The Kroger Co., Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation's innovation fund names inaugural cohort
Key criteria included alignment with the Zero Hunger | Zero Waste mission, potential for positive impact in U.S. communities, ease of implementation, geography, measurability and scalability.
The Innovation Fund, a program of The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, Cincinnati, named its inaugural cohort of innovators, selected from nearly 400 applicants.
"Kroger's bold social impact plan, Zero Hunger | Zero Waste, sets out to end hunger in our communities and eliminate waste across the company by 2025. We know we can't accomplish this ambitious goal alone, so we supported the development of The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation, a public charity established to work with social enterprises, corporations and non-profits that are committed to creating communities free of hunger and waste," says Jessica Adelman, president of The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation. "The foundation's innovation fund was designed to bring like-minded organizations together as philanthropic disrupters, setting a new course on how to partner and change the world. The foundation's first cohort of innovators were individually selected due to their big ideas, shared vision and collaborative spirit in achieving a world with Zero Hunger | Zero Waste."