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The 2011 FoodBev.com Awards, winners & finalists
FoodBev.com is happy to announce the finalists, runners-up and winners in the inaugural 2011 FoodBev.com Awards.
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Environment & sustainability
The latest environment and sustainability stories.
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Kraft Foods makes progress on reducing manufacturing waste
Kraft Foods’ employees are making steady progress reducing the amount of manufacturing waste they produce.
Opinion
Does the bell toll for carbon labelling initiatives?
I felt a distinct flutter of concern at the recent news that the UK retailer Tesco has dropped its 2007 pledge to have all of its 70,000 products carry carbon footprint labels.
Innovations
Petainer’s ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle
Plastics packaging technology business Petainer has developed its ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle, which uses more than 25% post-consumer ‘one-way’ recycled PET.
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Eden Springs UK launches new environmental research
Eden Springs, a UK supplier of water coolers and office beverage solutions, has launched new interactive functionality on their website to explore how they are leading the industry in sustainability.
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Wrap launches guide to help boost bottle recycling
A new technical guide that aims to help local authorities increase plastic bottle recycling rates has been launched by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action 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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The Coca-Cola Company releases first-ever GRI report
The Coca-Cola Company released its eighth systemwide sustainability report, titled *Reasons to Believe.*
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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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Recognition for environmentally focused water professionals
Three water industry professionals have recently become Chartered Environmentalists through the Institute of Water.
Innovations
Plant-based Vittel bottles
Nestlé Waters’ Vittel has begun using a new generation of bottle made from PET containing 30% plant-based materials – a byproduct of cane sugar processing.
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Cargill invests $4.2m in energy efficiency improvements
Cargill has invested $4.2m in recently completed lighting and boiler upgrades inside the half-million-sqft plant in the company’s Nebraska (US) beef processing facility.
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Nestlé highlights global water shortfall at Economic Forum
Nestlé chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, has highlighted the global water shortage in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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PepsiCo enters into partnership with the Atrium Mall
PepsiCo has entered into a partnership with the Atrium Mall — James R Thompson Centre that will make the Dream Machine recycling programme available to Chicago-area commuters, visitors and residents.
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Arla to invest in ‘stronger dairy structure’
In 2012, Arla Foods will invest in a stronger dairy structure, the processing of whey ingredients and more focus on growth markets, with the aim of increasing Arla’s international competitiveness.
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Quench partners with Verus Carbon Neutral
Quench, an independent provider of filtered water coolers in North America, has partnered with Verus Carbon Neutral to completely offset the carbon footprint produced by its vehicle fleet.
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UK food co-op invests in solar PV electricity system
Bristol (UK) ethical food business, EssentialTrading, is celebrating its 40th year as a co-operative with a £100,000 investment in a new solar PV electricity system from Solarsense.
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US Foods rolls out first natural gas vehicles in US
As part of its continued commitment to sustainable practices, US Foods has confirmed that its Oklahoma City Division is using five new trucks that run on compressed natural gas.
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Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand unveils $15m investment
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, joined Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand in officially opening its new beverage bottle production line at the company’s manufacturing plant in Wool
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Event preview: The Natural Food Show 2012
FoodBev.com presents a brief overview of who’s showing what at The Natural Food Show in London in April 2012.
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Penford and Novomer enter Joint Development Agreement
Penford Corporation, a company with business and expertise in specialty starches and sustainable bio-products, and Novomer have entered into a Joint Development Agreement.
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BASF to build an integrated TDI plant in Germany
BASF are to build a single-train 300,000 metric tonnes per year production plant for TDI (toluene diisocyanate) and expand additional plants for its precursors at its site in Ludwigshafen (Germany).
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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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DS Smith buys SCA Packaging
DS Smith has confirmed the proposed acquisition of the packaging division of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA excluding the kraftliner assets for a net consideration of approximately €1.6bn.
