Food & Beverage
Matt Brewing Cuts Steam Use, Energy Costs
The company behind Saranac brand beers has installed a steam pressure management system that has reduced steam use by about a third, while saving water ...
Water Tech Market for Food and Drink to ‘Almost Double’ by 2020
The global water technology market in the food and beverage sector is set to almost double in size by 2020 as concerns over water scarcity ...
Mars Drinks Unveils Recyclable Packaging, Cuts Carbon 40%
Mars Drinks North America is releasing two teas for its Flavia single-serve brewing system in recyclable packs, reports Packaging World.
English Breakfast and Earl ...
Coca Cola Enterprises Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Down 8.5%
Coca Cola Enterprises decreased its carbon footprint by 8.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while increasing production volume by 3.5 percent, according to the company's ...
Kraft Cuts Packaging with Lifecycle Analysis
Kraft Foods cut the amount of plastic packaging in its YES Pack salad dressing by 60 percent using a lifecycle analysis system, the ...
Diageo Stops Heartland Donations in Wake of Unabomber Billboard
Drink giant Diageo says it will no longer fund the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that denies global warming, the Guardian reports, following ...
Hershey Sustainability Report: Sets Goals to Cut Water 10%, GHGs 13%
Hershey used its second corporate sustainability report yesterday to publish a set of new sustainability goals including reducing its waste by a quarter, achieving a ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, 'Crucifixion,' Ozone Standards, Greywater
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
Corporate sustainability reporting may drop out of ...
Coke China Plant Shuttered ‘over Chlorine Contamination’
Coca-Cola was reportedly forced by regulators to temporarily stop production at a bottling plant in north China, after inspectors allegedly ...
Kraft Shaves 1oz from Kenco Coffee Jar
Packaging firm PI has created a jar for coffee brand Kenco that uses 28 g (1 oz) less glass than its predecessor.
The redesigned jar will ...
Cost of Food as Catalyst for Change Cannot Be Ignored
In 18th century Paris the first thing the lieutenant of police did every morning upon reaching his desk was to inquire as to ...
Coca-Cola, Carbon Trust Investigate Personal Carbon Allowances
A study by Coca-Cola Co. and The Carbon Trust that investigated how people might respond to personal carbon allowances ...
Earth Day Briefing: Coke, Pepsi, Whole Foods, Target, Caribou Coffee
It's that time of year again. In celebration of Earth Day on April 22 companies have been unveiling green initiatives all over the place. Here's ...
Supervalu Zero Waste Program Saved $3.4M in Haul-Away Costs, Earned $36M Recycling Income
Grocery retailer and supplier Supervalu aims to divert 90 percent or more of waste at 250 store locations by February 2013, as part of an ...
Nestle Sustainability Report: Direct GHGs Fell 7.7 Percent, Per Production, in 2011
Nestle's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.8 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2011, while its production volume increased by 3.4 percent, according to the company's 2011 corporate sustainability report.
Per metric ton of product, Nestlé ...
ConAgra Awards Cut 43,600 Metric Tons of Carbon
This year's entries to ConAgra Foods' internal Sustainable Development Awards collectively reduced carbon emissions by more than 43,600 metric tons.
Projects entered also eliminated 61,000 tons ...
Kraft Cuts 45 Million Lbs of Packaging, 12.5m Travel Miles
Since 2010 Kraft Foods has cut 45 million pounds of weight from the packaging of its products, according to an update on the company's progress ...
Most Respected U.S Companies Revealed
Food company General Mills has unseated Amazon as the most respected large company among U.S. consumers, according to research by the Reputation Institute - in ...
Bacardi Sustainability Report: Energy Efficiency Up 7%, Water Efficiency Up 9%
Drinks giant Bacardi reduced its absolute water use by four percent in 2011, while improving its water use efficiency by nine percent, according to the ...
Heineken Starts Online Search for Green Beer Packaging
Beer company Heineken has become the latest company to launch an online open innovation platform, as it seeks ideas to help green up its products.
The ...
