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Friday, September 30th, 2011Soy Health Benefits
Friday, September 30th, 2011Test you knowledge on the health benefits of soy and soyfood products.
Please go to Soy Health Benefits to view the quizKraft Foods Expands Sustainability Goals
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Kraft Foods recently announced the addition of transportation and agriculture commodities to its sustainability goals for the 2010-2015 timeframe.1 Kraft plans to increase sustainable sourcing of agriculture commodities 25 percent by the year 2015, a commitment that reflects a current trend in the food and beverage industry to focus on supplier sustainability.1
Along with its commitment to sustainable agriculture commodity sourcing, Kraft Foods also plans to reduce energy-related emissions, water consumption and waste at its manufacturing plants by 15 percent.1
A company’s sustainability mission can take many different directions. However, it is important to recognize the connection between sustainability and the supply chain. Leveraging supply chain innovation can affect sustainable product design and manufacturing, leading to environmentally conscious products and processes.
Kraft Foods is on the right track by focusing on sustainability sourcing. How is your company integrating sustainability into its supply chain?
Waste Footprint and Sustainable Suppliers
Thursday, September 15th, 2011It is important to have conversations with your suppliers in order to learn about their sustainability efforts, as well as to find information on how their products align with your company’s sustainability priorities. There are several sustainability issues relevant to products in any industry. One of those is waste footprint.
A waste footprint is the amount of waste produced by sourcing ingredients and materials, manufacturing and processing, and transportation.1 A supplier can reduce the amount of waste it produces, and it can also take steps to reduce the amount of waste produced by the consumer.
First, suppliers can reduce the amount of packaging they use, which cuts down the amount of waste disposed by consumers. Suppliers can also design packaging to lower the chance that foods goes bad.1 There are a variety of ways for companies to address their waste footprint. The important thing is to ask questions and find out what your suppliers are doing.
1http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2010/06/09/sainsburys-tests-new-technology-trim-food-waste
Campbell Soup Company Sets Updated Sustainability Goals
Friday, September 9th, 2011Campbell Soup Co. recently released an update to its corporate social responsibility report outlining steps it has taken in CSR and identifying the goals it has set to achieve by 2020.
Among its CSR Corporate Imperative 2020 Destination Goals, are to cut the environmental footprint of its product portfolio in half as measured by water use and CO2 emissions per ton of product produced.
This destination goal has a series of supporting goals which include:
- Reducing energy use by 35% per ton of product produced and sourcing 40% of the energy used by the company from renewable or alternative energy sources;
- Recycling 95% of waste generated on a global basis;
- Eliminating 100 million pounds of packaging from Campbell products;
- Delivering 100% of global packaging from sustainable materials (renewable, recyclable, or from recycled content);
- Reducing water use by 20% and energy use by 30% per ton in its top five agricultural ingredients.
Campbell Soup Company approaches CSR with a four-pronged, “nourishing” approach. Not only is it “Nourishing Our Planet” by cutting the environmental footprint of its product portfolio in half, as measured by water use and CO2 emissions per product, its other initiatives include “nourishing” customers, neighbors and employees.
It plans to do this by increasing the nutrition and wellness profile of its products, achieving 100% employee engagement in CSR and sustainability and by “measurably improving the health of young people in their hometown communities by reducing hunger and childhood obesity by 50%.”
Integrating sustainability into the entire company and community creates a framework where all stakeholders become aware of corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives and presumably will consider those when making purchasing decisions.
How are your employees engaged in sustainability?
1http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/csr/pdfs/Campbells_2011_CSR_Report.pdf
