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McDonald's to Keep Plastic Straws

McDonald's Corp.

McDonald's shareholders opted out of getting rid of plastic straws, despite improving their sustainability image.

Straws

Risk/Compliance

Bayer Monsanto Merger Continues Agribusiness Shakeup

The Dow DuPont merger, ChemChina Sygenta acquisition and the Bayer Monsanto merger are some of the deals marked to change the face of these industries.

Pooja Sudarshan

Whole Foods Gains Blink Charging Stations

Customers with electric cars will be able to charge their vehicle while shopping at Whole Foods.

Blink

Emerging Technologies

SAP Targets Agriculture With New Blockchain Initiative

SAP announced that its expanding its work with blockchain into the supply chain space.

E. Coli Outbreak Continues to Spread

The E. coli outbreak is now the largest in 12 years, spreading across 29 states and sickening 149 people.

Romaine

Marx Brothers Launches Solar Energy Initiative

Marx Brothers Inc announced its sustainability initiative that includes the installation of a 132-kilowatt solar photovoltaic energy system on the roof of its facility in Birmingham, Alabama.

Marx

Shell Investing in Startup That Targets Grocery Stores

Axiom's refrigeration battery can reduce energy demand by as much as 40 percent.

Axiom

Tyson and Flashfood Partner to Reduce Food Waste

In their efforts to make use of surplus food, the companies will test a plan to redirect meat to the public for a discounted price.

Flashfood

Anheuser-Busch Places Big Order with Tesla Competitor

Anheuser-Busch plans to buy as many as 800 trucks from Nikola Motor Co, upping the 40 electric semi truck order that it placed with Tesla last December.

Nikola

USDA Funds 11 Projects Affecting the Specialty Crop Industry

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Funding for the projects is managed through the group and is awarded competitively to state departments of agriculture that partner with stakeholder organizations in two or more states.

Grapevine

Carbon Footprint

Food Companies Support Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative

Consumer Goods Forum

Efforts to create transparency within the supply chain has caused CGF to create the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative, gaining support from food companies and retailers a like.

Sustainability

New York Bans Plastic Shopping Bags

The legislation would ban single-use plastic bags around the state and will block any local government regulation from imposing their own rules or fees.

Plastic Bag

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