UK start-up Halo Coffee is preparing to expand into continental Europe with its compostable coffee pods that are produced from a by-product of sugar cane processing. The company believes that this offers an important point of difference that will help...
Coffee pulp – a waste product in coffee production – could be used to speed up recovery of tropical forests on post-agricultural land, according to researchers.
ZenWTR – an alkaline water brand seeking to stand out in the premium bottled water segment with 100% recycled PET bottles made with certified ‘ocean bound’ plastic – has attracted a star-studded line of investors from Jessica Chastain to Khloé Kardashian.
This month, challenger brand TENZING is rolling out carbon footprint labelling across its range. Using this information, the company has worked out how to offset more carbon that it emits. Founder Huib van Bockel fills FoodNavigator in on the details.
Corona is launching sustainable, renewable packaging made from surplus barley straw in South America this month, an innovation that it hopes to roll out globally in the future.
By Émilie Steckenborn, founder and host of the Bottled in China podcast
A significant proportion of wine's carbon footprint comes from packaging. Could paper bottles reduce its impact? In this guest article, Émilie Steckenborn asks whether a transition to paper could happen in the near future.
Coca-Cola Amatil does not expect any major changes to its recently-published 20-year sustainability plan even if its takeover transaction with Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) plays out as planned and ownership of the firm changes.
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, a trade organization representing the non-alcoholic beverage sector, has set targets for European beverage packaging to be fully circular by 2030. This will be achieved by using rPET, refillable bottles, and boosting collection...
The coffee sector can look to ‘forgotten’ wild coffee species to mitigate the global impact of climate change, according to research from CIRAD and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. And coffee giants such as Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Nespresso and Starbucks...
Nestlé has outlined its ‘top priorities’ for Europe, Middle East, and North Africa (EMENA) to reach its net-zero climate goal. And the company is placing an emphasis on three ingredients: cocoa, coffee and milk.
Trademark Coca-Cola will roll out 100% rPET bottles in a 13.2oz size across the US this summer, following the launch of the bottles in select states this month.
Addressing its natural gas use and fleet emissions, Talking Rain (maker of Sparkling ICE) is funding over 28,000 metric tons of carbon reduction offsets through taking on ownership of three land projects in need of environmental clean up. But what significance...
PepsiCo and Beyond Meat will form The PLANeT Partnership to develop, produce and market beverages and snacks made from plant-based protein. PepsiCo says plant-based protein offers ‘a new frontier’ in its efforts to build a more sustainable food system,...
PepsiCo is targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030. It is aiming for net-zero emissions by 2040.
Bottles of French wine have returned to Earth following a stint on the International Space Station: with researchers now ready to assess how the wine has changed.
By Callum Saunders, Head of Planning at ZEAL Creative Limited
As more brands recognise the importance of sustainability, it becomes harder to stand out. Callum Saunders, head of planning at ZEAL Creative, looks at how brands should direct their messaging around sustainability in 2021.
By Tom Harvey, co-founder, YesMore Drinks Marketing Agency
What are the big, overarching trends that have shaped 2020 - and which will continue to make their presence felt in 2021 and beyond? Tom Harvey, co-founder of YesMore Drinks Marketing Agency, outlines his six top picks in this guest article.
An Austrian startup selling health focused fruity water 'drops' is hoping to shake up the soft drinks industry with its sustainable and convenient solution.
Scotland’s whisky industry and biotechnology innovators are continuing to up their game to try and find new sustainable solutions from whisky co-products such as animal feed, while a new barley based vodka from Finland sees benefits for pig farmers as...
The Singapore-based research team which discovered that plastic has a potentially lower environmental footprint than cotton and paper bags has confirmed that this discovery can also be applied to the plastic food packaging used by the majority of food...
Coca-Cola European Partners is investing in Lavit – a US company behind a compact countertop beverage system – as it seeks to reduce packaging waste and carbon footprints.
New technology developed at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland enables the use of pectin-containing agricultural waste, such as citrus peel and sugar beet pulp, as raw material for bio-based polyethylene furanoate (PEF) plastics for replacing...
Coca-Cola European Partners plans to become a Net Zero business by 2040: reducing GHG emissions; turning to sustainable packaging; and investing €250m in decarbonisation initiatives.
Swiss food giant Nestlé wants to halve its emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050. “We have no time to lose,” CEO Mark Schneider told journalists at an event detailing how the company plans to get there.
PepsiCo will eliminate all virgin plastic from the Pepsi brand in nine European markets: lowering carbon emissions by 40% compared to standard bottles.
Japan’s Kirin Holdings has becoming the first beverage and alcohol manufacturer in the country to transition to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper packaging.
In partnership with SIG, a Swiss-headquartered systems and solutions provider for aseptic carton packaging, Nestlé Brazil’s complete NESCAU beverage range is now available in SIG’s combiblocMini carton packs with SIG’s renewable and recyclable paper straw...
Embion Technologies, a Swiss startup specializing in the development of functional nutrients for human and animal health, has announced a collaboration with Japanese brewing giant, the Asahi Group, in relation to extracting potent molecules from industrial...
UCC is the first operator in the UK to partner with the IBM Blockchain-powered platform, which aims to enhance traceability, efficiency, and sustainability in coffee and cacao supply chains.
Finnish coffee producer Meira, part of the Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group, has launched Vallilan Paahtimo, a new range that offers ‘a more sustainable cup, inside and out’. In partnership with packaging manufacturer Amcor, the line includes a bio-based...
Diageo has launched a 10 year sustainability action plan: setting goals including net zero carbon emissions from direct operations by 2030; and using 30% less water in every drink it makes.
Tetra Pak has revealed the findings from its global research study, in partnership with market research company Ipsos, showing food safety is a major issue for society.
Stora Enso and Tetra Pak are joining forces to explore the possibility of building a new recycling line to increase the recycling of used beverage cartons in Central and Eastern Europe.
BGN Technologies, a technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel, has announced a research collaboration agreement with Portuguese plastic recycling company ECOIBÉRIA.
Suntory Group has made a series of commitments around plastic use, water conservation and climate impact. Yuko Koshiishi, Senior General Manager of the Corporate Sustainability Division, talks to FoodNavigator about why these are the ‘main sustainability...
Coca-Cola has unveiled the first-generation prototype of its paper bottle: saying it is convinced that paper packaging has a role to play in the future.
Danone’s natural spring water brand Volvic will be packaged in 100% rPET bottles in Switzerland and Germany by the end of the year; while 100% rPET bottles wil be used across its whole US portfolio from 2021.
Juice and smoothie maker innocent is building a $250m carbon neutral production site – dubbed ‘the blender’ – at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. With the first bottles due to come off the lines in 2021, innocent says the project is a symbol...
PepsiCo’s SodaStream and bubly brands will collaborate to launch bubly drops: ‘bringing bubly’s bright flavors to the SodaStream platform and enabling consumers to create their beverages at home’.
