Energie en Milieu

januari 30, 2008

French retailers back eco-friendly and organic products

France's leading retailers yesterday pledged to reduce their impact on the environment under an ambitious plan backed by the government. The Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution (FECD), which represents 93 per cent of the count...

Windturbine near Whittlesey McCain French fry factory

januari 25, 2008

Windturbines for McCain's Whittlesey french fry factory now installed

McCain has now installed the three windturbines near their Whittlesey french fry factory in the United Kingdom. These 80 meter high windturbines will reduce the electricity bill of the Whittlesey french fry factory with 45%, while at off-peak times an...

januari 25, 2008

EU: 1 % of the acreage for potatoes is organic

In the 27 countries of the EU, 23,000 hectares were used for growing potatoes according to organic standards in 2006. This is equivalent to 1 % of the total area for potato growing in Europe. The most important countries were Germany with 7,500 hectare...

januari 24, 2008

Wal-Mart chief pledges higher prices for sustainable suppliers

Wal-Mart will launch a major retail-industry effort to improve social, ethical and environmental standards in the factories of its suppliers, CEO and president Lee Scott told a meeting of store managers. Wal-Mart says it is already demanding that so...

januari 16, 2008

McCain Foods Great Britain Selects Eco-Tec For Biogas Purification

Eco-Tec is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded the contract for biogas purification by McCain Foods (GB) Ltd., England. As a socially responsible company and a highly trusted brand, McCain Foods practices sustainable agriculture and is ...

januari 15, 2008

United Biscuits unveils environment plan

UK biscuit and snack maker United Biscuits said yesterday it will cut its carbon emissions by more than a third by 2020 and reduce water and packaging use by a fifth as part of a new strategy to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment. ...

januari 10, 2008

Belgische frituur introduceert milieuvriendelijke draagtas voor friet

De miljoenen plastic zakjes die jaarlijks worden gebruikt in de Vlaamse frietzaken, zijn Rudy Goris en Trice Verbist van frituur Tiosco al langer een doorn in het oog. Het milieubewuste koppel lanceert daarom als eerste in de provincie Antwerpe een duu...

januari 10, 2008

IRI: 50% of Consumers Consider Sustainability When Choosing Products

About half of U.S. consumers consider at least one sustainability factor in selecting consumer packaged goods items and choosing where to shop for those products, a new Information Resources Inc. survey reveals. Respondents were presented with sustaina...

december 23, 2007

Water savings at Frito-Lay San Antonio Plant

The cooperative water conservation effort by the San Antonio Water System and the city's business community is a true success story. Frito-Lay is an excellent example. Through its partnership with SAWS, the company's San Antonio plant has reduced i...

november 30, 2007

Seabrook crisps goes local

Seabrook Crisps is sourcing local potatoes for its range of crisps. The Bradford-based company has asked the EFFP (English Farmers and Foods Partnerships) for assistance in setting up a supply chain with local producers. The EFFP has identified Wold...

november 15, 2007

Frito-lay plans eco-friendly chips factory in Casa Grande

Frito-Lay is embarking on an ambitious plan to change the way its Casa Grande factory operates, and in the process, create a new type of snack: the environmentally benign chip. Goal is to take the Casa Grande plant off the power grid, or nearly so, a...

november 14, 2007

Measuring carbon footprint is not as tough as many believe.

As if the fat and salt content weren’t enough, people eating a bag of Walkers crisps since April have also had to consider a label explaining the amount of carbon emitted to create and deliver the product. Steve John, head of corporate communications ...

november 12, 2007

McCain Foods Australia receives government grant to save water in Ballarat

The Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Jacinta Allan, today announced a $635,474 Brumby Government grant for a Central Highlands Water project which will help McCain Foods Australia/New Zealand reduce its potable water use by a further 15 per cent.

oktober 19, 2007

Climate change provide new opportunities for the potato industry

At the last British Potato event in 2005, you probably did not give climate change a second thought. Since then your crop has borne floods, heavy rain events and temperature extremes rarely experienced in the UK. Climate change has now climbed to the ...

oktober 17, 2007

Do food miles make a difference to global warming?

The U.S. local food movement -- which used to be elite, expensive and mostly coastal -- has gone mainstream, with a boost from environmentalists who reckon that eating what grows nearby cuts down on global warming. But do food miles -- the distance e...

oktober 03, 2007

Organic Potato Markets (Idaho)

Market perspective for organic potatoes. This project was conducted by Joe Guenthner and Gina Greenway in the Agricultural Economics &Rural Sociology Department at the University of Idaho, Jennifer Miller at the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives...

september 19, 2007

What's the carbon footprint of a potato?

Walkers Crisps is the first firm to put carbon footprint figures on its products, with nine more companies set to follow. How are these figures calculated?

september 19, 2007

Kettle Chips Takes Home the Gold with New Green Potato Chip Factory

Wind turbines and native prairie grasses have nothing to do with America’s favorite snack, potato chips, but they’re helping Kettle Foods earn recognition for building the greenest food manufacturing plant in the U.S. The U.S. Green Building Council ...