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General Mills’ production facility earns Leed certification
An expansion at General Mills’ Albuquerque (New Mexico) facility has been awarded the US Green Building Council’s Leed Gold certification.
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Bayer CropScience recognises sustainable farming practices
Bayer CropScience has created the Young Farmer Sustainability Award to acknowledge farmers under the age of 40 who are demonstrating sustainability in their operations.
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Organic Valley begins 2012 with farmer pay price increase
Organic Valley, has their 2011 year-end results, which include bringing on 212 new farmers in regions in the US for 12% member growth across the country.
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Cargill’s Terminal team achieves safety milestone
Cargill’s Corn Milling Terminal team recently achieved a significant safety milestone in having reached three years in which no reportable injuries have been recorded.
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Growcom seeks options for growers under carbon initiative
Growcom will this year assess opportunities for horticultural enterprises to generate credits under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) in Australia.
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Unilever reputation slides as share price dips
Unite the union has warned Unilever that its poor treatment of its UK workers is having a detrimental impact on the business following the 69p fall in the global’s share price.
Interview
Xue Wang talks about starting Jilin Jiu Ding Beverages
‘Cooler Innovation’ editor Hannah Oakman talks to Xue Wang, owner of Jilin Jiu Ding Beverages in China, about starting up a spring water business in Asia.
Report
Campden BRI identifies challenges for the industry in 2012
The key scientific and technical needs facing the food and drink industry through 2012 and beyond have been published in a new report by Campden BRI.
News
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.
Opinion
Mobile technology applications to replace eco-labels?
Smart barcodes are appearing on an increasing number of consumer products. While this is encouraging more sustainable products, Organic Monitor believes it could lead to the demise of some eco-labels.
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Ford and Repreve to recycle plastic bottles into new cars
Ford Motor Company plans to divert about two million post-consumer plastic bottles from landfills for use in new vehicles, beginning with the 2012 Focus Electric.
Opinion
Water cannon that fires cooler bottles
In my never-ending quest for strange but true beverage stories, the new year has fired off with quite a bang.
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.
Opinion
A year of investment in the F&B industry, at last!
At last, after a couple of years of austerity and belt tightening, 2011 brought a year of movement and investment, not least in the developing nations.
Opinion
20 trends in the beverage industry
Claire Phoenix, managing editor of ‘Beverage Innovation’ magazine, provides her 20 beverage trends of the year.
News
Defra announces new UK recycling targets
Proposals for tougher packaging recycling targets that will stop 400,000 tonnes of packaging going to landfill by 2017 have been announced by UK environment secretary Caroline Spelman.
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$1.8bn to run costly national Container Deposit Legislation
An investigation by Australia’s Environment Ministers confirmed once again that a national Container Deposit Legislation (CDL) system is an extremely expensive way to reduce packaging waste.
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The Coca-Cola Company enters new bottling partnership
The Coca-Cola Company has entered a multi-million dollar partnership agreement with three biotechnology companies to accelerate development of the first commercial solutions for PlantBottle packaging.
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Frito-Lay all-electric delivery trucks hit Boston, US
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division announces eight new electric trucks will be rolling out in the Boston area (US).
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Campden BRI enters new agreements with Korean organisations
Campden BRI has demonstrated its growing international position in a series of agreements with different Korean organisations.
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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.
Opinion
US recycling rates show little progress
It’s not shocking that US recycling rates rose in 2010, because they should have. It’s shocking that they are no better than in the late 1990s.
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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.
Innovations
Re:Veen glasses from recycled Veen Water bottles
All Grand Hyatt Doha hotel suites will be equipped with re:Veen glasses, which are glasses made from old Veen Water bottles.
News
New US poll shows water still a concern for Californians
Californians remain concerned about the state’s water supply and agree California should make major investments to upgrade and modernise its water supply system, according to a new statewide survey.
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Pacific Natural Foods nears zero waste to landfill goal
Pacific Natural Foods has made significant advances toward its goal of becoming a zero waste to landfill company.