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Book presentation The Future of FOOD

In a setting that breathes innovation and future thinking, we proudly presented our book The Future of FOOD. Hosted by Koppert Cress, we gathered with our OSV network to not only hand over the first copy of the book, but..

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Transparency about climate impact poor

17 July 2019

Many large Dutch companies report extensively on climate impact in their annual reports. However, only a limited number of companies provide concrete and detailed information on the CO2 emissions achieved, on the impact ...

MBO-challenge Food Wastage

16 July 2019

Food waste goes far beyond the scraps that go into the garbage can at home. Throughout the entire chain, food is lost or wasted. Worldwide, this involves 1.3 billion tonnes per year, one third of all the food produced. I...

Online consumer more critical of price

16 July 2019

In large cities, the delivery vans of Albert Heijn and Picnic are now an integral part of the street scene, but how many consumers actually use them? It is undeniable that online shopping is on the rise. In 2015, 13% of ...

New subsidy opportunity for food industry

15 July 2019

In early July 2019, the government announced a new subsidy scheme for 'Accelerated climate investments in industry' (VKII). From 1 August, €28 million will be available for large-scale investments in energy efficiency, r...

Group of Butchers acquires Schouten Vleeswaren

15 July 2019

Schouten Vleeswaren with its two production sites in Tegelen and Lottum has become part of the Group of Butchers.  With this acquisition, Group of Butchers, one of the leading producers of traditional meat products ...

Companies benefit well from the WSBO

15 July 2019

In 2018, more than 20,000 Dutch companies - 97% of which are SMEs - benefited from the WBSO innovation and research scheme to the tune of € 1.1 billion. The scheme encourages entrepreneurs to carry out more research (R&a...

Nieuwe versie van informatieblad 85

15 July 2019

De NVWA heeft een nieuwe versie van het informatieblad 85 uitgebracht. In een extra versie met gemarkeerde wijzigingen is te zien welke wijzigingen zijn aangebracht ten opzichte van de vorige versie (van september 2017)....

DEI+ grant for circular economy

11 July 2019

Within the subsidy scheme for Energy and Climate Innovation Demonstration (DEI+), a new theme opens up for pilot and demonstration projects aimed at circular economy. You can apply for this as of 1 August 2019. The Minis...

New EU network: agri-food

11 July 2019

From June 2019, agROBOfood, an EU project worth 16 million euros, will build the European ecosystem for the effective application of robotics techniques within the European agri-food sector. agROBOfood will accelerate th...

Sustainability: citizens don't want to do it all by themselves

09 July 2019

The Dutch are prepared to invest effort and money in making the earth more sustainable, but a majority believes that the business community and the government should take the lead in making the Netherlands more sustainab...

28 million for climate investment

09 July 2019

The emission of greenhouse gases in the Netherlands must be reduced in the short term. That is why the subsidy Accelerated climate investments in industry will open on 1 August. The scheme stimulates large-scale projects...

ALDI: Disney Figures and major food groups

08 July 2019

ALDI announced on 4 July 2019 the next step in promoting healthy products among children. As of January 2020, there will be several major food group products in the store with a beautiful Disney princess (such as Cindere...

Nominees FNLI Award announced

08 July 2019

The three nominees for the FNLI Award 2019 are known. Kees den Uijl (Euroma), Ad Jansen (Suiker Unie) and the Lipton team (Unilever) have been selected as potential winners of the FNLI Award and thus have a chance to win...

Mineral oils in food decreased

04 July 2019

The levels of mineral oils in food products have decreased in recent decades. This is shown by an evaluation of the available literature on mineral oils in food. The RIVM Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu car...

FNLI: Climate agreement not industry-wide

03 July 2019

The FNLI is very concerned about the climate agreement that was presented on Friday 28 June. It is a political agreement but certainly not yet supported by industry. It lacks a connection with the practice of our industr...