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Carnes De Coclé wastewater treatment plant

Carnes De Coclé installs new wastewater treatment plant

This wastewater treatment plant removes possible pathogens, oils, grease and detergents coming from the abbatoir from the waste stream.
July 9, 2019
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.
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KFC Canada removes all plastic straws, bags from restaurants

By October, plastic straws and plastic bags will no longer be used or provided at any KFC restaurant location across Canada.
July 3, 2019
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.
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Sodexo LeanPath tracker

Sodexo to deploy data-driven program to halve food waste, food losses

The WasteWatch powered by Leanpath program is said to prevent on average 50% of food wasted.
June 24, 2019
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.
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Report: Global sustainable investment assets reached $30T in 2018

The United States is the second largest region based on its value of sustainable investing assets.
June 20, 2019
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.
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sustainability farm

Report: Foodservice industry continues to make progress toward a more sustainable, plant-forward future

This year’s report points to continued efforts in public health, the environment and the business of food.
June 20, 2019
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.
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Study: Americans more concerned about plastic in oceans than climate change

Notably, 80% of Americans said if they had the option to buy goods or products that don’t use single-use plastic packaging, they would.
June 19, 2019
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.
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Wensleydale Creamery produces energy from cheese

Using anaerobic digestion, the venture will in turn produce 10,000 MWh of thermal power, enough to heat 800 homes per year.
June 18, 2019
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.
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