Articles Tagged with ''sustainable practices''

Cover Story: Sustainable Solutions, Renewable Results for Cold Foods Processors

What today's food processors and others along the cold chain are doing to conserve energy and reduce waste.

May 12, 2020

See what best practices companies like Hormel, KanPak, and A M King have implemented to improve sustainability and achieve real results.

Solar and Wind Strategies for Renewable and Sustainable Energy

How Taylor Farms foresaw solar and wind as the path to its energy independence.

Michael Costa

March 12, 2020

Taylor Farms started investing in renewable, alternative energy back in 2012. The brand is currently seeing a positive payoff for its year-over-year efforts in both cost savings and recognition as a green energy leader in the industry.

Study reveals more than half of CPG growth is from sustainability-marketed products

The research found that sustainability-marketed products delivered 50.1% of market growth from 2013-2018 while representing 16.6% of the CPG market in dollar sales in 2018.

November 7, 2019

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (CSB), New York, and IRI, Chicago, launched a new Sustainable Market Share Index, an in-depth analysis of consumer purchases of products marketed for their sustainable attributes.

The Wonderful Co. owners pledge $750M to Caltech to support environmental sustainability research

This commitment will support Caltech's investigators, as they pursue research in solar science, climate science, energy, biofuels, decomposable plastics, water and environmental resources and ecology and biosphere engineering.

October 1, 2019

Stewart and Lynda Resnick, owners of The Wonderful Co., Los Angeles, and the Wonderful Halos brand, pledged $750 million to The California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, Calif., to support cutting-edge research in environmental sustainability.

General Mills’ global responsibility report highlights food security, improving soil health and more

Through 2018, General Mills invested more than $4 million in soil health initiatives on U.S. agricultural lands.

April 18, 2019

General Mills, Minneapolis, released its 2019 Global Responsibility Report, outlining the company's approach to creating environmental, social and economic value in the countries where it operates.

Study: Consumer goods companies make significant improvement in supporting healthier lives

Almost 2 million employees participated in health and wellness initiatives in 2018 vs. 1.6 million in 2017 and 1.3 million in 2016.

March 6, 2019

Some 2 million employees are now involved in company-led health and well-being programs, according to the “2019 Health & Wellness Progress Report,” released by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), Silver Spring, Md.

General Mills, McDonald’s, Cargill and more form Ecosystem Services Market Consortium to promote land stewardship

This program enables and encourages farmers and ranchers to adopt and sustain conservation management practices to improve soil health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve related water quality and reduce water use.

February 26, 2019

Ten private-sector companies and non-profit organizations announced their intent to form the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC) to promote land stewardship to build healthy soils, soil carbon sequestration and water conservation on the globe’s working lands.

Report reveals innovative sustainable agriculture measures from tech startups

The program was designed to train and invest in food and agriculture startups that are expanding access to sustainable, healthy and accessible agricultural goods.

January 30, 2019

Village Capital, a Washington, D.C.-based manager of an agriculture accelerator program, and QBE North America, a New York-based integrated specialist insurer, released a report on entrepreneurs innovating around sustainable food and agriculture practices.

Tyson Foods, Environmental Defense Fund partner to accelerate sustainable food production

The pilot will use cloud-based agricultural technologies from MyFarms and Farmers Business Network to collect information on agricultural production practices.

January 15, 2019

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), New York, announced a new partnership to develop and deploy initiatives that support Tyson’s sustainability strategy and help meet increasing consumer demand for more sustainably grown food.

Alfa Laval acquires technology to further drive sustainable energy solutions

The technology for dimple asymmetrical heat exchangers opens many markets and applications for Alfa Laval.

December 18, 2018

Alfa Laval, Richmond, Va., signed an agreement to acquire certain technologies and activities from Airec, a Sweden-based innovation company with patented technology for dimple asymmetry heat exchangers.

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Articles Tagged with ''sustainable practices''

Cover Story: Sustainable Solutions, Renewable Results for Cold Foods Processors

Solar and Wind Strategies for Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Study reveals more than half of CPG growth is from sustainability-marketed products

The Wonderful Co. owners pledge $750M to Caltech to support environmental sustainability research

General Mills’ global responsibility report highlights food security, improving soil health and more

Study: Consumer goods companies make significant improvement in supporting healthier lives

General Mills, McDonald’s, Cargill and more form Ecosystem Services Market Consortium to promote land stewardship

Report reveals innovative sustainable agriculture measures from tech startups

Tyson Foods, Environmental Defense Fund partner to accelerate sustainable food production

Alfa Laval acquires technology to further drive sustainable energy solutions

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