Tetra Pak designs new eco-friendly aseptic beverage carton
Global food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak has introduced a new beverage carton, Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Edge. The new carton is designed to deliver consumer convenience, reduced cost and strong environmental performance. With the LightCap 30 screwcap, Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Edge adds a sloping top panel to the familiar shape of the [...]
Sustainability awareness grows amongst consumers
The results from the Ogilvy Earth South Africa Sustainability Survey, designed to see how aware people are and what their attitudes are towards sustainability and environmental issues, indicate that 85% of respondents would boycott a company or brand if they suspected it was acting in an irresponsible or damaging way towards its people, its community [...]
Carbon performance a growing factor in supplier selection, say half of UK multinationals
Carbon performance is expected to become a critical factor in supplier selection for a full half of companies, according to a recent survey. The research, conducted by the Carbon Trust Advisory, noted that 29% of suppliers are likely to lose their places on ‘green supply chains’ if they do not have an adequate performance records [...]
Unilever wins award for CSR, sustainability practices
At the international conference on Corporate Governance and Sustainability held in Mauritius on 15-17 September 2011, Unilever won the award for the ‘Company with the Best CSR and Sustainability Practices’. Elizabeth Pretorius, communications director of Unilever South Africa, received the award on behalf of Hindustan Unilever from India’s corporate affairs minister M Veerappa Moily. The [...]
PepsiCo toasts agricultural partnership with Chinese government
PepsiCo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China to promote “sustainable agriculture projects”. As part of the joint initiative, the food and beverage company and the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture will build and operate demonstration farms to showcase advanced irrigation, fertilization and crop management techniques. [...]
Woolworths recognised as global leader in sustainability
Woolworths has been recognised for its sustainability achievements by two prestigious organisations: the World Economic Forum and the Dow Jones. Woolworths has been named as one of the sustainability champions of the developing world in a report issued by the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group. The report highlights sustainable and innovative business [...]
Pick n Pay educates customers to be green
Together with The Glass Recycling Company, Pick n Pay is educating shoppers. Over June and July, The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) attracted the attention of Jozi shoppers with a ‘green’ marketing activation. TGRC and Pick n Pay joined forces to raise awareness of glass recycling and installed a new glass bank at the eco-chic Pick [...]
Climate Change Leadership Awards rewards businesses big and small
The Climate Change Leadership Awards (CCLA) recognises the carbon reduction activities of large and small business through its Private Sector grouping in a variety of categories and rewards them with highly visible recognition in the South African business and consumer communities. Entrants slot into one of a number of categories that include Agriculture and Food; [...]
Africa must face climate change head on – UN
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation and African leaders are working together to adopt a “climate-smart” approach to agriculture to fight the impacts of climate change and increasing scarcity of natural resources. “Africa needs increased productivity in its agriculture and higher incomes in its rural areas, and rural communities and the agro-ecosystems on which [...]
Business response to climate change and sustainability
Globally, governments are being strongly encouraged to strive towards creating ‘green’ (sustainable) economies. What exactly a ‘green’ economy entails and how it is achieved is complex and still debated. However, certain aspects of a ‘green’ economy include a reduction in carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions, and ‘rigorously applies the triple bottom line of people, [...]
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