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- Leading lubricant manufacturer removes PFAS from entire product range One of the world’s biggest food lubricant manufacturers ROCOL has announced it will be removing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the formulations of its entire FOODLUBE product range. From April...
- Solar powered soft drinks: 75% of the electricity used to make Britvic brands in Britain now comes from the sun 75% of the electricity now being used to make Britvic soft drinks in Great Britain – from Fruit Shoot to Tango, Robinsons to J2O – is coming from a 160-acre...
- Food and drink makers secure Made Smarter backing SME manufacturers in the UK food and drink sector are the latest to secure backing from Made Smarter’s trailblazing adoption programme. Brightside Brewing Company, Just Bee Honey, Studio Bakery, Chandley...
- Ahascragh Distillery awarded Origin Green Membership Ahascragh Distillery has been recognised as a verified member of Origin Green, Ireland’s national food and drink sustainability programme. The membership further highlights the distillery’s commitment to sustainable practices and...
Arla Foods and its 10,300 farmer owners have launched their most ambitious targets so far to accelerate the transition to sustainable dairy production with intensified focus on the farms. The
Over half of food & drink companies believe that reducing their reliance on single-use plastic and making packaging more sustainable are the biggest sustainability challenges facing their business today[1], according
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned cooperative, has won the Award for Innovation at the 2019 Cream Awards, for its innovative new Arla UK 360 programme to ensure sustainable production of dairy. Launched in
Highland Spring, the UK’s largest supplier and producer of natural source bottled water, has responded to popular demand by making a 100% recycled and recyclable plastic eco bottle a permanent
Budweiser, the world’s most valuable beer brand, is to be brewed with renewable electricity as AB InBev UK has signed a deal with Europe’s largest solar energy company, Lightsource BP,
Cargill has outlined its plan to eliminate deforestation from its cocoa supply chain. The Protect Our Planet plan provides concrete actions the company is taking to achieve 100 percent cocoa bean traceability
ABP Food Group’s renewable division, Olleco, has been shortlisted for a prestigious ‘Circular’ sustainability award for its development of a circular economy model with McDonald’s and Arla Foods in the
Müller Milk & Ingredients has completed a £15 million project to substantially upgrade Scotland’s largest fresh milk dairy in Bellshill and secure 265 jobs. The project represents the largest single
Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has commemorated its 10th anniversary in Ghana by announcing plans for future investment and farmer support. Cargill’s 2022 roadmap for Ghana includes: * 80,000 farmers receiving
Nine of Ireland’s leading agricultural processing and food businesses have come together to make the plastic packaging in their respective supply chains more sustainable. Plastics Action Alliance is the new
Every business wants to produce the finest quality products at the lowest possible cost. Every business wants to reduce energy consumption to save money and help protect the wider environment.
Mintel, the world’s leading market intelligence agency, has announced three forward-looking trends which will lead the momentum of global food and drink innovation in 2019 and beyond. 2019 Global Food and Drink
The UK Division of ABP, one of Europe’s leading privately owned agribusiness companies, has been named Company of the Year at the 2018 Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, which has taken place
A new report from the UK’s leading sustainability experts WRAP shows for the first time the scale of milk wastes across the food chain, from processing to our homes, and
JUST Water, the innovative global water brand from the United States, has received the ‘Best Packaging Solution’ award at the 2018 Global Bottled Water Congress with its unique Tetra Top
Harrogate Water has joined the elite of the most ambitious and environmentally committed companies across the world. The awarding of the international standard ISO 14001:2015 for environmental management marks another major
Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds, will be banned in the EU. These products, which make up over 70% of marine litter, will
To ensure a long-term sustainable crop supply for food starch, Cargill has committed to source waxy corn 100 percent sustainably from European farmers. In support of this initiative Cargill has
With ongoing volatility in the global milk markets, increasing consumer misunderstanding of the sector, polarised levels of support for UK dairy farmers and a new post-Brexit Agriculture Bill the challenges
As a manufacturer of speciality cheeses, Swiss dairy group Emmi is now setting an example for environmental protection by investing in a high-performance photovoltaic system at its Platteville site in
Mondelēz International has announced a new commitment to make all packaging recyclable and provide recycling information by 2025. The company will work in partnerships so that packaging can be collected
AB InBev is opening a new automated warehouse with space to store 23 million pints of beer at its largest
Britvic has announced that from October 2018, every Britvic manufacturing site in Great Britain, from its offices to warehouses and
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe has announced a set of EU-wide ambitions to make the sector’s plastic packaging more sustainable. The
Kellogg Company has again been named to the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American indices (DJSI World/DJSI North American) of
English Rugby Union champions Saracens are adding their considerable weight and sense of fun to Harrogate Water’s recycling message. Saracens
Exhibitors and speakers hailed Packaging Innovations, Luxury Packaging and ADF London’s return to London Olympia this September a huge success,
Nespresso has announced a long-term investment plan to help revive Zimbabwe’s coffee industry and stimulate the rural economy. The company
Carlsberg has announced a series of ground-breaking innovations including its new Snap Pack, which is set to reduce plastic waste
Bakkafrost has underlined the growing importance to the UK market of its expanding salmon farming operation, the largest in the
New green recycling messaging on PET bottles heralds Harrogate Spring’s industry-leading switch to recycled content. All PET bottles of Harrogate
Mondelēz International has reported important progress against its 2020 impact goals in its 2017 Impact For Growth Progress Report. The report details
More than half of consumers in the UK and a third in the US are in favour of a tax
Lorien Engineering Solutions, a division of GP Strategies, is working with soft drinks provider Britvic to help install new state-of-the-art
These days, more and more skin packs are conquering the retail shelves around the world. The advantages of the skin
Food waste is an issue that affects everyone, whether at home or at work. It is also a particular concern
Perfect Automation has expanded its sustainable packaging range, made from sustainable sources, including eucalyptus trees, which is fully home compostable
With the launch of the UK Plastics Pact to address the impact plastic waste is having on the environment, retailers
Ireland’s only completely paper-free compostable cup has been launched by Zeus, the Irish global packaging solutions company. Unlike other compostable
Tetra Pak now obtains half of its global electricity supply from renewable sources, putting the company firmly on course to meet
Nestlé, the world’s largest food and drink company, has opened a new wind farm at Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway,
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, TD (pictured above left), has officially opened AllinAll Ingredient’s new state-of-the-art manufacturing and Research and Development
Mondelēz International has announced its ambition to expand the Harmony program, the company’s sustainable wheat sourcing initiative, to cover 100
Responding to the rapid need for food factories to use sustainable packaging materials, Ilapak UK has successfully adapted one of
Unilever has revealed its fourth consecutive year of growth for its ‘sustainable living’ brands, which grew 46% faster than the
Irish and international food group Dawn Meats has been awarded the McDonald’s Global “Scale for Good” Award. This Global award
BasePower, an award-winning provider of on-site power plants for the food and industrial sectors, has announced a 9 year Power
Nestlé Waters has announced a SFr25 million (€21 million) modernisation of its bottling site at Henniez, Switzerland. The investment will
Faerch Plast UK, one of the leading manufacturers of plastic packaging for the food industry, has signed up to the UK
The well-established plastic packaging manufacturer Measom Freer is proud to announce it has achieved the BSI ISO 14001:2015 Certificate in
The European Commission has announced €22 million in funding for a new bio-economy research project to be led by Glanbia
It’s one of the world’s favourite food exports and it’s important to keep the whisky flowing at all times. As
ABP Food Group’s Renewables Division, Olleco, has announced the acquisition of an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at Westcott Park, Buckinghamshire
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