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Manomet’s VCI Drives Unprecedented Awareness on Key Topics of Dairy Farm Sustainability
The Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences announced its initial, successful fielding of the Vital Capital Index for Dairy Agriculture (VCI) with the Agri-Mark dairy cooperative, best known for its flagship brand of award-winning Cabot dairy produc... View More
MSC to Enact More Rigorous Standard for Sustainable Fisheries
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched an updated version of its sustainable fishing standards, to come into effect on April 1, 2015.Developed over the past two years, Version 2.0 of the MSC’s Fisheries Certification Requirements incorpo... View More
Report: Half of Global Wildlife Lost Between 1970 and 2010
Global populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish dropped 52 percent between 1970 and 2010, according to a new report by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).The 2014 Living Planet Report says this biodiversity loss is occuring disproportionat... View More
Cisco, 3M, JFW Commit to White House Plan to Promote Solar Power and Energy Efficiency
Cisco, 3M, Kimberly-Clark and Jackson Family Wines have announced commitments to deploy onsite solar energy and improve energy efficiency as part of an Obama Administration call to action.In total, 50 companies, states, communities and multifamily ho... View More
Kellogg Joins BICEP Coalition to Push for Better Energy & Climate Policies
Kellogg Company has joined the Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP), committing to expand its global sustainability efforts by working with businesses and policymakers to enact meaningful energy and climate policies.BICEP, a pr... View More
Cargill, Doughnut Companies Promise Sustainable Palm Oil, But NGOs Say Devil Is in the Details
This week, three more major food companies announced new policies around the sourcing of palm oil. ... View More
PepsiCo to Phase Out Hydroflourocarbon Equipment by 2020
PepsiCo has announced that, by 2020, all of its future point-of-sale equipment purchased in the United States will be free of hydroflourocarbons (HFCs), a popular chemical coolant and considered a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) that contributes to clima... View More
AB InBev Celebrates Global Be(er) Responsible Day, Announces Progress Toward Responsible Drinking Goals
Anheuser-Busch InBev today released the results of its first international survey on consumer attitudes toward the responsible serving and selling of alcoholic beverages — adults of legal drinking age in eight countries were asked about the impact... View More
Cura Setting Out to Create Local and Global Impact 'Through Simply Enjoying Coffee'
Cura Coffee Co, a San Diego-based startup, sells a direct-trade, premium organic coffee that directly connects coffee lovers with the farmers who produce it. ... View More
General Mills Acquiring Annie's for $820M, Riding Wave of Demand for Authentic, Values-Driven Products
General Mills announced Monday that it will acquire Annie’s, Inc, a leading U.S. producer of branded organic and natural food products with net sales of $204 million in its latest fiscal year (completed March 2014). ... View More
Diners in Austin, NYC Going Halfsies to Address Obesity, Food Waste, Hunger
Controlling the size of your portions is a great way to save money, food and unnecessary health problems caused by obesity. Eating out, on the other hand, takes that control away from you — unless you go for a restaurant that’s signed up for Half... View More
Napa Green Wines: Not Shouting It From the Rooftops
Of the 50 certified wineries, surprisingly, only three have opted to display the Napa Green logo on their labels — despite the time and cost involved in obtaining those certifications — so, I dug a little deeper. ... View More
Can Chipotle Learn About Food Integrity from McDonald's?
McDonald’s Canada’s experience is evidence that social media is pushing transparency mainstream, and that for them the risks have been worth the rewards of increased customer trust. ... View More
Sustainia Highlights Circular Economy, Supply Chain, Analytics Solutions in This Year’s Sustainia100
An ethical smartphone, air-cleaning carpets and carbon-negative plastic are three of 100 game-changing innovations selected by Scandinavian think tank Sustainia as its top sustainability solutions for the year. Sustainia100 is an annual guide to Sust... View More
Investors Press Mondelez International to Switch to Recyclable Packaging
Last week, shareholder advocacy organization As You Sow (AYS), along with shareholders representing $11.8 billion worth of shares, presented a proposal to Mondelez International asking that the company make the switch to recyclable packaging.The reso... View More
Ecologic to Supply Paper Bottles to California Winemaker
Winemaker Truett-Hurst has completed a general supply agreement with Ecologic Brands to produce paper bottles for its PaperBoy brand.PaperBoy recyclable wine bottles are made from compressed recycled cardboard formed into the shape of a standard Bord... View More
SAI Launches First Farmer Self-Assessment for Sustainable Agriculture
PepsiCo, Unilever, Heineken and more than 50 other members of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform have developed the world’s first industry-aligned Farmer Self-Assessment (FSA) of sustainable agriculture practices, launched earlie... View More
3 Startups Offering Simple, Scalable Solutions to One of the World's Biggest Problems
Wrinkled veggies. Rotting fruit. Containers that you wouldn’t dare open because of the smells that might escape. How many times have you cleaned out your refrigerator and been dismayed at how much food has spoiled? Every year, billions of dollars a... View More
Subway Eliminating Controversial Compound from Its Bread Dough
Subway announced late last week that it is removing a curious ingredient from its bread — a compound known as azodicarbonamide (or E927), whose other common uses include increasing the elasticity of items such as shoe soles and yoga mats, according... View More
Beyond Omega-3s: How Systems Thinking Helped Organic Valley Yield a Host of Sustainability Benefits
Organic milk comes with a dose of healthful omega-3 fatty acids, which help prevent heart disease and are linked to additional health benefits. Normally associated with seafood or dietary supplements, these valuable nutrients can also come from some ... View More
