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DS Smith Plastics introduces returnable beverage pack

Posted By: Harriet Jachecon: November 16, 2018In: Alcohol, Beverage, Innovation, Packaging, Soft drinks

DS Smith Plastics has introduced a returnable beverage pack, Fillbee, designed to fit inside reusable crates, moving towards a sustainable packaging model. Read more

Tesco’s CEO calls on food industry to tackle food waste

Posted By: Martin Whiteon: September 25, 2018In: Business, Environment, Food, Industries, Retail, Social Responsibility

Tesco CEO Dave Lewis will today call on the food industry to be more transparent and publish their food waste data, to ensure that no food goes to waste across the global food chai... Read more

Mondelēz ‘on target’ to meet its 2020 sustainability goals

Posted By: Martin Whiteon: August 21, 2018In: Confectionery, Environment, Food, Industries, Social Responsibility

Mondelēz has claimed that it is on target to meet its 2020 sustainability targets, as it reduced C02 emissions, water usage and packaging waste in 2017. Read more

CP Foods invests in ‘largest solar rooftop scheme in Thailand’

Posted By: Harriet Jachecon: July 04, 2018In: Environment, Food, Industries, Manufacturing

Food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) will work on a new project called “CPF Solar Rooftop”, the largest solar rooftop scheme in Thailand. Read more

DSM to use 100% renewable energy in the Netherlands

Posted By: News Deskon: June 07, 2018In: Business, Environment, Food, Industries, Ingredients, Nutrition

DSM has signed a new energy supply agreement with Eneco, which will mean that from 2018 onwards 100% of the electricity used by the company in the Netherlands will be from renewabl... Read more

India to eliminate the use of single-use plastics by 2022

Posted By: News Deskon: June 06, 2018In: Environment, Industries, Packaging, Social Responsibility, Social responsibility

India will aim to eliminate all single-use plastics in the country by 2022 as part of a new sustainability strategy announced by the country's prime minister Narendra Modi. Read more

Unilever’s growth accelerated by its Sustainable Living brands

Posted By: News Deskon: May 10, 2018In: Business, Environment, Food, Industries, Social Responsibility

Unilever has claimed that its Sustainable Living brands delivered more than 60% of the company's growth in 2016, and have grown 50% faster than the rest of the company's business. Read more

Waitrose pledges £1m to fight marine plastic pollution

Posted By: News Deskon: April 30, 2018In: Business, Environment, Food, Industries, Social Responsibility, Social responsibility

Waitrose has pledged £1m to fight marine plastic pollution after it donated £500,000 to both the Marine Conservation Society and the Commonwealth research fund. Read more

Commonwealth nations join UK-led plastic waste initiative

Posted By: News Deskon: April 18, 2018In: Environment, Industries, Packaging, Social Responsibility

New Zealand, Ghana and Sri Lanka have joined the UK and Vanuatu-led Commonwealth Clean Ocean Alliance (CCOA). Read more

Nestlé to make all packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025

Posted By: News Deskon: April 10, 2018In: Business, Environment, Industries, Packaging, Social Responsibility, Social responsibility

Nestlé has joined the fight against plastic waste as the company has announced its ambition to make all of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. Read more