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Business Leaders, NGOs Ask IRS Employees to Give Up Coffee Buzz for Bees During Tax Week

It’s the pinnacle of tax season here in the U.S. this week, and it’s easy to imagine coffee being in high demand at the Internal Revenue Service. So in the midst of their most grueling week of the year, a group of businesses and advocates are cal... View More

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Publication of the 2015 "Nestlé in Society Creating Shared Value and Meeting Our Commitments" Report

The 2015 report by Nestlé continues the practice of transparent reporting on a set of forward-looking commitments that articulate the company’s firm belief that to prosper over the long term and create value for shareholders, it must also create v... View More

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With 'Electronic Nose' Nanotechnology, We Can Analyze Safety, Chemical Composition of What We Consume

In light of this year’s Flint, Michigan water crisis and massive methane leak in Porter Ranch, California, along with increasing awareness of manmade toxicities in our environment, consumers are looking for better tools to control their health and ... View More

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SDG #2: Young Entrepreneurs Are Key to Feeding the World

Building a stronger and more equitable food system requires the fresh thinking, talents, and skills of our youth. We have the potential to feed everyone, including the millions of people globally who are most vulnerable to hunger and its serious cons... View More

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Coalition of Conscious Companies Asks EPA to Strengthen Big Rig Emissions Standards

A coalition of a dozen major food brands and retailers (and Patagonia!) have asked federal regulators not to back down on reducing trucking emissions and increasing fuel economy. ... View More

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Net Impact, Campbell's, General Mills Seeking Next Great Sustainable Food Solution

This week we welcomed the latest in a spate of recent challenges aimed at overhauling our broken food system: In partnership with Campbell Soup Company and General Mills, Net Impact launched the Forward Food Competition, an opportunity for innovative... View More

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Blaxtar Offers 'Frank' Distillation of Heineken's Sustainability Progress in New Video

Move over Prince Ea, there's a new spoken word artist promoting sustainability. To help reach a wider audience for its newly-released 2015 sustainability report, Heineken recruited Dutch rapper and vocal artist Kevin "Blaxtar" de Randamie t... View More

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What Difference Does One Make?

My family eats a mostly vegetarian diet. Some kids at school were making fun of my 9-year-old son, telling him how great meat tastes. Before diving into the challenge of dealing with childhood peers, I asked him if he knew why we’re vegetarian. Whe... View More

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Report Reveals 67% of Cans Contain BPA; Campbell Soup, Del Monte to Switch Packaging

A report released today by six non-profit organizations found that 67 percent of nearly 200 tested food can linings contained Bisphenol A (BPA). The report also identified the replacement materials and to what extent their safety has been studied. Ah... View More

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Sweetgreen's Uphill Battle to Transform Fast Food

It’s a great time to be a salad on a fast food menu. A generation ago, there was no happy medium between lunch hour at a fast food joint or at a sit-down restaurant — and either option was, and still is, calorie-laden. But concerns over the natio... View More

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Mars, ConAgra, Kellogg Jump on Big Food Bandwagon to Label GMOs

The U.S. Senate might be waiting to make a decision regarding the labeling of genetically modified organism (GMO) ingredients, but Big Food companies are not. This week, Mars, Incorporated, ConAgra Foods, and The Kellogg Co. jumped on the bandwagon w... View More

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UK Announces Tax on Sugary Beverages; Industry May Sue

In a surprise announcement on March 16, the UK government unveiled a tax on sugary drinks amidst its budgetary plans. Companies have 2 years to reformulate their products, but the director general of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said they were... View More

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Investing £56M Toward Vision for Sustainable Food and Drink Manufacturing

On Monday, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) released a second white paper detailing the final findings from its industry research partnership with Cranfield University. ... View More

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Criticism Over Coffee Cup Waste Leads to Starbucks Discount, Call to Go Biodegradable

A successful campaign led by chef-turned-activist Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall drew attention to a big problem: coffee cup waste. Fearnley-Whittingstall claims that in the UK, less than 6 million takeaway hot beverage cups are recycled each year, whil... View More

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Methane-Eating Bacteria Could Be a Win-Win for Reducing Emissions, Impacts of Fish Farming

A non-animal, non-vegetable feed for fish farms could help reduce the negative impacts of our fish consumption. Fish is likely an inevitable part of how the world will meet the protein demands of over 9 billion people by 2050, and the World Bank pred... View More

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TerraVia (Solazyme) and Unilever Sign Multi-Year Supply Agreement for $200 Million + of Sustainable High Performance Algae Oils

Solazyme, Inc., now known as TerraVia™, a pioneer in algae innovation and a food, nutrition and specialty ingredients company, has signed a definitive multi-year global supply agreement with Unilever. The five-year agreement provides for Unilever t... View More

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General Mills, ‘Disappointed’ by Lack of National Solution, Will Label GMOs

On Friday, General Mills announced that it will “soon” start labeling its products that contain genetically modified organism (GMO) ingredients nationwide. With the rationale that it is impractical to label its products for just one state, the co... View More

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Consumers ‘Actively Seek’ Natural Ingredients, Clean Label Packaging

Products that can be positioned as ‘natural,’ ‘organic,’ and/or ‘free from additives/preservatives,’ are part of a movement that is here to stay, according to global ingredients solutions company Ingredion. Research commissioned by the co... View More

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DNA Tests Bolster Credibility of MSC-Labeled Seafood

Mislabeled seafood products have become a widespread problem: A recent study found that across 4,500 global samples, 30 percent of seafood products are mislabeled. The issue threatens reputable and sustainable fisheries and seafood traders, and can a... View More

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Courtauld Commitment 2025 Will Transform UK Food and Beverage Industry, Save £20B

The UK’s resource efficiency charity WRAP, on behalf of the UK Government and Devolved Administrations, today unveils a pioneering commitment that brings together organizations from across the food system for the first time to make food and drink p... View More

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