The purpose of the GSC program is to substantially reduce the environmental impacts (waste, water use, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions) of grocery stores, consumers and entire supply chains.
November 2, 2016
Hannaford Supermarkets, Scarborough, Maine, is said to be the first retail food chain nationwide to use Manomet’s Grocery Stewardship Certification (GSC) program to benchmark its annual sustainability progress.
The oxy-PFBC process generates electricity and heat with zero emissions by economically capturing greenhouse gases created by biomass and fossil fuel combustion.
October 19, 2016
Gas Technology Institute (GTI), Des Plaines, Ill., and NRCan/CanmetENERGY-Ottawa, Canada, unveiled the new oxy-fired pressurized fluidized bed combustion (oxy-PFBC) pilot test facility at CanmetENERGY-Ottawa.
According to the “2016 Food & Health Survey,” about one-third of Americans (30%) say that they “don’t create any food waste.”
October 14, 2016
According to a survey by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation, Washington, D.C., many Americans are unaware of their own roles in contributing to the problem.
From product design to packaging, every company has the responsibility and the opportunity to make a difference to reduce its environmental footprint, eliminate waste, practice lean business processes and reduce resource consumption.
According to the report, the U.S. government and U.S.-based organizations have taken a number of notable steps over the past year to reduce food loss and waste.
September 22, 2016
A new report assesses the world’s progress toward Target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which calls on all nations to halve food waste and reduce food loss by 2030.