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Food Safety
Combatting Unnecessary Food Waste with IoT Sensing-as-a-Service
Rmbracing the importance of IoT sensing-as-a-solution adoption across food retail is the most effective way to mitigate the damaging effects of unnecessary food waste.
Sustainability
A Net-Zero Supply Chain Could Transform Organizations
Waste Reduction
3 Major Causes of Waste in the Food Supply Chain
Professional Development
Gen Zers to Take Smaller Benefits, Less Salary to Work for Company with ESG Goals
Waste Reduction
$163B Worth of Stock Discarded Due to Waste, Overproduction
Agriculture
Micro-Farming Could Be Key to Future of Sustainable Farming
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Rail & Intermodal
Industry Leaders Urge Congress to Take Action to Prevent “Paralyzing” Rail Strike
The national rail strike, which could happen as early as Dec. 5, could threaten the nation’s coal shipments, supply of drinking water and shut down passenger rail.
Food Safety
Separating Fact From Fiction in Food Safety
While ensuring food safety along the cold food chain will always be a challenge, the fact is, separating out the fiction and focusing on the facts that matter will help companies pivot accordingly.
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The Global Community for Agtech and Foodtech Innovators
Introducing the initial slate of leaders and innovators—top startups, investors and corporates—who will take the stage.
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Emerging Technologies
Thanksgiving Turkey Shortage Highlights Need for Greater IoT Adoption
With supply levels scarce but consumer demand just as high, it is imperative to ensure that every available turkey reaches a Thanksgiving table by optimizing traceability and reporting accuracy to mitigate food waste.
Waste Reduction
How Technology Helps Mitigate Food Waste
Global food mitigation will need to be a top priority for leading economic countries going forward. Here's how technology and digital applications will be the No. 1 driver on how to address this global challenge.
Waste Reduction
How Platinum Catalytic Technologies Tackle Food Waste
Platinum has unique properties that when harnessed in environmentally friendly catalysts, help keep the food in a fridge, or the perishables in the supermarket, or along the supply chain, fresher for longer.
Agriculture
Florida Agriculture Devastated by Hurricane Ian. Now What?
Hurricane Ian affected nearly 5 million acres of agricultural land, severely impacting growing fields for citrus and vegetables and wiping out $8.12 billion of agricultural products.
Sustainability
How the Right Technology Allows Companies to Be Both Profitable and Sustainable
The right technology, applied in the right way, maximizing yield, driving down waste and increasing operational efficiencies, ultimately underpinning a food and beverage sector that is both sustainable and profitable.
Risk/Compliance
How Food Brands Can Weather Supply Chain Disruptions
Unfortunately, many experts are predicting that the supply chain and food supply issues could get worse before they get better. The smartest thing to do now is make sure that you – and your suppliers – are prepared and resilient.
Sponsored
The Global Community for Agtech and Foodtech Innovators
Introducing the initial slate of leaders and innovators—top startups, investors and corporates—who will take the stage.
Last-Mile
Consumers Still Prefer Door-to-Door Delivery
The survey found that nearly half of Americans (46%) would be willing to pay higher delivery fees for online purchases if a company has initiatives to offset their carbon footprint.
Packaging
Hybrid Packaging Boosts Food and Beverage Sustainability
Hybrid packaging uses multiple package formats to reduce weight, increase functionality and optimize the “end of life,” thus making packaging more sustainable.
Software Solutions
How Inefficient Supply Chain Management Creates Inflated Food Prices
When the supply chain is inefficient, consumers end up paying additional costs for almost everything.
Agriculture
Heat Stress to Threaten 70%-Plus of Global Agriculture by 2045
Agriculture ranked highest for both current and future heat stress risks in the dataset. The United States, the world’s top agricultural exporter, and China, the world’s largest agricultural producer, will both be extreme risk for heat stress by 2045.
