• Programs Have Cut Manufacturing Waste by 30% in Four Years • Company Now Reuses and Recycles 90% of its Manufacturing Waste • Nine Facilities in North America Send Zero Waste to Landfills Whether...

Whole Foods Market will be the only major retailer in the US to offer Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified, fresh, harpoon-caught swordfish from Nova Scotia this (Northern) summer. This seasonal...

A genetic glitch in some Gala apple trees, which stops cells from dividing, has been found to result in apples which are almost double the size of their normal counterparts. Peter Hirst, a Purdue University...

SABMiller announces that its global brewing technical team has developed innovative technology which dramatically reduces the energy input required in the boiling process within its breweries. The new...

Soft drinks in the United States are trending back towards sugar, with the recent announcement by The Dr Pepper Snapple Group that it will switch Dr Pepper back to sugar from high-fructose corn syrup,...

Last Friday (2/7/10) Unilever published its sustainable paper and board packaging sourcing policy as part of its commitment to double the size of the business while reducing its environmental impact. The...

Tate & Lyle announced last night it has signed an agreement for the sale of its EU Sugar Refining operations to American Sugar Refining. The consideration is £211 million payable in cash. On 27...

Nestlé announced yesterday that it will invest CHF 40 million (A$44.6 million) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DRC, over the next three years. The Democratic Republic of the...

Organic bodies around the world need to work together more closely to promote the environmental benefits of sustainable farming, the departing director of the UK’s Soil Association said yesterday...

Researchers at Purdue University have extended the shelf life of tomatoes by adding a gene from yeast, slowing aging and delaying microbial decay in tomatoes. “We can inhibit the aging of plants...