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Consumer products companies including Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola are emerging as new targets for global activism, with green groups blaming them for fouling the ocean with plastic and activists urging governments to regulate them.
There's a major shake-up happening in the plastic manufacturing industry. And the change is happening remarkably quickly across the world for converters and brands alike. David Drew, senior executive at Alpla SA, a leading provider of plastic packaging worldwide, unpacks the key trends that will continue to shape the sector.
Phil Lempert, known as 'The SupermarketGuru', is one of America’s leading food and consumer trend-watchers and analysts. Here's his report on what trend-setting US retailer, Whole Foods - now owned by Amazon - predicts for the F&B development in 2019.
Targeting increasingly adventurous consumers, set on new discoveries and experiences, will be key to developments in the food and beverage industry in 2019, asserts Innova in its latest report on trends for 2019.
How extraordinary! Ikea, the iconic global decor/furniture retailer [Wish we had it in SA! Ed] is also one of the top ten food companies in the world. Here's news of its latest food innovation success...
The next generation of food and beverage production facilities will be sanitary, flexible, more pleasant to work in and self-sustaining....
Waste and sustainability are key trends and points of focus for the food and drinks industry for 2013 and beyond. Steve Osborn, Leatherhead RA's Business Innovation Manager, argues that the food industry can learn much from sport, especially cycling, in taking waste management and beneficiation...
In celebrating World Environment Day today [5 June], PETCO (PET Plastic Recycling SA) has launched its moving story of PET bottle collection in this country - showing how the collection of plastic soft drink bottles, for recycling, is changing the lives of many. This is...
When it comes to the right shopping bag, paper is often thought of as the greener choice. This intuition is actually "environmental folklore", according to Australian design and sustainability consultant, Leyla Acaroglu, speaker at the recent prestigious TED2013 conference in the...
Ethical consumers should be aware poor Bolivians can no longer afford their staple grain, due to western demand raising prices, says this report....
I&J, one of SA's leading South African fishing companies, has further demonstrated its commitment to the environment by signing a landmark participation agreement with the WWF-SA Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative...
Paul Polman isn’t afraid to shake things up. Since taking over as CEO of Unilever, in 2009, he has transformed the Anglo-Dutch multinational into one of the world’s most innovative corporations. He did away...
Paul Polman isn’t afraid to shake things up. Since taking over as CEO of Unilever, in 2009, he has transformed the Anglo-Dutch multinational into one of the world’s most innovative corporations. He did away...
While researching one of its 2012 trends, Food as the New-Eco Issue — the idea that the environmental impact of our food choices will become a more prominent concern — JWT Intelligence interviewed Dan Crossley, principal sustainability adviser at Forum for the...
Kraft Foods reports that sustainability programs have seen the giant group reduce manufacturing waste by 50% since 2005, and that it now boasts 36 facilities in 13 countries that send zero waste to landfills....
Better living through using far fewer material resources is the only possible future, experts agree. Humanity is pressing up against the limits of a finite planet to provide resources like water, oil, metals and food, according to a new UN report....
Packaging is a first and last potential means of communicating your brand’s efforts in sustainability, as consumers “meet” the product on shelves, and dispose of them at the product’s end of life. View this slideshow from The Hartman Group to understand how...
If you could choose to buy products from companies supporting fair trade and campaigning to end testing on animals and child trafficking, would you do so? What about companies that reduce their carbon emissions and opt for cleaner, greener technology? Research...
Lusitania Food Products, leaders in food distribution, has recently partnered with Fish on Line, as a preferred supplier of top quality fish and seafood.
Jo'burg-based AGQPE is pioneering the use of sustainable food packaging in South Africa with the Enviropack range of green packaging solutions. This report on its growing impact in the local market.
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