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McDonald’s donates its Super Bowl TV ad to charity
McDonald’s USA produced aired a 30-second TV spot featuring RMHC during the pre-kick of the Super Bowl to promote understanding of Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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A successful first FoodBev.com Awards
What a few months it has been! We’ve just wrapped up the very first 2011 FoodBev.com Awards, which was a great success by all accounts.
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Safeway and Kraft Foods donate $420,000 to fight hunger
Safeway and Kraft Foods have announced the culmination of the Help Us End Hunger (Every Bag Counts) food drive, a national programme helping fight hunger in communities across the country.
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Dannon reveals 2012 Next Generation Nutrition grants
Applications for the seventh annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition grants are now available on the Dannon website under the ‘Dannon Cares’ section.
Innovations
Troop Fuel energy drinks
Packaged exclusively in Rexam 12oz Sleek cans, Troop Fuel is available in original and sugar-free.
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Coca-Cola partners with Né-Yo’s Compound Foundation
Grammy Award-winner and philanthropist Né-Yo, fashion designer, Tracy Reese, and Essence president, Michelle Ebanks, are joining Coca-Cola in a new Black History Month programme.
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Frigoglass and WWF Greece offer Environmental workshop
Frigoglass is supporting a unique Environmental Education workshop organised by WWF Greece for the academic year 2011–2012.
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DSM donates to $1m to World Food Programme
DSM has increased its support to the World Food Programme (WFP) by donating $1m to support rice fortification activities.
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Cargill donates $100,000 towards new hospital
As part of its longstanding commitment to support the communities in which it does business, Cargill has donated $100,000 to the Ellsworth Municipal Hospital Foundation to support the new hospital.
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Ben & Jerry’s franchisees help communities in the Bahamas
Over 200 Ben & Jerry’s franchisees, managers, staff and friends gathered to help rehabilitate two separate underserved recreational areas while in the Bahamas for their Global Franchise Meeting.
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Hershey expands responsible cocoa community programmes
The Hershey Company has revealed its plan to reinforce cocoa sustainability efforts by accelerating farmer and family development in West Africa, where 70% of the world’s cocoa is grown.
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Wicked Coffee becomes a supporter of the Coffee Kids charity
The Wicked Coffee Company has celebrated becoming a supporter of the international charity Coffee Kids by making its first donation to the cause.
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Safeway contributes to one million volunteer hours in 2011
Safeway’s companywide effort to mobilise its workforce and transform communities resulted in employees volunteering one million hours in 2011.
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HTI Water Filters provided for disaster relief in Mexico
Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI), will be providing life-saving water filtration products to Eco Woolis of Mexico to be placed into portable shelters used for disaster relief within Mexico.
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Horizon Milling offers largest donation to Feeding America
Horizon Milling, a Cargill joint venture, and The Kroger Company have offered a donation of 10 truckloads of self-rising flour to Feeding America and its nationwide network of food banks.
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Premium Ingredients sponsors creativity workshop in India
‘One idea, one toy’ is a project sponsored by Premium Ingredients and carried out by the artist Ángel Haro. Its objective has been focused on awakening these children’s creativity.
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Yum! brings fuel-efficient cooking and kitchens to schools
WFP and Yum! Restaurants International are teaming up with the Timor-Leste Ministry of Education to increase the efficiency of school kitchens, which provide daily hot meals to students.
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One Water rebrands in Australia
Clean water aid organisation The One Foundation has re-branded its bottled water charity initiative One Water in Australia.
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Britvic taps into community feel good factor
Britvic has announced its largest ever cross-platform marketing campaign across all brands and channels.
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ConAgra Foods donates $500,000 to Feeding America
Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organisation, has confirmed that the ConAgra Foods Foundation has donated $100,000 to four Texas hunger initiatives.
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Tesco to raise millions for Cancer Research UK
Tesco is aiming to raise over £10m to help Cancer Research UK’s work to beat cancer by making Cancer Research UK its Charity of the Year in 2012.
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Monsanto to aid rural school US districts
Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, is launching America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education to aid rural school districts by providing $10,000 and $25,000 grants in 1,245 counties.
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Nestlé supports coffee farmers in India
Nestlé is setting up its first coffee ‘demonstration’ farm in India to help farmers improve quality, productivity and sustainability.
Opinion
Season’s greetings for 2011 from FoodBev.com
Shaun Weston, managing editor of FoodBev.com, sends Christmas greetings on behalf of the FoodBev Media team.
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Fonterra announces Milk for Schools Programme
New Zealand’s Fonterra is looking to introduce a Fonterra Milk for Schools programme, giving all New Zealand primary school children access to dairy nutrition every school day.
