Food Processing: GLRPPR Sector Resources

News: Dairy Industry Launches Sustainability Reporting Guide

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:19:59 GMT

The Innovation Center for US Dairy has published a guide to help dairy companies and farms measure and report on sustainability.

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Resource: Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Tools and Resources

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:48 GMT

These Smart Tools can help dairy producers and businesses evaluate their operations and find opportunities for improvement. These improvements contribute to environmental performance and the bottom line. Included are tools for improving farm, plant, and fleet operations. ?

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Resource: Producer Handbook to the Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:15:53 GMT

The Producer Handbook to the Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy (Guide) was developed exclusively to support dairy producers and milk marketing organizations, who seek to understand and use the Guide to track and communicate their stewardship.

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Resource: Processor Handbook to the Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14:58 GMT

The Processor Handbook to the Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy (Guide) was developed exclusively to support dairy processors and manufacturers seeking to understand and use the Guide to track and communicate their stewardship and sustainability. The Handbook only contains indicators, tools and information relevant to companies that transport, process, manufacture and package dairy products into food, beverages and other ingredients. A similar Guide is available for dairy producers and their marketing organizations.

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Resource: Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14:11 GMT

The Guide and supporting handbooks help dairy producers and processors in their efforts to voluntarily: Communicate about sustainability; Demonstrate progress where it matters most; Create long-term economic growth; Build consumer trust. This in turn supports a growing number of buyers of milk and dairy products that are interested in this information to understand the sustainability performance of their supply chains. The indicators in the Guide are based on the Innovation Center's lifecycle assessment studies and practical input from the industry members and other experts including NGOs, government organizations, customers and academics. They can be used by dairy farmers and dairy processors in conjunction with Innovation Center tools like F?arm Smart?TM, Plant Smart?TM and Fleet Smart?TM, to track their progress over time and to identify areas for efficiencies and opportunities.

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Resource: Success story: General Mills

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:29:20 GMT

By redesigning one of its food products and optimizing the related manufacturing processes on one production line, General Mills saves more than $760,000 and reduces 640,000 pounds of ingredient waste annually. This case study shows how the company is using what they learned to reduce waste and save money across all of its production lines.

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Resource: Reducing Risk: Landscape Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:20:03 GMT

Businesses facing climate change, water shortages, or community relations issues can improve their bottom line while also protecting biodiversity and improving rural livelihoods by using a "whole landscape" approach to land management. This is the major finding of a new report from The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative, a collaboration of nine of the world's leading anti-hunger, conservation and development organizations. This report highlights how some visionary companies that rely upon coffee, cocoa, water, and other resources in the developing world are going beyond piecemeal sustainability projects to take a more holistic approach.

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News: Häagen-Dazs to pilot sustainable vanilla sourcing program

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:44:05 GMT

The brand known for its rich ice cream is hoping to spread some riches back to vanilla's source: the farmers in Madagascar who supply H�agen-Dazs and its parent company, Minneapolis-based General Mills.

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News: Sustainability as Innovation Strategy: How Sustainability and Innovation Drive Each Other and Company Competitiveness at Danone

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:28:36 GMT

Sustainability is a powerful way to generate innovation at Danone, producing creativity through presenting new problems to solve, establishing big goals that force people to think differently and fostering contradictions. Employees are then empowered to act, thus generating innovation. Sustainability and innovation drive each other and together they increase competitiveness.

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News: Vending Reinvented: Imagine a supermarket where packaged goods are made to order

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:21:01 GMT

Vending machines can be envisioned as a way to custom-package various quantities of product.

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