USPOULTRY, Tucker, Ga., updated its Carbon Footprint Estimation Toolkit to assist its members with adhering to EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting requirement and to reduce the burden of performing GHG emission calculations.
Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., launched the Green Express, an eco-friendly train that will transport Algida ice creams from its factory near Naples 700 kilometers to the logistics hub in Parma, taking 3,500 trucks off the road each year, equating to an annual CO₂ saving of 2,600 tons.
At Ready Pac Foods, Inc., their environmental efforts have made an impact because they’ve been executed across multiple areas of their business—from facilities and energy usage to associate incentive programs.
Veritable Vegetable partnered with Borrego Solar Systems, Oakland, Calif., in 2009 to install 560 solar panels on its 25,000-square-foot warehouse facility in San Francisco.
Tops Friendly Markets, Buffalo, N.Y., selected energy-efficient LED lighting by Cree, Inc., Morrisville, N.C., to illuminate its 51,364-square-foot store in Geneva, N.Y.
Portola Packaging, Inc.’s North American facilities reduced energy usage by almost 30% and recycled approximately 9 million pounds of material over the past three years.
What goes up must come down, right? Well, not necessarily, especially when it comes to energy costs. Thankfully, today’s refrigerated and frozen food processors can choose from an assortment of energy-efficient solar roofing systems that are off the grid.
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