Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Unilever has finished first in Ofxam's 'Battle of the Brands' campaign which takes a look at the agricultural sourcing policies of the top 10 food and beverage companies. Firms are given a score out of 10 on seven indicators including climate, land and water. Unilever topped the list thanks to …
A group of large companies, mainly in the food sector, have promised to reduce their role in the destruction of the world's forests, and a new online portal launched on Wednesday aims to hold them to their word. Some of the biggest names in global food production, processing and retailing, …
Nestlé has today released its Creating Shared Value Report 2014, revealing it to have hit several key sustainability targets two years early. The global nutrition, health and wellness company has already achieved its target to reduce direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per tonne of product by 35% on 2005 baseline, …
KFC, the world's largest chain of fried chicken restaurants, may face pressure from consumer and environmental groups to change how its poultry are raised after McDonald's Corp said it would switch to chicken raised without human antibiotics. McDonald's will phase out chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human …
Order of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/02/2015 regarding ban on junk food and carbonated drinks in schools and initiation of measurs to develop a comprehensive school canteen policy with …
The United States is missing out on $11.4bn in potential recycling revenue, largely contributed to by only recycling 14% of plastic packaging. That's according to a new report - Waste and Opportunity 2015: Environmental Progress and Challenges in Food, Beverage, and Consumer Goods Packaging - published by As You Sow …
Food and drink manufacturers have achieved their target for reducing their carbon dioxide emissions by 35%, way ahead of the 2020 deadline set by the Food and Drink Federation's Five-fold Environmental Ambition. So says the FDF Five-fold Environmental Ambition progress report 2014 which was published today and outlines major improvements …
China’s booming aquaculture industry is increasingly dependent on fishmeal made from wild-caught fish, a practice that depletes wild fish stocks. A new study conducted by institutions including Leiden University and Stanford offers a more sustainable path. The study appeared in the journal Science on 9 January. The researchers propose recycling …
After relaxing land rules to enable investors to buy plots offered by the industrial department, Himachal Pradesh will now speed up industrial proposals by reducing the project clearance time-frame to 30 days. “We are going to reduce as much as we can the period for granting of all clearances from …
Advance biochar production technique, hydrothermal carbonization (HTC, wet pyrolysis) offers an option to tap the benefits of biomass residues of food industry characterized by high moisture and low calorific value. HTC is more energy efficient due to its low temperature operationsand higher biochar recovery rates (up to 90%).
Every drop of palm oil used by Unilever PLC’s European food business, in products from Magnum ice cream to I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spreads, will come from sustainable sources by the end of 2014, the company said Wednesday. The declaration marks a step toward Unilever fulfilling its pledge …
Strict management and warm hospitality are distinctive characteristics of Japan The AJINOMOTO Group is a global Japanese food company offering great varieties of seasonings and processed food products in 130 countries and regions worldwide. Its Vietnamese subsidiary, Ajinomoto Vietnam, manufactures UMAMI seasoning - 'AJI-NO-MOTO" at Bein Hao factory in Dong …
A majority of US packaged foods labeled as “natural” and tested by Consumer Reports actually contained a substantial level of genetically modified ingredients, according to a report issued Tuesday by the non-profit product testing group. Consumers are being misled by the “natural” label, said Urvashi Rangan, executive director of Consumer …
The Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) has launched a 'Working on Waste' campaign to bring UK food and grocery companies together to help their employees reduce household food waste. In partnership with WRAP, IGD will use the campaign to drive the awareness and engagement among around 650,000 employees across 107 …
Multinational food and beverage company Nestlé has teamed up with a number of organisations and made a host of new CSR commitments to help accelerate its sustainability strategy. At this week's UN Climate Summit in New York, the company endorsed one of the world's largest coalition on climate issues - …
Swiss corporate giant Nestle pledged broad new animal welfare standards for its worldwide suppliers Thursday, becoming the latest major food company looking to limit some of the harmful effects of its global footprint. The move — described by animal rights groups as the most sweeping food company action to date …
Campaigns don’t need to be an all-dancing, all-singing affair to be a success. Over the last 18 months, over 640,000 people have spoken up as part of Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign, asking the 10 biggest food and drink companies to do more to tackle gender inequality, land grabbing and …
Farmers, horticulturalists, agricultural officials and scientists are optimistic about the proposed Rs 1,000 crore funding by the World Bank for the horticultural post-harvest modernisation project. According to sources, a World Bank team headed by consultants Mani Pathy and A Srivastva held a series of consultation with farmers, government officials and …
Adoption of an integrated approach to facilitate development of an agriculture and food processing industry in Uttarakhand can create 320,000 additional employment opportunities. In five years, about 30,000 direct and about 290,000 indirect jobs could be generated, said a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. …
Uttarakhand has a thriving hotel industry, but there is only one food sample testing laboratory in all of the 13 districts of the state. The Food and Drug Testing Laboratory at Rudrapur caters to nearly 65,000 food business operators (FBO) in the state. As Union health minister Harsh Vardhan recently …
