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Sustainability
Nature’s Path the first Canadian company to make 100% Fairtrade cocoa commitment
Richmond, BC-based Nature’s Path, North America’s largest certified organic…
Earth Day rings in food&bev sustainability news – Flow Water, Tate & Lyle, Kitkat, Tim Hortons
Flow Water has been awarded a Canada’s Clean50 Award.…
Canadian food & bev sector sustainability news round-up
Budweiser has announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA)…
Canadian cat brand Catit introduces cat food made with 92% sustainable insect protein!
Catit Nuna is made with up to 92% sustainable…
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Nestle’s new bio-plastic packaging rolling out globally for infant-children products
Nestlé will introduce bio-based lids and scoops made from…
An industry first – Zero Waste Kit with Fresh Prep meal kits in Canada
Canadian meal kit provider Fresh Prep has launched of…
More Canadian food companies join Loop, the global re-use platform, expanding the circular economy
Open Farm, Kraft Heinz, Organic Meadow and Häagen-Dazs are…
Unique Sobeys R-Purpose MICRO partnership to accelerate growth, bolster sustainability for 15 Ontario suppliers
A total of 15 Ontario-based Sobeys suppliers are begining…
From obligations to added peace of mind – the latest Food in Canada column by Cher Mereweather
“Seventy years ago, the economist and academic Howard Bowen…
Avena joins ‘Field to Market’ Canada
Avena Foods Limited, specialty miller of gluten-free pulse and…
Government of Canada invests in sustainable insect production using food waste
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food,…
Unilever shareholders get vote on climate action, but ‘As you Sow’ says not often enough
Multinational company Unilever intends to amend its bylaws to…
Consortium including Maple Leaf commit to sustainability and environmental action
Maple Leaf Foods and a coalition of Canada’s other…
Quebec’s Chocolats Favoris commits to selling only certified chocolate products by 2023
Quebec-based chocolate maker Chocolats Favoris has begun the transformation…
Purina launches pet food with plant and insect proteins, so far in Switzerland
Nestlé Purina is launching pet food that builds on…
Gathered Foods, makers Of Good Catch plant-based seafood, launches In Canada
Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch® plant-based seafood, today…
Maple Leaf Foods celebrates historic milestone – One Year of Carbon Neutrality
Maple Leaf Foods, a leading North American producer of…
New draft Blue Box recycling regulations announced in Ontario
Canadian Beverage Association (CBA) President Jim Goetz and Ontario…
A world first! The first off-farm circular meal is now available at Guelph, ON restaurant
The world’s first off-farm circular meal —a gourmet restaurant…
Another food&bev company going carbon-neutral – Nespresso will do so by 2022
By 2022, Nespresso will achieve carbon neutrality. It will…
Survey: COVID-19 Driving Canadians to Waste Less Food
A new nation-wide survey shows that Canadians are wasting less…
Upcoming CCFI webinar – Considerations for a Sustainable Canadian Agri-food Sector
The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) is holding…
Nova Scotia’s VIVEAU first in North America to earn Clean Label Project Certification
VIVEAU, the new Nova Scotia drink, with 50% sparkling…
Announcing ‘Seal Fest 3’ – a celebration of seal meat in three Canadian cities
The SEALS & SEALING NETWORK is pleased to announce that the…
New network to help combat COVID-19 threat to the nation’s food supply
– Public relations and communications professionals from coast-to-coast have…
Bond Pet Foods Develops The World’s First Animal-Free Chicken Protein
Bond Pet Foods has created the world’s first animal-free,…
Nature’s Logic Named to Inc. 5000 and Sustainability Top-20
Nature’s Logic, the creators of 100% natural pet food…
Nestlé adds a plant-based seafood alternative product to its line-up
Nestlé has launched a plant-based tuna alternative that can…
Outcast partners with Sobeys to cut food waste
Outcast Foods is working with Sobeys Inc. to minimize…
HelloFresh to become first global carbon-neutral meal kit company
HelloFresh is committing to offset 100 per cent of…
KFC Canada transitioning to bamboo buckets
July 21, 2020, Vaughan, Ont. – KFC Canada has…
Club Coffee will have recycling information on pod packages
July 20, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Club Coffee, which…
good natured launches plant-based pallet stretch wrap
July 17, 2020, Vancouver, B.C. – good natured Products…
Nestlé Waters expands use of 100% recycled plastic for three brands
July 17, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Nestlé Waters North…
Rubbermaid and TerraCycle partner on Canadian-U.S. recycling program
July 15, 2020, Trenton, N.J. – Rubbermaid® has announced…
Wendy’s Canada introduces greenhouse-grown lettuce to the menu
July 15, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Wendy’s® is expanding…
