The rating comes for the largest stand-alone plant-based food facility of its kind in North America.

On this episode of From the Cold Corner, we’re joined by Dustin Norton, Sustainability Program Manager at Primus Builders, to discuss sustainability initiatives, LEED certification and more in the design and construction of cold storage facilities. 

UNFI installed its largest solar array investment to date at its Howell, New Jersey distribution center. 

This third-party certification enables Pregis to produce solutions that are classified as circular, bio-circular, and/or bio-based. Becoming ISCC PLUS certified highlights the company’s commitment to supporting customers in enabling a circular economy.  

Dairy ingredients account for more than 50% of Ben & Jerry's total greenhouse gas emissions, so the company is focusing on dairy farms as the best opportunity to reduce its carbon footprint. 

The food company has been named among the largest green power users from the Green Power Partnership (GPP).

As it strives for net-zero emissions, Del Monte Foods will continue to invest in key areas to aggressively reduce carbon emissions in both direct and indirect operations.

Smithfield Foods became the first major protein company to commit to becoming carbon negative in all company-owned operations in the United States by 2030. A leader in sustainability for more than two decades, the company will go beyond carbon neutrality to effectively remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits. It will achieve this goal without purchasing carbon credits to offset emissions.