Carbon Footprint
Third-Party Relationships Bring Risk to ESG Compliance: Study
Four in five (81%) compliance leaders recognize that integrated ESG programs can positively impact their organization, however 96% think that third-party relationships pose some degree of risk to their business with regards to ESG.
Carbon Footprint
How Producers Become Leaders in Sustainable Plant-Based Operations
Industry leaders have the opportunity to take advantage of the vibrant plant-based market and take steps to meet sustainability goals by incorporating several principles into their operations.
Sustainability
Manufacturing Net-Zero Emissions
To date, more than 300 of the world’s largest companies have also vowed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040. With such bold commitments, some are asking, “now what?”
Food Safety
Embracing the Science of Food to Optimize Supply Chain Safety, Quality and Sustainability
Measurement data from innovative instruments informs decisions, enables efficiency optimization, improves sustainability, enhances and protects product consistency and quality and lowers operating costs.
Food Safety
Food and Conflict: Demands for Corporate Accountability are Growing
The integration of food security considerations into the sustainability strategies of companies, as encouraged through GRI’s new Sector Standard, is a crucial next step toward the long-term solution.
Packaging
How Reclosable Flexible Packaging Benefits Poultry Market
Advancements in reclosable flexible packaging technologies can offer brands the benefit of reduced waste, increased product protection and a better consumer experience.
Food Safety
Measuring the Value of Food Safety and Loss Prevention Collaboration
With the right IoT solutions in place, there is an opportunity to shift the functions of food safety and loss prevention into greater collaboration.
Sponsored
The Global Community for Agtech and Foodtech Innovators
Introducing the initial slate of leaders and innovators—top startups, investors and corporates—who will take the stage.
Waste Reduction
How Food Waste Reduction Helps Restaurants Fight Inflation
Inflation isn’t stopping anytime soon. Fortunately there are new advances in technology that make food waste preventable and create stronger companies in the process.
Waste Reduction
Get Smart About Food Waste and Losses
A data-driven approach powered by connected intelligence to streamline transportation and logistics processes will be a key to helping all stakeholders in the supply chain ecosystem maintain food safety and supply chain integrity.
Emerging Technologies
IoT Sensors: Promoting Food Industry Efficiency
Connected sensors can help companies cost effectively track and determine asset quality in the supply chain to optimize purchasing, ensuring that consumers have access to safe, high-quality food.
Carbon Footprint
Less Than Half of Chief Supply Chain Officers Conduct Climate Change Risk Assessment
The top barriers to planning for climate change in the supply chain include a focus on short-term decision making (57%) and an inability to link the cause and investment to benefits (57%).
Waste Reduction
Reducing Waste in Food Supply Chains
Necessity drives innovation, so now is the time for companies to rethink supply chain operations, particularly when technology is reaching a maturity that allows mass adoption.
Packaging
McDonald's Shareholders Push for New Plan on Plastic Packaging
A little under half of McDonald's shareholders pledged support for a filing by non-profit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow. A proposed resolution from the group lists actions specific to the fast food retailer that can help reduce its pollution.
Carbon Footprint
How Carbon Labeling Can Reduce Food Industry's Carbon Footprint
For CPGs, food manufacturers and logistics teams looking to get involved in sustainability but unsure where to start, carbon labeling is a great first step.
Webinars
Energy Mash-up – Best Practices to Balance Profitability with Sustainability
June 14, 2022
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The pressure on the food & beverage industry to minimize waste and maximize energy savings has never been greater. Your entire supply chain depends on critical, energy-intensive operations and processes to drive profitability and sustainability.
Waste Reduction
Circular Economy Starts Local
Since globalization created numerous disruption in the supply chain and sustainability, it's no surprise a new local program from MBOLD coalition launches a circular economy for flexible films.
Waste Reduction
Innovative Technology for Waste Management
The need for innovation through food waste management is here to stay. Here's why.
Agriculture
Management of Agriculture Supply Chain
Digital advancements offers farmers, transporters, warehouses, retailers and suppliers ways to optimize the agriculture supply chain.
