Published: Dec 20, 2012 By: Foodmate team

A growing body of evidence suggests tackling food waste could help resolve many of the sustainability challenges faced by the food industry.

Published: Dec 19, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The US Carton Council has targeted 50% recycling access for households by 2020 to recycle the packaging after the rate grew more than 100% in three years.

Published: Dec 12, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has urged greater use of neglected traditional grains, saying that there is global overreliance on just a handful of staple foods.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

ThaiNamthip, Coca-Cola's bottling partner in Thailand, and Laos-based PT Construction plan to form a joint venture (JV) and invest $40m over the next five years to bottle and distribute Coca-Cola beverages in Laos.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg+

DuPont has launched a new range of enzymes that it claims keeps cakes fresher for longer.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Wakefern Food, Keasbey. New Jersey, USA, and NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, Wall, N.J., are working on installation of a rooftop solar system at the Wakefern refrigerated distribution center in Keasbey.

Published: Nov 15, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Hofseth BioCare's fish oil and protein processing facility has received Friend of the Sea sustainability certification, the company announced today.

Published: Nov 14, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Sustainable development is one of the trade marks of Bonduelle, world leader for tinned vegetables.

Published: Nov 09, 2012

The prices of many foods have risen considerably over the past several years, thanks to factors ranging from bad weather, pro-corn ethanol energy policies and greater demand from the developing world.

Published: Nov 09, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Biothane is to supply an Indonesian food and beverage manufacturer with a wastewater treatment system to transform elements of wastewater into biogas.

Published: Nov 02, 2012

Food production accounts for almost a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than twice the amount the United Nations has estimated comes from farming, according to studies published Wednesday, while climate change will require a complete recalibr

Published: Oct 25, 2012

Aluminium recycling firm Novelis has opened a new can recycling and casting centre at its Yeongju plant in South Korea.

Published: Oct 24, 2012

Two years ago, Rien van Geest of Van Geest International in De Lier, Holland became the first company in the region to undertake a large solar panel project.

Published: Oct 15, 2012 By: Richard Vines

Martin Tangney has a vision that combines romantic historical and cultural images of Scotland with a business of the future: He wants to turn the waste from making whisky into fuel for vehicles.

Published: Oct 12, 2012 By: Mike Stones

UK food and drink manufacturers have welcomed “the significant progress” achieved in meeting the supply chain and packaging waste reduction targets set out as part of the Courtauld Commitment.

Published: Oct 11, 2012

UK-based dairy cooperative and processing firm First Milk has launched its sustainability report which outlines its plans to develop a sustainable supply chain.

Published: Oct 11, 2012

Danish beer brewing giant Carlsberg and its Russian subsidiary Baltika Breweries have unveiled plans to spend $32 million on environmental initiatives in Russia.

Published: Oct 05, 2012 By: Sheila Wan

European Bioplastics, the association for the European bioplastics industry, has published a guide on environmental product properties that is available for download online.

Published: Oct 01, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

UK innovation consultancy C-Tech will use a £7 million sustainable manufacturing fund partly to invest in low-energy baking systems.

Published: Sep 26, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Bakery firms can cut costs with a new system that reuses hot gases emitted from ovens to heat and make water for an entire production facility, head of WP Green says.