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McDonalds to Buy Only Certified Palm Oil by 2015; Unveils Initiative for Beef, Coffee

March 10, 2011March 10, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

McDonald’s has committed to source only palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015, the company has announced. The goal is part of the Sustainable Land Management Commitment (SLMC), a new company initiative to require that all agricultural raw materials for food and packaging originate from ... Read more »

Heinz Adopts Coca-Cola PlantBottles

February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Starting this summer, Heinz ketchup will be appearing in plant-based bottles developed by Coke. The Coca-Cola Company and H.J. Heinz yesterday announced a partnership under which Heinz will start using Coke’s PlantBottle packaging for all 20-ounce ketchup containers. The PET bottles are made partially from Brazilian sugarcane ethanol and have ... Read more »

Sustainability Report: Packaging Firm Cuts CO2

February 14, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

A packaging company has cut the CO2 emissions of its cardboard operations by over 1,500 tons through the use of a high-efficiency boiler and lighting. Menasha Corporation installed high-efficiency fluorescent lighting at three Wisconsin plants to reduce annual CO2 by 1,064 tons. A high-efficiency boiler at its facility in Neenah, ... Read more »

Coca-Cola Misses Water Replenishment Goal

February 7, 2011February 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The Coca-Cola Company has missed a goal to return to the environment all water used in its manufacturing process, but is on track to improve its water use ratio 20 percent by 2012. The company’s seventh sustainability report (pdf) says Coca-Cola missed a goal of, by 2010, returning all water ... Read more »

Coca-Cola Signs Waste Pledge; Biofuels Fail Standards; Forests to be Leased

January 28, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Coca-Cola, Kraft and Procter & Gamble are among the latest companies to join voluntary U.K. pledges to reduce packaging and waste. The companies signed the Courtauld Commitment, set by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The commitment says that companies will reduce the carbon impact of their grocery packaging ... Read more »

PepsiCo UK Aims to Ditch Fossil Fuels by 2023

January 18, 2011January 18, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

PepsiCo’s operations in the British isles plan to be fossil fuel- free by 2023, the company has announced. PepsiCo UK and Ireland’s second environmental sustainability report says the company will make sure all energy for its manufacturing and distribution in the two countries is from renewable sources within the next ... Read more »

Hasbro Bolsters Sustainability with New Goals

November 23, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Hasbro has set several new goals aimed at boosting the toy maker’s environmental sustainability. These goals include eliminating all wire ties from its packaging starting in 2011 and replacing them with rattan materials, and ensuring that at least 75 percent of its paper packaging is derived from recycled material or ... Read more »

HP Pledges to Use 100M lbs of Recycled Plastic by 2011

November 16, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

HP has produced more than 1 billion ink cartridges manufactured with recycled plastic, according to the company’s latest environmental update on reducing waste, materials reuse and recycling. HP also has pledged to use a total of 100 million pounds of recycled plastic in printing products by 2011 (cumulatively, since 2007). ... Read more »

Employee ‘Green’ Innovations Save Xerox $10.2M

November 12, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Employee-driven “green” innovations have saved Xerox $10.2 million and eliminated 2.6 million pounds of waste this year. One of the latest designs cut the package size of the company’s ColorQube solid ink. The smaller package also is made primarily from recycled materials. The company’s Earth Awards program, launched 17 years ago, ... Read more »

HP, Unilever, Kraft Foods Leverage Sonoco Packaging to Cut Materials, Energy Use, Emissions

November 4, 2010 by Gina Roos

Several of Sonoco’s customers, including HP, Unilever, Kraft Foods and PJ’s Coffee, are reporting significant savings in materials resources as well as cuts in carbon emissions and energy use and improved recyclability use thanks to the company’s sustainable packaging design software and recycling services. Sonoco says its True Blue line ... Read more »

Seventh Generation CSR Report: Carbon Emissions Down 7%

November 2, 2010 by Gina Roos

Seventh Generation has reduced its carbon emissions seven percent in 2009, and employee carbon footprints have decreased 13 percent between 2005 and 2009, according to the company’s Corporate Consciousness Report for 2009. The household and personal care product manufacturer also has set a goal to reduce GHG emissions in its ... Read more »

Coke, Del Monte, Kraft, Wal-Mart Get Failing Grades for Using BPA

October 21, 2010October 21, 2010 by Gina Roos

Major brands including Hain Celestial, H.J. Heinz, ConAgra, and General Mills received an “A” grade for working to eliminate the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food can linings, while others including Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Kraft and Wal-Mart, failed to keep pace with the industry leaders and received “F” scores, according ... Read more »

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