World’s Biggest Retail Brands Back Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Kellogg Company, Nestlé, and Walmart are among the companies supporting the Consumer Goods Forum's new Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative to improve global supply chains.
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Major UK Retailers Join Initiative, Agree to Public Disclosure on Sustainability Progress
Major retailers in the UK — including Sainsbury’s, Ikea and Aldi — have agreed to publicly disclose their efforts to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2020 as part of the new Better Retail Better World initiative.
Has the Ham Gone Off? Look at the Label, Sainsbury’s Says
The latest development in sustainable packaging – with an eye to reducing food waste – comes from grocery store chain Sainsbury’s. The UK grocer is launching a new packaging “smart label” on its store-brand ham that changes color depending on how long the package has been open, telling the consumer ... Read more »
Refrigerated Containers Using CO2 Help Maersk Meet Environmental Targets, Comply with Emissions Rules
Global container shipping line Maersk has ordered 100 refrigerated containers manufactured by Carrier Transicold that use carbon dioxide as a refrigerant.
AgTech Used by Walmart Farms Receives $7 Million Investment
Ag-tech firm Prospera today said it has received a $7 million investment that it will use to bring artificial intelligence to agriculture. Farms that supply some of the largest grocery retailers in the US and Europe, including Walmart, Tesco, Sainsburys and Aldi, use Prospera’s technology, the company says. Bessemer Venture ... Read more »
Paragon’s Transportation Software Lowers Grocer’s Mileage, Cuts CO2 Emissions
Paragon Software Systems’ routing and scheduling optimization software has helped Sainsbury’s save 142,245 gallons of fuel across four sites, cut CO2 emissions by 3.1 million pounds and reduce overall travel distance by 3.8 percent annually. The UK supermarket chain uses Paragon’s Resource Manager to plan routes against individual driver shifts ... Read more »
Sainsbury’s Increases Sustainable Palm Oil Products
Ninety-five percent of the palm oil used to make Sainsbury’s own-brand products is now certified sustainable, according to the company. Sainsbury’s has almost 400 own-brand products that are made with segregated certified sustainable palm oil ranging from steak pie through to hand soap. With 396 own-brand products made with fully ... Read more »
Food Loss, Waste Protocol Under Development
A steering committee of global organizations is developing a protocol aimed at helping countries reduce food loss and waste, according to the World Resources Institute. Globally, about 24 percent of all the calories produced for human consumption don’t end up reaching human mouths, according to WRI analysis. As a result, ... Read more »
BT, M&S Top FTSE 100 Carbon Ranking
BT and Marks & Spencer have scored joint first place in Carbon Clear’s 2014 ranking of the carbon reporting performance of FTSE 100 companies. Rounding out the top 10 are: Unilever, Tui Travel, Sainsbury’s, National Grid, BskyB, Kingfisher, Coca-Cola HBC, Aviva and Mondi, with the last two companies both ranking ... Read more »
Seafood Businesses Agree to Consistent Environmental Labeling, Sourcing
The Sustainable Seafood Coalition (SSC), a coalition of major seafood suppliers, brands, supermarkets and restaurants has published two codes of conduct guiding their environmental labeling and sourcing policies. One code is designed to give consumers certainty about what environmental claims on fish and seafood mean, while the second will ensure ... Read more »
Sainsbury’s, Google Tackle Food Waste
Sainsbury’s has partnered with Google to launch a mobile and online tool to reduce food waste. The tool, called Sainsbury’s Food Rescue, provides recipe ideas for leftover food. It uses mobile voice recognition technology to allow users to say or input up to nine ingredients and receive recipes from more ... Read more »
Sainsbury’s Recycles Easter Egg Packaging
Sainsbury’s is the first retailer in the UK retailer allowing customers to recycle their Easter egg packaging in its stores. Customers will be able to recycle all of the discarded packaging – plastic, film, card, foil and ribbon – in the first such facility of its kind at 50 of ... Read more »