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Mars Follows Cadbury on Sustainable Cocoa Sourcing

April 13, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

By 2020, all of Mars chocolate candies will use sustainably sourced cocoa. The candy maker, which sells brands including Snickers, Twix and M&Ms, is first rolling out the effort in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it sells the Galaxy brand. The announcement follows a similar one from Cadbury last ... Read more »

Cadbury to Achieve Fairtrade Certification

March 6, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Cadbury plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk by the end of summer for the whole of the British and Irish markets. The move, which also includes Cadbury’s hot chocolate beverage, will result in the tripling of sales of cocoa under Fairtrade terms for cocoa farmers in Ghana. ... Read more »

Loews Hotels Greens Menu with “Adopt-A-Farmer” Program

February 26, 2009February 26, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Loews is launching a “Buy Local” mandate across its chain of hotels to “support and enhance local farming communities,” the company announced. The new “Adopt-A-Farmer” program aims to green up hotel menus while supporting local farmers, fishermen and independent purveyors. The chain will offer locally sourced, seasonally appropriate menus, including ... Read more »

Marriott: Green Your Hotel Stay For $1 Per Day

February 23, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Marriott International, Inc. last week announced its latest environmental initiative in a five point plan to improve the planet, giving customers a chance to “green” their hotel stay. The plan, called “Green Your Marriott Hotel Stay for $1/Day,” allows customers who book online the option of contributing money to preserve ... Read more »

Cadbury Partners With Farmers To Reduce Emissions

February 18, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Cadbury recently partnered with the Carbon Trust to calculate the carbon footprint for milk chocolate and discovered that milk contributed more than 60 percent of the product’s emissions. In response, Cadbury is launching a pilot program and a guide to help dairy farmers reduce emissions in Selkley Vale in Wiltshire ... Read more »

World Cocoa Foundation Pledges To Make Cocoa-Growing Sustainable

January 15, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The World Cocoa Foundation announced sustainability principles and goals (PDF) to help guide industry efforts and prioritize the foundation’s development projects in West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas. The foundation and its members say they are committed to working towards responsible environmental stewardship in cocoa-farming communities where soil and ... Read more »

Perdue Works to Minimize Poultry Farm Runoff, Waste

January 9, 2009December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The EPA and Perdue Farms joined forces to prevent runoff from poultry farming from entering U.S. waters in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, thus protecting water quality and plant and fish life. Perdue had created a clean waters environmental initiative to give training, assessments, and assistance to help contract growers ... Read more »

China’s GHG Emissions Could Double By 2030

October 24, 2008 by Paul Nastu

The Chinese Academy of Sciences and other major state-run institutes have released a new study that says China’s GHG emissions could double to between 3.1 billion tons and up to 4 billion tons a year by 2030, Reuters reports. By that time, China’s emission would represent almost half of the ... Read more »

Wine Industry Embraces Sustainability

September 23, 2008September 23, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Eighty percent of the vineyard representatives participating in the survey said they have used sustainable farming practices on at least part of their acreage during 2008, according to surveys of wine industry professionals and executives conducted by Robert Smiley, professor and director of wine studies in the Graduate School of ... Read more »

Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future

September 17, 2008September 15, 2010 by Kevin Tuerff

I’m putting my money on Oregon to be one of the strongest environmental leaders among all 50 states in the battle against climate change. I recently sat down at a Portland coffee shop with David Van’t Hof, the renewable energy and sustainability adviser to Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski. I first ... Read more »

EPA Declines to Ease Renewable Fuel Quota

August 11, 2008 by Paul Nastu

The EPA declined to reduce the renewable fuel quota for this year, even as the State of Texas called for cutting it in half, amid fears that biofuels are driving up food prices and hurting the economy, The New York Times reports. The agency concluded that reducing America’s dependence on ... Read more »

Retailers Get Strict on Green Standards for Suppliers

July 18, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Wal-Mart and Whole Foods made announcements this week requiring that suppliers meet the company’s sustainability standards. Wal-Mart Stores recently launched a line of fine jewelry that allows consumers to trace the source of gold, silver, and diamonds online. Working with Conservation International and its supply chain partners, Wal-Mart says it ... Read more »

Mars Follows Cadbury on Sustainable Cocoa Sourcing

Cadbury to Achieve Fairtrade Certification

Loews Hotels Greens Menu with “Adopt-A-Farmer” Program

Marriott: Green Your Hotel Stay For $1 Per Day

Cadbury Partners With Farmers To Reduce Emissions

World Cocoa Foundation Pledges To Make Cocoa-Growing Sustainable

Perdue Works to Minimize Poultry Farm Runoff, Waste

China’s GHG Emissions Could Double By 2030

Wine Industry Embraces Sustainability

Bet On Oregon’s Clean Future

EPA Declines to Ease Renewable Fuel Quota

Retailers Get Strict on Green Standards for Suppliers

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