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Kraft Foods maps its total environmental footprint
Kraft Foods has shared the results of a survey that measured its impact on climate change, land and water use.
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SunOpta issues Corporate Social Responsibility Report
SunOpta, a company focused on natural, organic and specialty foods, has released its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
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Smithfield Foods brings awareness to food insecurity
Dennis Treacy, executive vice president and chief sustainability officer and Kathleen Kirkham, sustainability coordinator, will host a live Twitter dialogue to bring awareness to hunger issues.
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Potential child nutrition crisis in Sahel region of Africa
UNICEF has issued warnings about the risk of severe and life-threatening child malnutrition for the Sahel region of West Africa.
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Cargill helps Computer Aid bridge digital divide in Zambia
Cargill’s cotton business in collaboration with the King Edward VII Lancashire Cotton Growing Endowment fund have donated over £26,000 to provide computer and internet access in Zambia.
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Coca-Cola awards $17.8m to initiatives during fourth quarter
The Coca-Cola Foundation awarded $17.8m in grants to 83 organisations worldwide during the fourth quarter.
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Waitrose.com shoppers to show support for charities
Customers shopping on Waitrose.com will be able to participate in Waitrose Community Matters, as the supermarket extends its charitable giving scheme to the virtual checkout for the first time.
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Symrise’s sustainability report gains Bronze Econ Award
Symrise received the bronze Econ Award for its Perspectives 2010 sustainability report. The awards ceremony took place in November in the heart of Berlin.
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Sainsbury’s customers raise 1.2 million meals for FareShare
In the largest coordinated food collection ever to take place across the UK, Sainsbury’s and its customers have donated 1.2 million meals to food charity FareShare.
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Starbucks supports World AIDS Day
For every handcrafted beverage sold at participating Starbucks stores in the US and Canada in support of World AIDS Day, Starbucks will make a 5¢ contribution to The Global Fund.
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The Coca-Cola Company joins (RED) to help eliminate AIDS
The Coca-Cola Company have entered a multi-year partnership with (Red) to raise awareness and money for the Global Fund’s efforts to virtually eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015.
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Monsanto pledges $500,000 for plant breeding programme
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University and Monsanto Company have contributed a $500,000 grant to train the next generation of plant breeding professionals.
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Kraft Foods Foundation launches healthy living programmes
The Kraft Foods Foundation is expanding its global effort to encourage healthy lifestyles, investing more than $7m in new programmes in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
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Cargill donates shipload of rice to fight hunger in Africa
Cargill is donating 10,000 metric tonnes of rice to support the World Food Program (WFP) US’s efforts to fight hunger and malnutrition in the Horn of Africa.
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Life Water and Drop4Drop donate 40 wells in India
Life Water founders, Simon Konecki and Lucas White, were in India this week with Drop4Drop on its mission to help alleviate the world water crisis.
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Deans Foods named a Mission Partner by Feeding America
Dean Foods, a provider of wholesome, nutritious dairy products in the US, has been recognised for its efforts to fight hunger by being named a national Mission Partner by Feeding America.
Interview
VIDEO: John Revess on Rexam’s sustainability strategy
Bill Bruce talks to John Revess at Brau Beviale 2011 about Rexam’s sustainability strategy.
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Cargill wins award for CO2 reduction
Cargill’s refined oils business in Europe has won a ‘Lean and Green Award’ for its plan to reduce transportation CO2 emissions by 20% at its Netherlands facilities between 2008 and 2012.
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Urban Harvest UK startup business reduces food waste
A pioneering fruit harvesting project aimed at reducing local food waste has been launched by a pair of Birmingham food campaigners.
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AAK publishes new sustainability report
AAK has released the company’s new sustainability report-a transparent presentation of the AAK Group’s objectives, initiatives and activities relating to corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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Cargill supports hunger relief in US
This Thanksgiving, over 900 Memphis area families in need will receive food for their holiday meal thanks to the Memphis Community Food Basket Initiative. Cargill is leading the initiative.
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Coca-Cola donates USD$2m to flood victims in Thailand
The Coca-Cola system has committed more than USD$2m to Reunite to Relieve and Rebuild Thailand, a sustainable flood relief initiative designed to provide emergency relief.
Report
New research highlights top trends for 2012
Innova Market Insights has identified 10 key trends to impact the food and beverage market through 2012 and beyond. The top trends relate purity, authenticity and sustainability.
Article
Your inventory footprint – seeing beyond capital
Sustainability isn’t a problem, it’s a huge opportunity. Robert F Byrne, CEO of Terra Technology, reveals more …
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Beatles legend designs boot to benefit WaterAid
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has designed a boot to raise money for WaterAid through a charity auction arranged by clothing company Timberland.