Month: August 2023

Fairtrade launches Communities Scheme to mobilise grassroots campaigners for trade justice

Stuart Mitchell

The Fairtrade Foundation has launched a new-look Fairtrade Communities scheme designed to mobilise and resource grassroots campaigners across the UK to stand up for trade justice. Launched this month, the scheme will simplify the processes involved in becoming a Fairtrade Community. It aims to widen participation across all avenues of Fairtrade campaigning by making applications for Fairtrade Community status more accessible than ever. Since the world’s first Fairtrade Town was announced in 2002, more than 650 Fairtrade Communities have emerged nationwide. These include Fairtrade Towns, Cities, Islands, Villages, Boroughs, Counties…

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Waitrose says ‘no compromise’ on animal welfare in latest ad campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The latest campaign from Waitrose highlights the ‘no compromise’ commitment as the no.1  supermarket on animal welfare.  The series of ads – which are part of our Food to Feel Good About Campaign – will feature across TV, cinema, poster and digital screens from 7 July.  The campaign spells out our industry leading credentials on welfare and throws down the gauntlet to other retailers who are prepared to accept lower standards. While others have focused welfare around meat and dairy aisles, this latest series of ads will also set out…

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Tetra Pak accelerates solutions to reduce food loss in production

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak is expanding its services to boost efficiency for food and beverage producers. The aim is to reduce loss in food production, from raw material to water usage and waste disposal. This comes as the company has been recognised by Kepner Tregoe with an award for Excellence. The recognition is for implementing problem solving methods in food packaging manufacturing. Part of the broader problem facing the food supply chain is loss. Across the globe1, approximately 14 percent of the world’s food, valued at $400 billion is lost on an…

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Industry receives funding to demonstrate switch to hydrogen

Stuart Mitchell

Global manufacturers Kellogg’s, Essity and Novelis have been selected to receive funding by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero to undertake demonstrations in which they will switch their fuel to hydrogen at their North West plants. This will enable the three companies to demonstrate that they can reduce their carbon footprint by using low carbon hydrogen to manufacture their products such as Kellogg’s Cornflakes, Plenty towels, and high quality rolled aluminium products for the automotive market and beverage cans. The programme running the demonstrations, named ‘HyNet Industrial Fuel…

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PepsiCo Selects 10 Hispanic-Owned Food and Beverage Startups to Join the Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos Edition

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo, Inc. recently announced the 10 finalists chosen to participate in the Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow) Edition. For the first time in its history, the program is focused on supporting emerging Hispanic businesses that provide products, services and technology solutions across the food and beverage industry. The finalists represent a diverse range of emerging businesses in the categories of consumer-packaged goods, beverages, market analytics and technology, sustainable packaging solutions, and environmental impact and waste reduction. The 10 Hispanic-owned businesses chosen to participate in this year’s cohort…

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