Yes…of course! The questions How! The issues we are currently facing in the food industry are complex and geographically diverse. If we zoom in on the food challenges we have in the world we can see the following: – Unbalanced. we have more than 1 billion hungry people […]
We can feed landfills or we can feed people. What side do you choose? Somehow we keep forgetting a very important finding: We could feed the world with what we grow now, if only we didn’t throw so much away. Canada wastes about $30bn worth of food per […]
$180 Billion Investment in plastic factories feeds global packaging binge. This colossal funding in manufacturing plants by fossil fuel companies will increase plastic production by 40%, risking permanent pollution of the earth. The global plastic binge which is already causing widespread damage to oceans, habitats and food chains, […]
Tech companies have realized that small commitments and efforts to use more renewable energy and reduce their emissions just isn’t good enough anymore. Microsoft has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent by 2030. Back in 2009, Microsoft made it’s first pledge to reduce emissions. At […]
The Idea A number of breweries in northern England are making a craft beer, Toast Ale, by substituting part of the malt it would otherwise have used with leftover bread. The beer was conceptualized to make use of discarded bread in an effort to fight food waste: in Britain, […]
Water is a major risk to business and 2016 and 2017 brought accelerated adoption of the kind of water management strategies and goals that were most needed. Given the severity of water risks globally, corporate water goals are an essential component of high-impact sustainability goal-setting. In the last […]
There are a number of trends every year in each industry, so we’ve seen some obvious winners in 2017 that are driving environmental improvements across industries. Here are our top five: Using scale to affect change As various industries face increasing environmental challenges such as sustainable sourcing and […]
Sustainability is a word that continues to be thrown around in businesses of all sizes and in all industries, but what exactly does it mean for the restaurant industry? Imagine a restaurant that runs on 100 percent renewable energy, produces no waste, captures and recycles water, supports and […]
Salesforce, the world’s leading cloud provider, is now operating as a net zero company, 33 years ahead of its plan. How? Through a series of Carbon Offset programs and established partnerships. Sunya Ojure, Senior Manager, Sustainability at Salesforce explained that these partnership work because the partners share our core […]
Of course shopping is already in full progress. To show respect, appreciation and love to our friends and family we exchange gifts. You have most likely heard this before, but it is always a good reminder. 1.Strengthen your local economy Buying locally keeps $0.73 of every dollar in […]
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