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European Food-Grade CO2 Shortage Cascades Across Supply Chains

July 3, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

The European food and beverage industry is currently experiencing a food-grade CO2 supply crisis stemming from technical issues with several ammonia plants. Companies across the industry from brewers to meat processors are grappling with the shortage.

Target, Tesco, CVS to Require Environmental Impact Data from Suppliers through CDP

June 26, 2018February 22, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

Target, Tesco and CVS Health have joined Walmart in an agreement to collect data from suppliers, through non-profit CDP, regarding their overall environmental footprint. By asking suppliers to report on their environmental footprint, the retailers aim to reduce environmental risk and cut carbon emissions in their supply chains. The total number of companies now reporting through CDP marks an increase

Investors Worth $5 Trillion Call Out Companies Over Human Rights Disclosure

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

A new report from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB), which is backed by a $5 trillion investor coalition, calls out 28 companies for failing to provide human rights information.

Tesco Misses Food Waste Elimination Target, But There’s an Upshot

May 11, 2018May 14, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Tesco, the biggest retailer in the United Kingdom, missed its two-year goal of eliminating all food waste from its operation in the country by 2018. But there’s an important upshot.

Tesco Starts Phasing Out Hazardous Chemicals from F&F Clothing Line

July 18, 2017July 27, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

The British retailer Tesco announced a commitment to immediately start removing hazardous chemicals from the supply chain of its F&F clothing and footwear label. Tesco recently signed onto the Greenpeace Detox Campaign, agreeing to eliminate chemicals such as phthalates, heavy metals, and chlorinated solvents by 2020. The retailer joins 80 ... Read more »

Tesco Launches Hotline to Streamline Supply Chain Operations and Minimize Food Waste

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 by Ken Silverstein

Tesco has launched an online hub that it refers to as a hotline to make its supply chain operations run more efficiently. The aim of the portal, is minimize food waste hotspots.

Companies Save $14 for Every $1 Invested in Reducing Food Waste

March 7, 2017April 4, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The types of investments companies made include: quantifying and monitoring food loss and waste, training staff on practices to reduce waste, changing food storage and handling processes, changing packaging to extend shelf-life and changing date labels.

AgTech Used by Walmart Farms Receives $7 Million Investment

July 26, 2016December 6, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

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 »

Why Leading Global Companies Are Using a New Food Waste Standard to Reduce Waste

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Food loss and waste costs businesses billions of dollars each year and it generates about 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for the carbon footprint of food produced and not eaten. This means if food waste was a country, it would be the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter on ... Read more »

Davos: Nestlé, Unilever CEOs Join Food Waste Reduction Coalition

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A coalition to reduce food waste made up of CEOs of major companies, government officials, heads of nonprofits and others formed today at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The coalition, called Champions 12.3, aims to accelerate progress toward meeting Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ... Read more »

M&S Not Acting Fast Enough to Phase Out HFCs, Report Says

October 15, 2014October 14, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Marks & Spencer isn’t acting fast enough to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) — a major source of GHG emissions — from its refrigerators and install fitted doors on them, according to a report from the Environmental Investigation Agency. The London-based group, in its annual Chilling Facts report, labels other UK ... Read more »

Major Firms to EU: Adopt ‘Robust’ 2030 Climate Policies

October 7, 2014October 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever, Ikea, Royal Dutch Shell, Coca-Cola Enterprises and General Electric are among the 57 global companies, funds and associations that have signed a letter to support a “robust 2030 energy and climate policy framework and energy security strategy that is fully in line with Europe’s long-term climate objectives and that ... Read more »

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