Food & Beverage

Kraft Foods to Purchase 30,000 tons of Sustainable Cocoa by 2012

Bolstering its commitment to sustainable cocoa farming, Kraft Foods has launched the first mainstream chocolate products in Europe to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal. ...

Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Trade Exceeds 250,000 MT

More than 250,000 tons (metric tons) of certified sustainable palm oil have been purchased (PDF) since its availability late last year, marking the first stages ...

Dole Facility Cuts Lighting Energy Use 95%

Switching to solid-state LED high-bay lighting has helped Dole Fresh Produce Co. save about 95 percent on lighting energy at a particular cold storage ...

Sweden Mandates Carbon Emissions Labels on Food

New labels listing the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the production of foods, from whole wheat pasta to fast food burgers, are appearing on some grocery ...

Sysco Exploring Natural Gas for its Trucks

Foodservice distribution giant Sysco Corp. is considering using natural gas to power its trucking fleet. For a truck that averages 50,000 miles traveled each year, ...

Chipotle Adding On-site Solar to 75 Restaurants

Burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to install solar panels atop 75 restaurants over the next year. In total, the panels should produce about 500 kilowatt ...

Rodney Strong Vineyards Goes Carbon Neutral

Already using a 766 kW solar system, Rodney Strong Vineyards has gone the extra step of becoming carbon neutral via purchase of offsets. As ...

Quaker Oats Installs Steam Boilers to Cut Fuel 20%

The Quaker Oats Bridgeview Division food manufacturing plant has installed two Miura Boiler LX200 gas-fired steam boilers to reduce fuel and water consumption, increase energy ...

Brewery Flips Switch on Methane-to-Energy Plant

A heat and power project that takes methane gas created at a brewery and converts it into clean energy to run a nearby hospital ...

Sobeys, Wegmans Continue Reducing Plastic Bags

Sobeys' stores in Ontario have exceeded the province's targeted guidelines for reducing plastic bags. Sobeys, which operates in Ontario under the Sobeys, Foodland and IGA ...

NRDC Criticizes 7-Eleven Banana Packaging

C-store giant 7-Eleven thought it was onto something good when it began testing individual plastic packaging designed to a keep banana yellow and firm for five ...

Coke Improving Energy Efficiency, Emissions at 15 European Plants

In the first of many energy efficiency changes to come, Coca-Cola Hellenic and ContourGlobal have opened an advanced energy-saving power plant in Romania as ...

EPA Extends Energy Star to Glass, Food Processing Plants

Companies that make jars for jelly, as well as frozen french fry makers, are among the types of firms the Environmental Protection Agency targeted in its ...

New Produce Carton Uses 21% Less Fiber

A new breed of fresh produce carton from Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. uses 21 percent less fiber and has as good or better stacking ...

PepsiCo Reveals Method for Calculating Carbon Footprint of Products

PepsiCo, which has been calculating the carbon footprint of its Walkers Crisps potato chips in the UK since 2007, revealed some of the secrets behind ...

New Leaf, Kenco Add Sustainable Packaging

New Leaf Chocolates has added a plant-based packaging for shipping its premium chocolates, while Kenco, a UK coffee brand, is promoting its ...

Coca-Cola, Columbia Sportswear Reuse Packaging to Reduce Waste

Food and beverage companies and retailers, alike, are creating new ways to reuse their packaging to reduce landfill waste and their environmental footprint. As an example, ...

Lipton Tea Factory Meets Zero-Landfill Goal

Lipton has achieved its zero-landfill goal at its Suffolk, Va., plant, reports Wavy.com. About 70 percent of the plant's waste is recycled or reused, ...