A number of innovative bio-technologies are on the market today that offer highly effective alternatives to traditional chemical formulas, proving that products don't need to be toxic to be effective. Case in point are silver-based technologies.
When a meat-based entrée is being served and people are offered a vegetarian alternative, about 5 to 10 percent will request it. But what if the choices were reversed?
The company's 2009 sustainability report shows that not only has the company passed the half-way point on its goals, but that its reductions are picking up speed year over year.
Kraft Foods vowed to increase the amount of Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa beans ten-fold to 30,000 tons by late 2012, to be used in two premium chocolate brands sold in the European and North American markets.
Sodexo helped National Geographic cut water consumption in its cafeteria by 18 percent between 2006 and 2009, it said in its latest citizenship report. Meanwhile, Sodexo cut waste at Communications by 80 percent by recycling or composting all paper, cardboard, food products and plastics used in the company's cafeteria.
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.
The University of California has stepped up its sustainability systemwide by setting higher green standards for food service operations and building throughout its 10 campuses, five medical centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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.
There's a good food revolution brewing. By bringing locally grown, organic, nutritiously rich food to a table near you, the good food revolution can help us tackle larger societal issues, and benefit us all.
Sodexo Inc. is partnering with the nonprofit Net Impact in establishing a new sustainability fellowship program for the integrated food and facilities management services company.
