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Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley teams up with Nestlé and Tetra Pak to inspire collaborative innovation in sustainable packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley, together with Valley partners Nestlé and Tetra Pak, brought together 60+ Swiss and European partners at a nationwide event in Bern this week. The joint project is designed to shine a light on some of the most promising approaches in sustainable packaging materials and drive further innovation through new collaborations. Commenting on the event, Christina Senn-Jakobsen, CEO of Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley, says, “This event showcased the incredible potential of collaborative innovation. The challenges around sustainable packaging cannot be solved in silos. Collaboration between startups,…

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First KitKat using cocoa from the Nestlé Income Accelerator launches in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé has introduced the first KitKat made with cocoa mass from beans grown by farmer families engaged in the company’s income accelerator. This KitKat aims to connect consumers with the farmers in Nestlé’s programme and raise awareness about the sustainability of the cocoa used in the iconic bars. The innovative programme was launched in January 2022 to help close the living income gap of cocoa-farming families and reduce child labour risk. At the same time, it strives to advance better agriculture practices and promote gender equality, empowering women as agents…

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Nestlé introduces Electric HGV trucks on its drive towards net zero

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé UK & Ireland is charging up efforts on its journey towards achieving net zero emissions by introducing two electric HGV trucks to its owned fleet, which makes up part of the transport network it uses in the UK&I. These new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are being tested as a possible way to reduce the company’s carbon footprint in future.  The two Volvo FM Tractor units have a driving range of 120 miles, which is sufficient to travel between several planned distribution points and factories across the UK. As well…

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Nestlé collaborates with GreenGas AD Plant on furthering sustainability commitments

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé Development Centre (NDC) Nutrition, Askeaton, is building further on its commitment to sustainability, through an exciting new partnership that will redirect more than 95% of its dairy processing residue from incineration to anaerobic digestion. Co-located with Wyeth Nutritionals Ltd., the NDC has been working with GreenGas AD Plant, Ireland’s first ever commercial anaerobic digestion plant, since March of this year, as part of its plans to provide an improved and more sustainable solution to the management of by-products created during dairy powder manufacturing. Dairy processing residue created during the…

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Innovation and sustainability vital for hospitality despite cost-of-living crisis – say industry leaders in the latest podcast

Stuart Mitchell

Industry leaders from wholesale, foodservice, catering and hospitality came together to discuss the cost-of-living crisis and its impact on the hospitality industry at the ‘Talking at the Sustainability Bites: Cost of Living Crisis – Foodservice & Hospitality in association with Nestlé Professional’ podcast released today. The podcast hosted by Amy Fetzer, Footprint Head of Research & Analysis, welcomed Katya Simmons, Managing Director for Nestlé Professional UK&I, Morag Freathy, Managing Director of B&I at Compass, Naz Haq, Head of Corporate Procurement at Bidfood UK, and Nick Attfield, Director of Hospitality &…

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