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Scientists warn about current, impending, potential damage on Earth

With the exception of stabilizing the stratospheric ozone layer, since 1992, “humanity has failed to make sufficient progress in generally solving these foreseen environmental challenges, and alarmingly, most of them are getting far worse,” the study says.

November 7, 2019

Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass., and more than 1,700 independent scientists penned the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity,” which called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned that “a great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required if vast human misery is to be avoided.”

Maple Leaf Foods becomes first carbon-neutral major food company worldwide

Maple Leaf has made significant progress toward its goal to reduce its environmental footprint by 50% by 2025.

November 7, 2019

Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Canada, announced a step forward on its sustainability journey, as it becomes what is said to be the first major food company in the world to be carbon neutral.

Registrar Corp. acquires K Squared International, Registration and Licensing Systems

Both companies provide FDA registration, U.S. agent and product listing services to domestic and foreign FDA-regulated facilities.

November 7, 2019

Registrar Corp., Hampton, Va., acquired K Squared International, LLC, Washington, D.C., and Registration and Licensing Systems, Inc. (RLS).

Calgary Co-op acquires Community Natural Foods

Calgary Co-op and Community Natural Foods maintain more than 100 years of combined community presence.

November 6, 2019

Calgary Co-op, Canada, acquired the retail business of Community Natural Foods, Canada.

Sysco announces 2019 corporate social responsibility report

Sysco’s CSR strategy focuses on three key areas—people, products and planet.

November 6, 2019

Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, published its 2019 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, documenting the company’s progress toward the 2025 goals established in 2018.

Study reveals shoppers going to the mall to eat at food court, not shop

Nearly 7% of shoppers surveyed say they go to the mall to eat at the food court or just hang out instead of visiting a big box store.

November 6, 2019

More and more consumers are visiting shopping centers with supermarkets as the main store and stores not part of a shopping center or mall, according to a survey conducted by UBS, Switzerland.

Crown Equipment Crown C-G Series and C-D Series

Crown Equipment opens sales, service center in Springfield, MO

The new Crown Lift Trucks location offers a complete selection of material handling technologies, products and services.

November 6, 2019

Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, opened a new, expanded sales and service center in Springfield, Mo., to help Crown meet growing customer needs in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas, including Springfield, Joplin, Branson and Lebanon.

Wefarm secures $13M in funding to scale agricultural ecosystem

Wefarm is on a mission to create a global eco-system for small-scale agriculture.

November 6, 2019

Wefarm, UK, raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by True Ventures, Palo Alto, Calif., to further scale its network of 1.9 million farmers.

Verified by GS1 solution helps brands, retailers share & retrieve product data

Verified by GS1 makes it possible for CPG brand owners to consistently share a core set of attributes, including the product’s GTIN, brand name, product description, product image URL, global product category, net content and unit of measure and country of sale.

November 6, 2019

GS1 US developed Verified by GS1, designed to provide consumer packaged goods (CPG) retailers and marketplaces with brand-verified product data, creating a global, cloud-based GS1 Registry Platform of unique product identifiers and attributes.

Sabert to acquire LBP Manufacturing

LBP develops sustainable, paper-based foodservice packaging.

November 6, 2019

Sabert Corp., Sayreveille, N.J., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LBP Manufacturing LLC, a Cicero, Ill.-based producer of environmentally progressive and sustainable food and beverage packaging.

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Scientists warn about current, impending, potential damage on Earth

Maple Leaf Foods becomes first carbon-neutral major food company worldwide

Registrar Corp. acquires K Squared International, Registration and Licensing Systems

Calgary Co-op acquires Community Natural Foods

Sysco announces 2019 corporate social responsibility report

Study reveals shoppers going to the mall to eat at food court, not shop

Crown Equipment opens sales, service center in Springfield, MO

Wefarm secures $13M in funding to scale agricultural ecosystem

Verified by GS1 solution helps brands, retailers share & retrieve product data

Sabert to acquire LBP Manufacturing

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