This report focuses on the actions and responsibilities of four of the world’s biggest plastic polluters: CocaCola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever. These companies continue to sell billions of products in single-use bottles, sachets and packets in developing countries. And they do this despite knowing that: 1) waste isn’t properly managed …
The results of the test, conducted in February-March this year, and reviewed by The Indian Express, also show a significant increase in leaching with the rise in room temperature. A government study has found five different toxins — heavy metals antimony, lead, chromium and cadmium and the compound DEHP or …
Bottled water is growing much faster than carbonated drinks in India, mirroring a global trend as consumers go off sugary beverages, said researcher Euromonitor. Packaged water grew 23-25% in year to March, more than twice the rate at which sodas grew. In the current year, bottled water sales in the …
A two-month NGO investigation into palm oil giant Indofood's plantations reveal numerous worker and human rights abuses. PepsiCo, which has licensed out its brand to Indofood in Indonesia, said it was taking steps to address the findings. Indofood is an arm of the Salim Group and one of the world's …
Soft drink giant PepsiCo’s plant in Puthussery will be served a memo by the village panchayat to stop drawing groundwater, in view of severe drought-like situation and drinking water scarcity in the district. The Puthussery village panchayat's administrative committee during its meeting on Monday decided in principle to serve the …
Some of the world’s largest consumer companies are clueless as to whether palm oil they buy from Indonesia is linked to rainforest destruction, new analysis from Greenpeace shows. The environmental group surveyed 14 companies including multinationals such as PepsiCo, Mars and Unilever, and found that none could confidently claim that …
As we finish using an aesthetically designed tube of toothpaste, face wash or face wash, thousands of microbeads and microplastics would have mixed with the water systems, thereby causing serious environmental damage. More than 455 billion plastic microbe ads and 749 billion microplastics have been released into the Indian ocean …
An open letter, originally released at the beginning of October, has been signed by CEOs and chief executives from Mars, Nestlé and Unilever’s Paul Polman and, as of today (26 November), 11 other businesses. Together, the signatories pledge to boost their own sustainability efforts in order to increase carbon reduction …
PepsiCo has stepped up work on reducing salt and sugar in the beverages and snacks it sells in India amid growing public concern over high levels of some ingredients in packaged foods available in stores. The US-headquartered food and beverage giant is likely to roll out the refined products ahead …
Maggi brand has been under the regulatory scanner due to allegations that the product contains higher than permissible levels of lead and traces of monosodium glutamate (MSG). The Maggi controversy is likely to be a stepping stone in the evolution of country’s packaged and processed food industry, which could result …
Businesses are often urged to adhere to tougher green standards. But on Monday, 16 companies rallied together with investors and NGOs to call for more oversight for palm oil production, which is a huge contributor to deforestation. Big-name companies such as food and beverage multinational PepsiCo, retail giant Walmart and …
A leaked mail from the In ternational Food and Beverages Alliance (IFBA) has revealed the hectic lobbying by this alliance of the world's largest food and beverage companies to influence the framing of rules on the World Health Organization's (WHO) engagement with the private sector. Ever since the WHO started …
The EPA’s Clean Power Plant might be the only hope the US has to make a real dent in the climate change battle. So why aren’t more companies onboard? Many environmental groups consider the Obama administration’s plan to regulate carbon-spewing coal plants, which aims to cut carbon pollution by 30%, …
A new system to monitor drinking water supplies from source to household tap is to be set up to guarantee safety amid growing public concern over deteriorating quality. Details will be included in the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan, an initiative that will be launched soon to regulate …
An investigation by The BMJ has uncovered evidence of the extraordinary extent to which key public health experts are involved with the sugar industry and related companies responsible for many of the products blamed for the obesity crisis through research grants, consultancy fees, and other forms of funding. Original Source
Doritos parent company PepsiCo has fired back at an environmental campaign which attacked the snack brand's 'destruction of rainforests' and 'unsustainable use of palm oil'. Launched yesterday (13 January) by consumer group SumOfUs, the campaign features posters on UK buses and an online video backed by a 'five-figure ad-buy'. But …
Coca-Cola, Google and Nike are among a coalition of some of the world's biggest companies that are sponsoring a global digital platform which aims to drive behaviour change among millennials by making more sustainable living 'the new normal'. 'Collectively' is a new non-profit editorial platform launched today (7 October) by …
A coalition of otherwise rival global corporations on Tuesday will announce they have jointly created a digital platform for young people to take action against climate change. Many of the 29 partners behind Collectively.org are fierce competitors – such as drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, consumer goods companies Unilever and …
Ingersoll-Rand, the Dublin-based manufacturing group, plans to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which can have a much more powerful global warming effect than carbon dioxide, by 2030. The move comes as pressure is growing for the refrigeration and air conditioning industries to stop using such chemicals because their impact on the …
Opponents of mandatory labeling for foods made with genetically modified organisms spent more than $27 million in the first six months of this year on GMO-related lobbying, roughly three times their spending in all of 2013, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and major food …
India has urged PepsiCo, the US-based drink and snack-food company, to reduce the sugar content in its carbonated beverages, making it the latest country to formally express concern about the impact of growing fizzy drink consumption on the health of its citizens. The suggestion to Pepsi came in a meeting …
