Thermo King announced that it will invest more than $100 million over the next three years to deliver a fully electric product in every segment of the cold chain by 2023.
Bonduelle Fresh Americas, home of Ready Pac Foods, announced that it has joined Walmart in the groundbreaking "10x20x30" initiative to root out food loss and waste from the supply chain. 10x20x30 is led by Walmart and more than 10 of the world's biggest food retailers and providers, each having committed to engage at least 20 suppliers in a "whole supply chain" approach to cutting food loss and waste in half by 2030. Bonduelle Fresh Americas supplies Walmart with Ready Pac Foods Bistro Bowl Salads and salad kits.
From renewable natural gas infrastructure to improving zero-waste-to-landfill standard, find out how Smithfield Foods is in position to meet its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2025.
Labor and human rights was the highest-scoring theme out the four assessment areas.
November 5, 2019
The third edition of the Global CSR Risk and Performance Index offers key insights on supply chain sustainability performance of more than 30,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis, Paris, in 2016-2018.
The FWRA represents three major sectors of the supply chain—food manufacturing, retail and restaurant and foodservice.
October 31, 2019
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Washington, D.C., announced a new partnership with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA), Arlington, Va., to formalize industry education and outreach efforts.
Green Rabbit’s proprietary supply chain technology automates the entire distribution, fulfillment and delivery process.
October 29, 2019
Green Rabbit, Braintree, Mass., secured a $31 million minority investment from Guidepost Growth Equity, Boston, to add talent to its workforce and further develop its supply chain automation capabilities.
The assessment will help identify if there is risk in the company’s sourcing origins, focusing on commodities such as cattle, palm oil, soy, timber, pulp and paper.
October 29, 2019
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., partnered with Proforest, UK, to conduct a deforestation risk assessment across its global agriculture supply chain.
NATIVE’s mission is to democratize agricultural data and enable market transparency by integrating cloud-based technology throughout food supply chains.
October 8, 2019
NATIVE AGTECH, New York, partnered with AgSquared, Washington, D.C., to provide AgSquared’s farm planning and management software users with access to NATIVE’s seed-to-sale technology.