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Origami cranes: Nestlé Japan to switch out plastic for paper on KitKats
Date: 2019-09-05 08:50:54
Nestlé Japan is replacing the plastic wrapping on its KitKat candy bars with paper in a bid to become one step closer to its commitment of 100 percent recyclable or...
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Penny To Introduce Traceable Pineapples And Organic Bananas
Date: 2019-08-21 08:30:22
German discounter Penny has announced that it is to add QR codes to pineapples and organic bananas to provide additional supply chain information to shoppers. The QR codes will lead...
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Portugal Introduces Incentive System For Plastic Bottles
Date: 2019-08-09 08:30:52
Portuguese consumers will receive between two cent and five cent for each plastic bottle they return for recycling at supermarkets or hypermarkets, under a new scheme. The move forms part...
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Sustainability developments: dm and Rossmann
Date: 2019-08-02 08:10:08
German-based drugstore operators dm and Rossmann, along with clothing retailer Globus, launch information campaign on waste separation and waste reduction on behalf of the Recyclate Forum. On 25th July, German-based...
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Coop Switzerland Replaces Plastic Tableware With Palm-Leaf Alternative
Date: 2019-07-05 08:30:28
Coop Switzerland has introduced palm-leaf tableware and paper straws in 900 outlets in the country in a bid to reduce the use of plastics. The palm-leaf bowls and dishes are...
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Carrefour Italia Increases Range Of MSC-Certified Products
Date: 2019-07-01 08:30:35
Carrefour Italia has increased the number of MSC-certified seafood products that it offers to 19. The retailer is planning to increase its assortment of sustainable seafood products in 2019, with...
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Bel Group Renews Partnership With WWF For Sustainable Dairy Farming
Date: 2019-06-19 08:30:09
Bel Group, the maker of Babybel cheese, has announced that it has renewed its partnership with WWF France for a period of three years. The partnership will enable the organisations...
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More than Half of Consumers Would Pay More for Sustainable Products Designed to Be Reused or Recycled,
Date: 2019-06-14 09:48:15
More than half of consumers said they would pay more for sustainable products designed to be reused or recycled, according to results of a survey from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The...
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Startups Present Sustainable Packaging Concepts To Aldi Nord, Aldi Süd
Date: 2019-06-13 08:50:58
Seven startups have presented sustainable packaging concepts to Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd, following a campaign in association with accelerator TechFounders. In January, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd announced their...
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Barilla launches 100-percent sustainable wheat biscuit
Date: 2019-05-15 15:49:01
In April Italian food company Barilla launched a range of biscuits made entirely of sustainable wheat. As part of the Buongrano line of Mulino Bianco, the biscuits are made in the...
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The Body Shop launches plastic recycling initiative
Date: 2019-05-14 08:30:28
Portrait of a female waste-picker made from 1,500 recycled plastic items hand-collected by waste-pickers in Bengaluru, India. Beauty and body care retailer The Body Shop is stepping up its sustainability...
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IKEA pledges to use only renewable and recycled materials by 2030
Date: 2019-05-13 08:30:28
IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture retailer, plans to use only renewable and recycled materials in its products by 2030. Currently, 60 percent of the IKEA range is based on renewable...
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Mondelēz To Secure Cocoa Needs Through Cocoa Life Program By 2025
Date: 2019-05-09 11:50:18
Mondelēz International has announced its commitment that, by 2025, the Cocoa Life sustainability programme will deliver 100% of the cocoa volume needed for the company’s chocolate brands. The news follows...
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Soft drinks makers combine for new recycling initiative
Date: 2019-05-07 11:30:21
Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe join consortium founded by Carbios, a green chemistry organisation and L’Oréal that aims to support the circular plastics economy and promote...
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Discounter Penny Introduces Reusable Nets for Fruit And Vegetables
Date: 2019-05-01 11:50:51
German discounter Penny is trialling two different variants of reusable ‘nets’ for fruit and vegetable products, in order to reduce the amount of packaging used. The test will last for...
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Flexible packaging for the circular economy: Huhtamaki launches blueloop
Date: 2019-05-01 11:10:52
Global food and drink packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki has launched blueloop, a new range of recyclable, flexible packaging made of mono-material PP, PE and paper. The new range builds on the...
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Lidl Bids To Become Germany’s ‘Most Sustainable Discounter’
Date: 2019-04-29 11:50:30
Lidl has set itself the goal of becoming the most sustainable discounter in Germany, by meeting its consumers’ demand for more organic products. Furthermore, the company supports the goal of...
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Metro grocery stores to permit reusable containers in effort to cut waste
Date: 2019-04-17 11:30:19
Metro grocery chain will allow customers across Quebec to bring reusable containers for the purchase of fresh products, facing increasing consumer concern about single-use plastics. The grocery and drug store company announced Monday that beginning April 22, customers will be...
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Starbucks investing in regional solar farms to support stores
Date: 2019-04-17 11:10:59
Starbucks Coffee Company is upping its investments in renewable energy via a new model. The café giant developed two solar farms which provide enough energy for the equivalent of 360...
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Woolworths becomes first supermarket globally to issue ‘green bonds’
Date: 2019-04-15 11:10:07
Woolworths is taking steps to reduce its impact on the environment by becoming the first supermarket globally, and first retailer in Australia to issue Certified Green Bonds. The Bonds, certified...
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REWE Replaces Plastic Straws With Straws Made Of Steel
Date: 2019-04-11 11:30:06
Germany’s REWE Group has announced it is to sell steel drinking straws in its straws, to replace ‘unsustainable’ plastic straws. Plastic straws are used for only a few minutes and...
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H&M to tell customers exactly where their clothes were made
Date: 2019-04-09 11:00:29
H&M announced it will add more information to its products on its website later this month as part of a move to create greater product transparency. Swedish fast fashion retailer...
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Lidl Belgium To Sell Only Fairtrade-Certified Bananas
Date: 2019-04-08 11:50:38
Lidl Belgium has announced that it will only offer Fairtrade-certified bananas in its stores from the middle of this year. The move will enable the retailer to ensure that around...
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Mars Wrigley Launch Cocoa For Generations Sustainably Strategy
Date: 2019-03-27 10:46:11
Cocoa for Generations is Mars Wrigley Confectionery U.S., LLC’s new sustainability program, which is backed by a $1 billion, 10-year investment with the hopes of creating a path for cocoa...
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