Nestlé partners Ivorian municipality to fight against plastic waste
COTE D’IVOIRE – Nestlé Côte d’Ivoire, a subsidiary of the the Swiss food group Nestlé, …
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CCBSA ups solar power installation in its factories gearing towards sustainably generating 25% energy by 2025
SOUTH AFRICA – Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) aiming to have a quarter of its…
Ethiopia’s beverage bottlers form plastic recycling association forging towards a circular economy
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian soft beverage and water bottling companies have formed an association known as…
Nespresso pledges to make every cup of its coffee to be carbon neutral by 2022
USA – Nespresso, the coffee operating unit of the Nestlé Group has committed to ensure…
Nestlé launches recyclable paper wrappers for Maggi bouillon cubes in France
FRANCE – Maggi, a Nestlé product that has seasonings, instant soups, and noodles has become…
Nigerian Breweries injects US$1.3m in restoration of forest reserve in Ogun State
NIGERIA – Nigerian Breweries Plc has commitment to inject N500 million (US$1.3m) over the next…
PepsiCo’s Naked Juice swaps to 100% recyclable plastic bottles in UK
USA – Naked Juice, subsidiary of PepsiCo has rolled out a new 100% recycled plastic…
Nestlé Waters North America bottling site earns Platinum certification under AWS
USA – Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) has announced that its Ontario, California water bottling site is the first…
Heineken UK launches plastic free cardboard topper to minimize plastic use
UK – Heineken UK has rolled out its 100% plastic-free cardboard topper on its Heineken, Foster’s and Kronenbourg 1664…
Unilever ranks No.1 for sustainability leadership, tenth year in a row
NETHERLANDS – Global consumer goods company, Unilever has been recognised as the No. 1 corporate…
Beyond Meat partners with EVERFI launching virtual sustainable course targeting 5th – 8th graders
USA – US plant-based meat producer, Beyond Meat has announced that it is collaborating with…
Kenya launches Inter-sectoral forum on Agro-biodiversity and Agro-ecology promoting sustainable agriculture
KENYA – Kenya has launched an Inter-sectoral Forum on Agro-biodiversity and Agro-ecology (ISFAA) to promote…
Diageo aces its 2015-2020 sustainability and responsibility goals with myriad of achievements
UK – Global beverage company, Diageo has announced the successful conclusion and achievement of its…
Debt fund EBF II secures US$10m from FMO for contribution of biodiversity conservation
AFRICA – FMO, a Dutch development bank, has approved the commitment of US$10 million in senior…
Cargill targets to restore 600 billion liters of water by 2030
USA – Food and agribusiness giant Cargill has stipulated a series of initiatives that will…
McDonald’s launches its new restaurant with renewable energy onsite to cover its energy needs
USA – McDonald’s, a fast food company, has completed construction of a first-of-its-kind Net Zero Energy restaurant designed to create…
Diageo unveils 100% plastic free paper-based spirits bottle to debut with Johnnie Walker
UK– British multinational alcoholic beverages company, Diageo has created the world’s first ever 100% plastic…
Cargill expands renewable energy portfolio with 10 new projects keeping to climate change commitment
USA – Multinational agribusiness company, Cargill has announced ten new global renewable energy projects, expanding…
FAO, Rabobank form sustainable food systems partnership
AFRICA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a…
Dairy cooperatives Darigold and NDA announce carbon neutrality goal
USA – Darigold Inc. and the Northwest Dairy Association (NDA), an American dairy agricultural marketing cooperative, have…
Food products company Danone receives carbon neutral certification
IRELAND – Danone, a multinational food-products corporation, has announced that it has received carbon neutral certification for its…
Diageo inches closer to achieving net-zero carbon emissions with new distillery
USA – Global beverage leader Diageo has announced that its new US$130m Kentucky whiskey distillery,…
Amazon launches US$2bn climate venture investment program
USA – Global retail and e-commerce giant, Amazon has launched ‘The Climate Pledge Fund’ to…
Olam secures US$250 million sustainability-linked financing deal
SINGAPORE – Food and agri-business company, Olam International, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Olam Treasury…