment. This briefing reveals
how Tesco continues to make huge profits at the expense of farmers,
communities and the environment.
Farmers
and the supermarket Code of Practice
(PDF format - 108K) Mar
2003
The Supermarket Code of Practice has been
criticised for being too weak and there has been plenty of anecdotal
evidence that it is not working
effectively. This briefing reveals the results of a survey of farmers
in February 2003 to find out how farmers are faring under the Code and
in general under current market conditions.
Super
Markets or Corporate Bullies?
(PDF format) Mar 2003
Supermarkets claim to offer us a wide variety of cheap, convenient food.
But do they? And at whose expense? This briefing looks at the power
supermarkets wield over both their suppliers and their customers.
Genetically Modified
Crops and Food
(PDF format) July 2001,
updated Jan 2003
A comprehensive introduction to the GM debate:
- What is GM?
- Concerns about GM crops and food
- GM crops and food in the UK
- Government failures
- Feeding the world
- Alternatives
British
Apples for Sale
(PDF†) November 2002
The results of our consumer survey of apple sourcing and pricing in
supermarkets, greengrocers and markets.
Supermarkets
and Great British Fruit
(PDF†) October 2002
The impossible conditions placed on British apple and pear growers
by supermarkets.
Market Forces
(PDF format - 124K) Oct
2002, updated Feb 2004
Customer demand has removed the majority of GM materials from
our food. The prospects for any significant market for GM crops and
food in the UK in the next few years are poor, as there continues to
be no demand for GM food in the UK.
Pesticides
in Supermarket food
(PDF format 122K) Oct
2002, updated July 2004
This briefing shows how we rated supermarkets according to their current
and future policy on pesticides.
The pesticides
in our food
(PDF format - 155K) Sep
2002, updated Aug 2004
An overview of the types of pesticides that are found in our food and
why they are of concern.
Into the mouths of
babes
(PDF format - 54K) Mar
2002
Children are exposed to pesticides from the moment they are conceived
yet very little is know about the long term effects of this exposure.
The Government and supermarkets should do more to protect children from
pesticides.
Do
we really know what pesticides are in our food?
(PDF format - 73K) Dec
2001
A review of the testing procedures used to assess the amounts of pesticide
residues in food.
Greening
the Red Tractor
(PDF format) Dec 2001
In June 2000, a new food mark - the British Farm Standard - was launched.
The logo is a Red Tractor and is being heavily promoted as providing
assurance that food bearing the mark has been produced to high environmental,
animal welfare and safety standards. Friends of the Earth feels that
the scheme, as it stands, fails to live up to its promises both to farmers
and consumers.
Endocrine
disrupting pesticides
Oct 1999
Endocrine disrupting pesticide residues in food pose a significant health
risk to humans. The scientific information currently available suggests
a highly precautionary approach is needed to avoid serious health problems
in the future.
Friends of the Earth’s response to the Competition Commission: Notice of Possible Remedies
(PDF† format - 175K) Nov 2007
Friends of the Earth's response to the Competition Commission: Grocery Market Investigation
(PDF† format - 68K) June 2006
This is Friends of the Earth's first submission to the Competition Commission's grocery market investigation.
Consultation
on Draft Planning Policy Statement
Six: Planning for Town Centres. Summary of key points from Friends of
the Earth's reponse
(PDF format 112K) March
2004
This Consultation was issued in December 2003 alongside a commitment
from Government to the regeneration of town and city centres. The key
principles of the guidance are good, but the paper is full of contradictions.
Town centres are still at risk of becoming ghost towns, and unless the
detail of the guidance is strengthened, the Government will effectively
be giving the go-ahead for major multiples to increase their domination
of retailing.
The
oil for ape scandal: How palm oil is threatening the orang-utan
(PDF† 448K) Sept
2005
This summary report links the demand for palm oil, a vegetable oil found
in 1 in 10 supermarket products, to the impending extinction of the
orang-utan, rainforest destruction and human rights abuses.
Local food,
future directions
(PDF format 1.53MB) November
2002
A report investigating alternative food marketing systems based on re-localisation,
looking at the benefits such schemes can bring, the barriers they face
and how Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) can help to establish such
schemes.
Merseyside
local food initiative
(PDF format - 440K) June
2002
An investigation into the economic, environmental and social benefits
of a local food project on Merseyside.
Get real about
food and farming - Friends of the Earth's vision for the future of farming
in the UK
(PDF format) October
2001
Farming is in crisis. For half a century, food and farming policy has
put production ahead of food quality and environmental protection. Get
real about food and farming is a clear blueprint with practical policy
recommendations for improving every step of the food chain.
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