Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., honored several of its facilities and employees for their successful sustainability efforts through a number of innovative environmental projects during fiscal year 2013.
Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., launched the Green Express, an eco-friendly train that will transport Algida ice creams from its factory near Naples 700 kilometers to the logistics hub in Parma, taking 3,500 trucks off the road each year, equating to an annual CO₂ saving of 2,600 tons.
As part of its commitment to operating responsible supply chains, Cargill, Minneapolis, announced a new assessment tool to help food and beverage customers achieve their growth, cost reduction and risk mitigation goals.
At Ready Pac Foods, Inc., their environmental efforts have made an impact because they’ve been executed across multiple areas of their business—from facilities and energy usage to associate incentive programs.
Veritable Vegetable partnered with Borrego Solar Systems, Oakland, Calif., in 2009 to install 560 solar panels on its 25,000-square-foot warehouse facility in San Francisco.
INSIGHT, Inc.,Manassas, Va., released Version 4.6 of SAILS and Insight Enterprise Optimizer (IEO), the industry reference standards for strategic supply chain design.
Several refrigerated and frozen food processors, suppliers and cold storage and warehouse providers beat the heat for this year’s Food Logistics Forum.
