Carnes de Coclé, S.A., a Panama-based meat exporter, is setting top environmental standards for the meat processing industry with a new Global Water & Energy (GWE) wastewater treatment plant engineered to achieve 98% organic matter removal from the post-production wastewater.

KFC Canada, Canada, announced a series of new sustainability and environmental commitments aimed at curbing the company’s use of plastics in restaurants across the country.

Ahold Delhaize, The Netherlands, issued its first sustainability bond, amounting to €600 million with a 6-year term, further highlighting the company's commitment to accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems.

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) released its 2018 Annual Report, on behalf of more than 140 Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations.

Sodexo, Gaithersburg, Md., announced the deployment of its data-driven food waste prevention program, WasteWatch powered by Leanpath, at 3,000 sites worldwide within a year to halve food waste and food losses from its operations by 2025.

The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), Washington, D.C., released its biennial Global Sustainable Investment Review 2018 report, showing that global sustainable investment assets reached $30.7 trillion at the start of 2018, a 34% increase from 2016.

Chefs, food companies and foodservice operators are continuing to nudge consumer food choices in a more healthful, sustainable direction, according to the “7th Menus of Change Annual Report,” released by the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y., and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health—Department of Nutrition, Boston, Mass.

Americans are more concerned about the impact of plastic waste in oceans than they are about the impacts of climate change, according to a survey produced by Shelton Group, Minneapolis.

Wensleydale Creamery, UK, partnered with Iona Capital, a UK-based environmental fund manager, to produce over 10,000 MWh of energy per year from a byproduct of cheesemaking.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., announced plans to construct new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah.