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Wendy’s Shows Commitment to Sustainability in 2022 Report

May 12, 2023 by Marisa Higgins

As Wendy's continues to strive for sustainable growth, it sets an example for other companies in the fast-food industry to prioritize ESG practices and contribute to a more sustainable future

Canadian Companies Tying Executive Compensation to ESG

January 12, 2023January 16, 2023 by Jessica Hunt

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors are increasingly being used to determine executive compensation. According to a report by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, ESG is now incorporated into C-Suite contracts at a large number of companies across Canada.

Wendy’s Promises to Find and Fund Solutions to Single-Use Plastic Problem

February 26, 2019August 18, 2020 by Jennifer Nastu

Fast food chain Wendy’s has announced an expansion to its existing sustainability commitment with its new “Squarely Sustainable” approach. It’s first step is to look at the company’s entire portfolio of packaging to identify ways to make improvements and minimize paper and plastic waste, according to the company. Wendy’s has ... Read more »

‘Vast Majority’ of Wendy’s Suppliers Now Must Comply With Its Environmental Management Practices

March 2, 2017February 17, 2023 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The fast food chain’s Supplier Code of Conduct now applies to about 100 additional suppliers; however, the code is vague when it comes to specific environmental management metrics.

Wendy’s to Suppliers: Report on Gestation-Crate-Free Pork Progress

February 4, 2014February 3, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Wendy’s says it now requires its suppliers to submit quarterly progress reports on the percentage of gestation-crate-free pork supplied to its fast-food locations. In 2012, Wendy’s committed to eliminate the restrictive cages used to confine pregnant pigs from its American and Canadian supply chains. On its website, Wendy’s says last ... Read more »

McDonald’s, White Castle to EPA: Cut Corn Ethanol Mandate

January 30, 2014January 30, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The National Council of Chain Restaurants has urged the EPA to further reduce the levels of corn ethanol mandated under the Renewable Fuel Standard. In response to concerns about the RFS, the EPA last year proposed cutting corn ethanol levels for 2014 to 13.01 billion gallons from 13.8 billion gallons. ... Read more »

Shell, BP ‘Generally Support’ Renewable Fuel Standard

July 22, 2013September 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Shell and BP have broken with the oil and gas industry’s top trade groups that are demanding the repeal of the Renewable Fuel Standard, Fuel Fix reports. Both companies have biofuels ventures: Shell has partnered with Virent to develop plant-based fuels at a facility in Houson while BP has a ... Read more »

Wendy’s, White Castle Demand Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal

June 20, 2013January 23, 2020 by Leon Walker

Fast food chains White Castle and Wendy’s today will lobby Capitol Hill to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard on the grounds that fuel produced from soy, corn and other agricultural crops drives up food prices. The new campaign, Feed Food Fairness: Take RFS Off the Menu, is organized by the ... Read more »

Safeway Requires All Cage-Free Eggs to be Certified Humane

December 27, 2012December 27, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Safeway, the second-largest US grocery chain, announced it has become the first major national retailer to require all of its organic and cage-free egg suppliers be “certified humane” by the nonprofit third-party label organization Humane Farm Animal Care. Safeway also has surpassed its goals for increasing sales of cage-free eggs ... Read more »

Corn-Based Ethanol Costs Chain Restaurants Billions, Says NCC

November 29, 2012 by Linda Hardesty

The use of corn-based ethanol required by the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandate has dramatically increased costs throughout the food supply chain, according to the National Council of Chain Restaurants, which released a 32-page report on the impact of RFS on the chain restaurant industry. At a Capitol ... Read more »

Kraft’s Oscar Mayer Pledges to Ban Pig Gestation Crates

July 9, 2012July 9, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Kraft Foods has said it will eliminate gestation crates from Oscar Mayer’s pork supply chain by 2022. The Humane Society of the United States described the new policy’s phase-in period as “lengthy,” but said that it applauds Kraft Foods’ decision to help improve conditions for its pigs. In the pork industry, ... Read more »

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