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U.S. funds for a corn waste ethanol plant, a new U.K. carbon reduction goal that could curb the government's business class flights, and Motorola's plans to source conflict-free minerals from the Congo are among the stories on our radar this morning.
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The sustainable seafood movement landed two big catches this week with an eco-labeling commitment from McDonald's and a pledge from foodservices and facilities giant Sodexo.
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BrightFarms, a New York City-based startup, thinks it has the solution to cross-country grocery supply routes, right above our heads.
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by Marc Gunther
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The company is in the midst of a rollout of a supply chain management project that's based on the one Procter & Gamble developed and released to the public.
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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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Costa Coffee, the Kenco Coffee Company ad Mars Inc. are among the winners of Rainforest Alliance's Sustainability Standard-Setter Awards for 2011.
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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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The cosmetics company has pledged to buy enough GreenPalm certificates to cover all of its global palm oil use.
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An unexpected grocery chain takes the top spot in Greenpeace's rankings that rate stores on sustainable seafood practices.
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Bumble Bee's tuna business, which accounts for more than half of its revenues of close to $1 billion, has a new worry: If the world's fisherman can't agree to intelligently manage capacity, tuna stocks could well be threatened.
by Marc Gunther
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Although sustainability has become firmly planted in the food sector, sustainable food has yet to become the status quo.
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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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The Kellogg Company is using buying power to support, and expand, sustainable palm oil production.
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The company revealed it would stop selling a dozen at-risk species in its wholesale club stores, while also committing to buying canned tuna and farmed species that meet emerging sustainability standards.
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Divine Chocolate says it is the first farmer-owned Fair Trade chocolate brand. About 35 percent of the shares in the U.S. company that produces, markets and distributes Divine Chocolate are owned by the Kuapa Kokoo farmers' cooperative in Ghana, an association of 45,000 small-scale cocoa farmers.
by Marc Gunther
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On the heels of similar long-term targets set by rival Procter & Gamble, the consumer products company aims to double sales while cutting the water, waste and carbon impacts of its products -- and its customers' use of those products -- by 2020.
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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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General Mills became the latest company to declare it would only buy palm oil produced through environmentally and socially responsible means.
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Green means go for shoppers seeking fish caught in the wild in sustainable and responsible ways, in a new project unveiled by the natural foods grocer in partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute.
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Burger King has become the latest company to stop buying palm oil from Sinar Mas, an embattled Indonesian company its critics accuse of deforestation.
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As large, widespread fast food chains have been pressured and prodded to lower the environmental impacts of their businesses, the same has not been asked of independent quick-service cafes and takeout spots, resulting in many offering unhealthy food with little incentive to improve the sustainability of their operations.
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The grocery giant has mandated that all suppliers of fresh, frozen and packaged fish and shellfish must comply with its verification policy by March 31, 2011, or show an action plan to achieve compliance. The company has already begun collecting and evaluating data from its seafood suppliers.
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Sainsbury's has invested in new technology that will allow the retailer to make real-time supply chain decisions to reduce food waste caused by unexpected weather.
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The food service and facilities management giant is moving its 'Better Tomorrow Plan' forward with a global effort to measure the environmental impacts and greening efforts at all of its clients' sites.
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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.