In the past twelve months, almost 4 out of 10 consumers in the US have boycotted a brand
‘Political and social positions now have measurable business consequences’
Industry margins doping inflation
Names crop up: Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Procter and Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Pepscico, Algida (Unilever) and L’Orèal for FMCG in a ‘Dejà Vu’ I had experienced in Esselunga with the advent of the Euro
Fertiliser blockade in the Strait of Hormuz will disrupt world food production
This new shock, after the inflationary shock caused by the attack on Ukraine, in addition to triggering a humanitarian cause, risks creating political extremism and new waves of migration towards Europe. It obviously adds to the short-sighted suspension of the dismantling of Usaid
Giuseppe Caprotti: ‘From trolleys to history, the luck of living more lives’
What will we read about in your new book? ‘I tell another side of the family through two extraordinary explorers: my eponymous ancestor Giuseppe Caprotti, who lived thirty years in Yemen, and my great uncle Gianni Albertini, a skier and mountaineer who explored the North Pole’.
Giorgia Meloni and Coldiretti put the brakes on the development of solar energy in Italy
The government, on energy, is in a huge conflict of interest, which is why prices do not fall: Snam, Italgas and Terna beat Microsoft, Alphabet (Google) and Meta (Facebook). Italy’s publicly controlled companies that transport or distribute gas and electricity to citizens and businesses are more profitable than some of the world’s largest, most technologically advanced and important companies in the business of the future: cloud, data centres and artificial intelligence. In short, Big Energy beats Big Tech
From citrus fruits to energy: the cost, also political, of climate change denied
The first attribution study on Cyclone Harry confirms the role of climate change being denied and ‘cancelled out’ by Trump. And in Europe, losses from extreme weather events since 1980 have amounted to €822 billion, growing exponentially in recent years
Food, environment and health: what could happen with the Mercosur-EU agreement
Mercosur: it is obvious that the ‘invasion’ risk of uncontrolled products, without the safeguard clauses, is likely to exacerbate the risks to our health. But the real problem is that in the European Union there are ‘derogation’ authorisations that allow prohibited substances to be used by member countries to compete unfairly with their neighbours. So before lashing out at Mercosur, perhaps we need to put things in order in Europe
US trends via Whole Foods (Amazon) recommendations: fibre is the new protein, tallow is all the rage
Tallow, fibre, protein. And then alcohol, whole milk and meat, with tro every logic but that of the US lobbies
Ferrero: the hazelnut policy in Piedmont is not sustainable for farmers and does not valorise the Italian product
‘It is necessary to avoid foreign hazelnuts and Piedmontese hazelnuts in the same product’. Ferrero could imitate Barilla that sells pasta with 100% Italian wheat and possibly differentiate: Italian and non-Italian products
Hazelnuts: Ferrero’s environmental dilemma, from Tuscia to Turkey
Sooner or later, Ferrero will also have to address the environmental issue aggravated by the treatment of workers and non-reciprocity in the use of pesticides banned in the EU
Baby milk scandal: two dead, Nestlé in the crosshairs of criminal investigations
Children’s milk: the presence of toxins in Nestlé products was identified ten days before the first recalls, at the end of November. According to ‘Le Monde’, the manufacturer waited for a ‘health risk analysis’ before informing Dutch and then European authorities of the presence of cereulide in milk produced in the Netherlands…
Climate: summer will last up to six months. Milan will be as hot as Texas
The palm trees – which raised a lot of controversy – made sense, the rhododendrons – which replaced them – absolutely not
