McDonald's, Chicago, announced its commitment to energy efficiency and renewable energy with a large-scale virtual power purchase agreement.

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business (CSB), New York, and IRI, Chicago, launched a new Sustainable Market Share Index, an in-depth analysis of consumer purchases of products marketed for their sustainable attributes.

Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass., and more than 1,700 independent scientists penned the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity,” which called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned that “a great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required if vast human misery is to be avoided.”

Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Canada, announced a step forward on its sustainability journey, as it becomes what is said to be the first major food company in the world to be carbon neutral.

Registrar Corp., Hampton, Va., acquired K Squared International, LLC, Washington, D.C., and Registration and Licensing Systems, Inc. (RLS).

Calgary Co-op, Canada, acquired the retail business of Community Natural Foods, Canada.

Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, published its 2019 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, documenting the company’s progress toward the 2025 goals established in 2018.

More and more consumers are visiting shopping centers with supermarkets as the main store and stores not part of a shopping center or mall, according to a survey conducted by UBS, Switzerland.

Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, opened a new, expanded sales and service center in Springfield, Mo., to help Crown meet growing customer needs in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas, including Springfield, Joplin, Branson and Lebanon.

Wefarm, UK, raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by True Ventures, Palo Alto, Calif., to further scale its network of 1.9 million farmers.