Articles Tagged with ''sustainability''

SodaStream honors '90s decade by teaming up with Tori Spelling

Limited-edition water-makers available to help combat plastic waste

August 5, 2019

Airport City, Israel-based SodaStream, a brand of PepsiCo Inc., has teamed up with actress and TV personality Tori Spelling to help eliminate single-use plastic waste, while also honoring the ‘90s decade which brought about the Internet, boy bands and scrunchies, the company says.

AB InBev's PureDraught, a one-way, polymer keg system. - Beverage Industry

AB InBev releases PureDraught for fresher beer on-premise

Keg technology allows more flexibility and less waste

July 17, 2019

The company’s GITEC division’s new PureDraught uses a custom-molded, double-walled, bottle-in-bottle polymer keg that allows air or gas to be fed into the outer bottle, which keeps its shape and pushes the beer out of the inner bottle.

CBA releases latest Sustainability Report

6th annual report incorporates SASB metrics

July 16, 2019

Craft Brew Alliance Inc. (CBA), Portland, Ore., published its sixth Annual Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s 2018 accomplishments in environmental and community stewardship and ongoing commitment to brewing and packaging its beers in the most sustainable way possible. For this year’s report, CBA is incorporating certain metrics using standards set forth by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), an independent organization that facilitates communication between companies and investors on the financial impacts of sustainability.

Roberts PolyPro craft beer can carriers. - Beverage Industry

Sustainability influences secondary packaging market

Experience-focused packaging appeals to millennial consumers

Jessica Jacobsen

July 9, 2019

Although much attention is given to primary packaging materials, the secondary packaging materials market also is seeing the effects of this evolving market.

GG Distributing's new facility in Tyler, Texas. - Beverage Industry

SKU proliferation drives facility development

Sustainability, automation play a key role in design plans

Taylor Karg

June 14, 2019

Trends in facility development are prompting companies to plan for future growth, increase sustainable practices and automate operations.

Keurig Dr Pepper launches corporate responsibility program

Commitments titled ‘Drink Well. Do Good.’

June 4, 2019

Less than a year since its merger, Burlington, Mass. and Plano, Texas-based Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) announced a unified corporate responsibility (CR) program designed to deliver positive impacts, the company says. The new program – Drink Well. Do Good. – was developed following extensive analysis across the company’s expansive hot and cold beverage operations and is focused on four areas: environment, supply chain, health and wellbeing, and communities, according to the company.

Ocean Spray announces 2020 commitment to sustainable farming

Company vows to sustainably farm all of its cranberries

May 23, 2019

As Ocean Spray looks toward the future, the cooperative strives to create a lasting positive impact for people and the environment — from farms to families.

An innovative protein solution

Ingredient company receives non-GMO verification for chickpea flour, protein

May 23, 2019

PLT Health Solutions Inc. announced that its Artesa Chickpea Flour and Artesa Chickpea Protein have received non-GMO verification from the Non-GMO Project company.

Crown Equipment Corp. announced plans to unveil its new V-Force lithium-ion energy storage system (ESS) for forklift users. - Beverage Industry

Crown set to debut new V-force lithium-ion energy storage system

Lithium-ion batteries contribute to longer run times

May 20, 2019

The V-Force lithium-ion ESS will be available for Crown’s complete line of forklifts later this year.

Packaging design elevates shelf presence

Echo Farms offers 50 personalized labels to help wines stand out

Barbara Harfmann

May 6, 2019

An upbeat color palette; easy-to-read, elegant typography; contrasting colors that pop; and playful graphics that emphasize branding are among the ways modern designers are bringing these concepts to life.

On Demand In Beverage Industry’s annual State of the Industry: The Alcohol Beverage Market, analysts at S&D Insights LLC delve into these trends and how they’re shaping the industry.