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Retail corporation Walmart has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Sustainable Beef, a rancher-owned company based in Nebraska, US.

BrewDog has commissioned a £12m green gas plant at its headquarters in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, in a move to reduce carbon emissions.

Heinz and UK supermarket Tesco have joined forces with packaging industry experts to develop and trial recycled soft plastic Heinz Beanz Snap Pots.

The Absolut Company is collaborating with Swedish start-up Blue Ocean Closures to develop a fibre-based closure cap for Absolut Vodka’s bottle.

Sustainable food-tech company Hyfé Foods has secured $2m in a pre-seed funding round led by venture capital firm The Engine.

Swedish manufacturer of renewable packaging solutions Stora Enso has invested €97 million to expand the board production at its Skoghall site in Sweden.

AAK has partnered with Nestlé and palm oil corporation Musim Mas to address deforestation outside of palm oil concession areas in Aceh, Indonesia.

An industry group has warned that the carbon dioxide shortage in the UK risks resulting in imminent meat supply issues, according to Reuters.

Organic food producer Green Life Farms has agreed to acquire Finn Farms, a hydroponic grower based in Florida.

Tetra Pak and Stora Enso have joined forces to boost the recycling capacity of beverage cartons in Central and Eastern Europe, with an investment of €29m.

Suntory Group has committed to sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2022, as part of a JPY 100bn (approximately $912m) investment.

Tetra Pak is investing €100m into the expansion of its caps production facility in Châteaubriant, France, which will ensure customer access to tethered caps.