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Aramark announces new 2025 sustainability plan

Aramark’s people priority is to facilitate access to opportunities that will improve the well-being of its employees, consumers, communities and people in the supply chain.
December 10, 2019
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Aramark, Philadelphia, announced a new 2025 sustainability plan, Be Well. Do Well., focused on positively impacting people and the planet.
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General Mills, Foremost Farms collaborate to reduce GHG emissions

The module provides a comprehensive estimate of a farm’s GHG emissions and energy use, which allows farmers to gauge their carbon footprint, identify areas for improvement, explore new practices, track performance and reduce costs.
May 17, 2019
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General Mills, Minneapolis, and Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., collaborated on a 3-year pilot program that produced a combined 11% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 16 dairy farmers in Michigan.
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Smithfield Foods, United Wind announce 3MW WindLease agreement

The partnership will provide Smithfield with long-term renewable energy for its agricultural operations and contribute to its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2025.
March 20, 2019
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Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., signed an agreement with United Wind, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based distributed wind energy developer, to power dozens of Smithfield hog farms in Colorado with on-site wind energy.
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Study: Manufacturers cut 633M metric tons of CO2 from their supply chains in 2018

In 2018, 115 organizations wielding a combined purchasing power in excess of $3.3 trillion requested environmental information from 5,500-plus of their key suppliers.
February 8, 2019
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With greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in supply chains on average 5.5 times those of company’s direct operations, a new report from CDP, New York, reveals a step-change in corporate awareness and action on environmental impacts within the supply chain in the last decade.
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DelFrescoPure, CubicFarms partner to create vertical farming growing machine

The LivingCube system boasts 12 mechanized growing, germination and irrigation machines, each built inside proprietary insulated 40-foot stainless-steel growing chambers.
January 30, 2019
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DelFrescoPure, Canada, partnered with and CubicFarms, Canada, to develop LivingCube, a system of automated vertical farming growing machines that continuously produce living lettuce, living basil and micro-greens year-round.
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Study finds legacy emissions important to dairy production

The experiment leveraged remote sensing of ammonia by the hyperspectral remote sensing imager, Mako, to make maps of ammonia.
August 2, 2018
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A recent NASA-supported study released by Bubbleology Research International (BRI), Goleta, Calif., combined remote sensing with advanced mobile analyzers to understand how differing husbandry practices vary within dairies, between dairies and between regions.
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Smithfield Foods announces new environmental initiative

Smithfield Renewables will ensure the company meets its environmental commitments.
October 12, 2017
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Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., launched Smithfield Renewables, a new platform within the organization that will unify, lead and accelerate the company's carbon reduction and renewable energy efforts.
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