Hopes high for new recycling initiative

A new recycling initiative was launched today at the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre in Queensland, Australia, marking the beginning of a national rollout that is expected to result in hundreds of tonnes of beverage packaging being diverted away from landfill.

The combined industry and government initiative, which will see improved recycling infrastructure and signage in food courts and more efficient back-of-house management systems, has been led by the Packaging Stewardship Forum (PSF) of the Australian Food and Grocery Council and supported by the Queensland Government, the National Packaging Covenant and Lend Lease managed shopping centres.

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Source: Australian Food News

Unilever leads food and beverage sector on Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Dutch consumer products group Unilever has been named sustainability leader in the Food & Beverage sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the eleventh consecutive year.

The results of the 2009 annual assessment conducted by SAM (the Swiss investment group) together with Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd were announced late last week.

The annual review of the DJSI is based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change mitigation, supply chain standards and labour practices.

Unilever achieved an overall score of 81% for their social, economic and environmental contribution, measured across 22 performance criteria.

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Unox (Unilever) launches biological soup range

Unox, the soup and saucage division of Unilever in The Netherlands, will launch Biological soup in a bag. There will be four differnt Bio-variations, added to the current soup assortment of Unox.

The company earlier launched the Eerlijk is Heerlijk-campaign (honoust is delicious), where Unox is seeking to work with as much natural ingredients as possible. The vegetables which are used for the soups are all cultivated biologically. To guarantee the biological claim, the company works with the strict SKAL-certificates, an independent organization looking and awarding biological production methods and ingredients.

Each biological soup product will be foreseen of the EKO-quality brand.

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