Energie en Milieu uit de Verenigde Staten

september 16, 2008

Measuring the benefit of sustainability reporting

In the first of a series on sustainability, FoodNavigator looks at the value of sustainable practices and reporting and how it can improve a company’s standing among shareholders, customers and peers.

augustus 12, 2008

Three Frito-Lay plants join EPA's National Environmental Performance Track Program

Frito-Lay's Orlando, Fla., facility has become a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Performance Track Program by demonstrating excellence in environmental management and committing to above-standard goals for c...

juli 16, 2008

OECD: Biofuel policies in OECD countries costly, ineffective & have significant impact on world crop prices.

Government support of biofuel production in OECD countries is costly, has a limited impact on reducing greenhouse gases and improving energy security, and has a significant impact on world crop prices, according to a new study of policies to promote ...

juli 15, 2008

Do Consumers Care that Frito-Lay's Sun Chips are Solar Powered? Apparently.

It’s getting harder to find a brand that doesn’t claim to be green. But, do they have a solar power factory? Is the rest of their energy use offset by energy credits? And, are they rebuilding a town that was virtually wiped out by a tornado? Not likely...

juli 04, 2008

Worldbank Report blames Biofuels for Global Food Price Crisis

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75 percent -- far more than previously estimated -- according to a confidential World Bank report published in a British newspaper Friday.The figure contradicts U.S. government estimates that plant-derived ...

juli 03, 2008

Apple to use potato starch packaging for iPhone 3G

Apple is reportedly going to distribute its new iPhone 3G in packaging made from potato starch when it is launched on 11 July. Dutch firm PaperFoam, which produces CD and DVD packaging and custom-made packs for consumer electronics and pharmaceutical...

juli 02, 2008

McDonald's Honored in Chicago for 'Green' Efforts

McDonald's Corporation will be honored for its significant "green"efforts by being featured on an outdoor billboard during the month of July. Drivers will see the outdoor ad going eastbound on I-290, just east of Racine Avenue in Chicago. McD...

juni 12, 2008

Food-related industries launch anti-biofuel campaign

The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the American Meat Institute, the National Restaurant Association and other groups say rising corn-based ethanol production is pushing food costs higher. Adding industry muscle to fight a federal requirement to a...

juni 11, 2008

PepsiCo CEO Nooyi slams Washington's energy policy

PepsiCo Inc Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi criticized Washington on Wednesday for not doing enough to counter the soaring cost of oil. "I don't think in recent years we've seen such a sudden ramp-up in energy costs,"Nooyi said at a discu...

juni 10, 2008

Out of the frying pan and into the power grid

If used frying oil can run a Mercedes, why can't it power the restaurant it came from? That's the idea behind Owl Power Company's Vegawatt power system, a machine that converts a restaurant's waste oil into electricity and hot water. The company now...

juni 05, 2008

Funding for Plastics from Potatoes

A consortium hoping to make plastics from Maine potatoes has received more than $650,000 to further develop the proposal.

mei 20, 2008

Restaurants Serve New Sustainability Initiatives

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) wants to lighten its industry's environmental impacts with a new initiative aimed at helping restaurateurs implement eco-friendly business practices.The industry group unveiled "Conserve: Solutions for Su...

mei 15, 2008

Snack Foods Association (SFA) urges US Congress to reconsider Food-to-Fuel Policies as prices skyrocket

In light of dramatic increases in food prices and the environmental costs of fuels derived from food crops, Congress should revisit federal food-to-fuel mandates and subsidies, a top official of a Pennsylvania-based snack foods company told Congress t...

In 2007, 20 – 40 % of all corn in the US was used for energy production

mei 14, 2008

Snack Food Industry urges review US biofuel policy

Today the Snack Food Industry made its case in US congress for changes in the US biofuel policy, in light of the dramatic increase of food prices and the environmental costs.

mei 13, 2008

SunChips Brand Donates to Sustainable Re-Build Efforts in Greensburg, Kansas

SunChips, Frito-Lay's popular line of multigrain snacks, is stepping up to help rebuild the city of Greensburg, Kansas, which was tragically struck by a devastating tornado that destroyed nearly all of the community. In conjunction with Discovery Commu...

april 22, 2008

Latin American Leaders warn on biofuels and food

Two Latin American leaders have issued warnings about the effects of biofuel production on food supplies.Speaking at the UN in New York, Bolivian President Evo Morales said the development of biofuels harmed the world's most impoverished people. And P...

april 22, 2008

Biocombustibles, serio problema para pobres: Morales

El presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, criticó el lunes en la ONU "a algunos presidentes sudamericanos"por apoyar el uso de biocombustibles, que según dijo son responsables por los altos precios de los alimentos y la hambruna global. De visit...

april 22, 2008

Gov. Schwarzenegger Participates in Launch of Frito-Lay North America's Solar Concentrator Field

Today, on the 38th anniversary of the first national Earth Day celebration, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger highlights California's environmental efforts. He highlighted the ability to protect business and the environment at the same time by helping lau...