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Manufacturers and retailers have the keys to unlocking a food system that regenerates rather than degrades nature, via circular design. The Big Food Redesign Challenge shows them how.
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Sponsored: Food and beverage use-by dates don’t necessarily indicate something is safe to consume. Scrapping these dates could significantly reduce food waste.
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Sponsored: Food loss and waste has a measurable impact on greenhouse gas emissions; the food and beverage industry has a role to play in reducing both loss and waste.
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Date/Time: November 10, 2020 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT)
The produce industry has long been building resiliency through sustainability strategies. Hear
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Here's how better packaging and labeling can help change throw-away culture.
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New and innovative materials are starting to compete with traditional plastics.
by Karl Deily
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The impacts of losing food across the value chain are massive. Could improving packaging — even if it's plastic — be the answer?
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As You Sow and the NRDC report that companies’ insufficient practices and lack of strong recycling policies are factors in low recycling rates in the United States.
by Robert Kropp
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Look to the ground to find promise for the future — and a massive business opportunity, says 'cradle-to cradle' designer Bill McDonough.
by Joel Makower
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As the FAA prepares rules for drones, these companies are landing serious interest from the likes of Amazon, Boeing, BP and Google.
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Nike, eBay and others led the charge on designing apps and services that helped to drive change over the past year.
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These options promise to be more sustainable than animal-based meats. Is the market ready for cricket flour and stem cell burgers?
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McDonald's and Starbucks stand out at leading examples of what fast food companies should do to lower the impacts of their packaging.
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The first prize from a challenged issued by the Environmental Defense Fund and InnoCentive proposes a simple solution to the problem of pollution from nitrogen-rich farm runoff. It's just one of many little challenges that could add up to big solutions.
by Marc Gunther
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Despite increasing clutter among green labels and products, and an ever-more-worrisome economy, sales of Fair Trade-certified products nearly doubled over last year. What does that say about green consumers?
by Marc Gunther
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New fishing policies in the European Union, the effect of genetically modified salmon breeding in the wild and Lego's new packaging plans are among the stories on our radar this morning.
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These fruits and plants contain cellulose, which can be processed into tiny nano fibers that reinforce plastics used in automotive manufacturing. In addition to its renewable nature, the material is extremely strong and lightweight.
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The Coca-Cola Company today announced a partnership that will license the beverage giant's plant-based packaging to Heinz for use in its ketchup packaging.
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Frito-Lay North America, which has pursued greener manufacturing, transportation and packaging, is launching a major push to reformulate half its products in 2011 so that the snacks are made only with natural ingredients.
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Today, Stonyfield Farm, the organic yogurt company, is unveiling a new packaging solution: A yogurt cup made from corn. It's not the first revolution in yogurt cups, or the first packaging innovation made from corn. But Stonyfield's journey to today is a case study in sustainability, innovation, persistence, and systems thinking that I think is worth sharing.
by Joel Makower
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I, for one, liked the SunChips bag. I wasn’t annoyed by the sound; found it quite endearing, actually. Maybe it’s because, as a marketer, I thought the idea was spot on
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Speakers at last week's Turning the Tide conference in San Francisco highlighted how radical transparency and disruptive innovation are working to transform everything from medicine to buildings.
by Kathy Brozek
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A new fiber derived from the part of hemp plants typically discarded offers numerous environmental and performance benefits over cotton and is being tested by Hanesbrands.<br />
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Quiznos begins its journey down a greener path with today's roll-out of new packaging made from renewable or recycled content that hasn't added any cost to its operations.
by Marc Gunther
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The landmark memorandum of understanding identified a variety of projects that can help the dairy industry achieve those greenhouse gas reduction goals and increase its financial and environmental sustainability.