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Bel Group Announces New Carbon Reduction Commitment

Committed to a profitable and responsible business model, the group is entering a new stage in its transformation, where carbon reduction is a driver of its financial and extra-financial performance.

February 11, 2022

HPRC Publishes Advanced Recycling Pilot Project Findings

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

The findings represent a significant step forward in understanding opportunities and challenges associated with recycling plastic materials commonly found in real-world healthcare settings.

February 10, 2022

Hprc Project Pic

Bacardi to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Puerto Rico Facility

The 50% reduction is a part of the company’s corporate responsibility program that includes a variety of goals, which Bacardi is committed to achieving globally by 2025.

February 9, 2022

Upcycled Certified Goods Projected to Reduce Food Waste by Millions of Pounds

Launched seven months ago, Upcycled Certified, the first-ever certification for upcycled products and ingredients, is already exceeding its anticipated numbers, reflecting consumer interest in sustainability and more eco-conscious food brands.

February 8, 2022

Nestlé Implementing Plan to Incentivize Regenerative Agriculture Practices

The innovative plan also will help achieve full traceability in cocoa production, increase farmer income, and tackle child labor risks to produce a tangible, positive impact on cocoa-farming families, especially in areas where poverty widespread.

February 7, 2022

Klöckner Pentaplast Expanding Its PET/PET Capacity

Klöckner Pentaplast

The company will be making a significant investment to further grow its sustainable innovation offerings for the North American consumer health, pharmaceutical, and food packaging markets.

February 2, 2022

Danone North America Exceeds 2022 Soil Health Initiative Goal

In the past four years, the comprehensive dairy industry program has prevented more than 337,000 tons of soil from erosion and reduced nearly 119,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

January 28, 2022

Bimbo Bakeries USA Joins EPA’s Green Power Partnership

The company, ranked 41st on the EPA’s National Top 100 List of Largest Green Power Users, continues to make strides in energy conservation.

January 27, 2022

Bimbo Bakeries Usa

Eastman Investing up to $1 Billion to Accelerate Circular Economy

Eastman Chemical Co.

The company is building world’s largest material-to-material molecular plastics recycling facility, which is projected to handle up to 160,000 metric tonnes of hard-to-recycle waste annually.

January 19, 2022

Photo Courtesy of Eastman Chemical

McCormick Ranked World’s 14th Most Sustainable Corporation

The company also was named as the No. 1 company in the food industry on Corporate Knights 2022 Global 100 Sustainability Index, retaining its top position among its peers.

January 19, 2022

EPA Releases Report on Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste

The report focuses primarily on five inputs to the U.S. cradle-to-consumer food supply chain—agricultural land use, water use, application of pesticides and fertilizers, and energy use, plus one environmental impact—greenhouse gas emissions.

January 11, 2022

January News Epa Environmental Impacts Of A Year Of Wasted Food 0

Smithfield Makes USDA and EPA List of U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions

The company earned the distinction after announcing a new goal to reduce by half the overall food loss and waste at all its U.S. company-owned operations by 2030.

January 7, 2022

CPhI 2022 Predictions: CDMO Capacity Constrained and COVID Vaccines on the Rise

There is a high manufacturing demand to constrain global ingredients, partnering options, and available CDMO capacity, though continued growth in pharma sales and innovation bode well for supply side companies and CDMOs.

January 7, 2022

CPhI Worldwide releases its beginning of year pharma market predictions for 2022

Danone-owned Business Unveils $55+ Million U.K. Investment Plan

The Alpro plan will increase production yield at its Kettering facility up to 300 million liters of plant-based drinks per year to keep up with soaring demand, while slashing energy consumption.

January 6, 2022

Anheuser-Busch InBev Set to Minimize Beer Waste and Recycle Extra Product

The company will be upcycling used brewing grains, extracting their protein and fiber, instead of disposing of them, while promoting its eco-friendly practice to enter a range of food and beverage categories.

January 3, 2022

Nestlé Australia Changing to 100% Renewable Electricity

The move to source 100% certified renewable electricity is just one of a number of ambitious sustainability targets as part of Nestlé’s Net Zero Roadmap, its time-bound plan to achieve net zero.

December 27, 2021

Nestle Wind Turbines

Smithfield Foods Joins the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance

The company is accelerating its progress toward achieving sustainability targets by joining the group, which is committed to food waste reduction and repurposing and decarbonization.

December 21, 2021

Mars Wrigley U.S. Removes 98 Metric Tons of Plastic

The company’s launch of 100% recyclable M&M’S theater boxes eliminates plastic overwrap equaling the weight of a space shuttle headed into orbit.

December 17, 2021

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