Articles Tagged with ''supplier sourcing''

Consulting firm helps dairy processors better manage supply chain strategy

Optimally helps foodservice, retail and ingredient operators streamline their dairy supply chain, optimize sourcing strategies and innovate to better serve end consumers.
March 27, 2019
Optimally, a Fairfield, N.J.-based a dairy sourcing consulting firm, launched to help food industry operators take charge of their supply chain strategy.
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Tyson Fresh Meats, IdentiGEN collaborate to trace beef using DNA technology

A DNA sample from cattle entering the Open Prairie program will be used to trace the origin of individual cuts of beef as they move through the supply chain.
March 14, 2019
Tyson Fresh Meats, the Dakota Dunes, S.D.-based beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc., collaborated with IdentiGEN, Lawrence, Kan., to use DNA technology to trace beef back to the individual animal of origin.
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Arla Foods aims for carbon net zero dairy

The main target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% per kilo of milk over the next decade and work toward carbon net zero by 2050.
March 14, 2019
Arla Foods, Basking Ridge, N.J., and its 10,300 farmer owners launched ambitious targets to accelerate the transition to sustainable dairy production with an intensified focus on the farms.
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Study: Manufacturers cut 633M metric tons of CO2 from their supply chains in 2018

In 2018, 115 organizations wielding a combined purchasing power in excess of $3.3 trillion requested environmental information from 5,500-plus of their key suppliers.
February 8, 2019
With greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in supply chains on average 5.5 times those of company’s direct operations, a new report from CDP, New York, reveals a step-change in corporate awareness and action on environmental impacts within the supply chain in the last decade.
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Nestlé speeds up efforts toward full supply chain transparency

The disclosure includes the list of direct (Tier 1) suppliers, upstream locations and country of origins as well as total volume sourced for each commodity.
February 1, 2019
Nestlé USA, Arlington, Va., announced plans to disclose the list of suppliers alongside a variety of data of its 15 priority commodities, making it what is said to be the first disclosure of its kind in the industry.
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