Irene van den Berg
Irene van den Berg (1978) has been an independent journalist since 2006. For The Investigative Desk, she works on research into the food and tobacco industry. She wrote several stories about the influence of the food industry on science and education. Her work has previously been published in Vrij Nederland, NRC, AD and OneWorld.
Publications
Big Tobacco’s Beyond Nicotine Strategy
The past few years, the four biggest tobacco companies (Philip Morris International/Altria, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and
Dutch ex-minister Van Nieuwenhuizen ignores lobbying ban
Former Dutch minister of Infrastructure Cora van Nieuwenhuizen ignored the lobbying ban for contacts with former ministers. This was discovered by doc
Are JDE Peet’s coffee beans really grown sustainably? The company is not really sure
JDE Peet’s, parent company of the Dutch Douwe Egberts firm, wants 100 percent of its coffee to be sustainably grown by 2025. But it doesn’t know exact
How Big Tobacco wins 30 sustainability awards each year
Big Tobacco is stringing together sustainability and corporate responsibility awards, according to research by The Investigative Desk. This provides t
Dairy multinational FrieslandCampina finances ‘independent’ science, but only if it leads to increased milk production
FrieslandCampina is the largest private funder of dairy science at Wageningen University & Research, the world’s top agricultural university, base
Are Unilever’s ties with Wageningen University too close?
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) takes pride in its excellent relations with the food and agriculture industry. It is particularly close wit
