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The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: Helene York, global director of Google's foodservice, on global, tech-enabled sustainable food procurement.
by Joel Makower
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Whole Foods, Chipotle and Tyson are taking proactive measures to improve sustainable production models.
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The Real Food Challenge is drumming up support from major companies -- and improving campus food for the better.
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<p style='margin-top:.1pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.1pt;margin-left:0in'>Most do not report carbon emissions, water use or conditions for animals. Yet some are taking the lead using new tools.
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Gain new insight into organics management through conversations with leaders in the field.
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Despite the many differences between the Fortune 500 coffee retailer and the family-owned artisan roaster based in Mendocino, Calif., the two companies are committed to working with growers to source coffee beans as sustainably and ethically as possible.
by Marc Gunther
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In a move to grow the market for Fair Trade products, the longtime head of Fair Trade USA proposes to allow much bigger coffee growers into the certification -- a move that some say runs contrary to the whole purpose of Fair Trade.
by Marc Gunther
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The brewing giant faces stiff competition in Africa from home beer brewers. As the company learned how to make beer from local crops, SABMiller's head of sustainability explains how it's also making its beers more socially and environmentall responsible.
by Marc Gunther
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Portland, Oregon's Bamboo Sushi is powered by wind energy, Marine Stewardship Council-certified, and is singlehandedly proving that sustainable sushi doesn't have to be an oxymoron.
by Marc Gunther
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Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015.
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With 2,500 grocery stores under its wings, Supervalu plans to switch its top 20 seafood products to sustainable sources.
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McDonald's has laid out a long-term plan to move to more sustainable meat, coffee and packaging.
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Sodexo has made a second change to its sustainable seafood plan, now aiming to have all of the fresh and frozen seafood it serves carry a sustainable label.
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The company's latest set of sustainability goals focuses on food and farming, with a focus on sustainable sourcing, educating and improving farmers' lives, cutting food waste, and sourcing more local food.
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Nestle moved aggressively to clean up its palm oil supply chain Monday, following months of heated social media campaigns drawing attention to its supply chain ties to illegal deforestation practices.
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Target has moved up to the number one spot on Greenpeace's supermarket seafood sustainability list as more retailers receive passing scores.<br />
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Healthcare facilities are second only to the food industry in producing waste. Yet in some sectors of the healthcare industry, major players have been slow to go green.
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Trader Joe’s will only sell seafood from sustainable sources by the end of 2012, following a months-long Greenpeace campaign that dubbed the retailer “Traitor Joe.”
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Two awards recently bestowed on companies and organizations around the globe highlight new levels of sustainability for fish and fowl alike.
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A new project from a California college aims to map how far the various ingredients in your taco-truck lunch have traveled to reach your plate.
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In a new scorecard released by the World Wildlife Fund, only one-sixth of companies surveyed show progress toward goals of ending the environmental and ecosystem impacts of conventional palm oil harvesting.
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A top-notch panel on traceability in the supply chain offered a hard look at one of the biggest challenges facing companies, part of a roster of big issues tackled during day two of the 2009 BSR Conference.
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Wal-Mart Stores says it is introducing the Marine Stewardship Council's independent blue eco-label on ten fish products in stories across the United States.
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Food-service company Compass Group USA has announced a major policy to shift its purchases away from threatened fish species and toward sustainably sourced supplies.