Sustainability

2025 Trend Report for the Food and Beverage Industry

2025 promises to be a transformative year for the food and beverage sector. Strengthen your business strategy and gain a lasting competitive edge with this practical guide to the industry’s most significant challenges an..

Cultured meat: How to persuade the consumer

05 November 2024

Cultured meat is increasingly gaining the attention of researchers, policymakers, and the food industry. It has the potential to provide substantial protein supplies with a significantly smaller environmental footprint c...

Accelerating sustainable fisheries with MSC initiative

30 October 2024

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched a new initiative aimed at accelerating sustainable fishing practices worldwide. Currently, over 500 fisheries meet the MSC’s strict standard, recognized as the global ben...

Belgium and Netherlands want to strengthen alternative protein sector

30 October 2024

At an inspiration event on October 24 in Brussels, organized by the Dutch Embassy and the Flemish organization Next Food Chain, Dutch and Flemish stakeholders gathered to discuss what is needed to scale up the alternativ...

Tailored knowledge: Understanding Sustainability

29 October 2024

You know sustainability is essential, but how can you be sure your business is making the best choices? To support this, WUR developed the ACE tool, which measures the impact of your current situation as well as potentia...

Aviko and Rabobank collaborate on sustainable potato farming

24 October 2024

Aviko and Rabobank have joined forces to make Dutch potato farming more resilient for the future. On October 17, the two parties signed a four-year agreement to support farmers in sustainable practices. This initiative, ...

Decline in dairy herd pressures veal sector

23 October 2024

With the expected reduction in the dairy herd across Northwest Europe and stricter animal health regulations, securing sufficient calves is becoming increasingly challenging for the Dutch veal sector. Both calf imports a...

How sustainable is fish feed for the aquaculture industry?

22 October 2024

The aquaculture industry is growing rapidly. To feed all those fish, a lot of fish feed is required. This feed is often made from wild fish that are specifically caught to be processed into fishmeal and fish oil. But how...

Tetra Pak, Recon Polymers, and AVK Plastics strengthen collaboration

21 October 2024

Tetra Pak, Recon Polymers, and AVK Plastics have joined forces to take beverage carton recycling to the next level. By expanding their partnership, the three companies are strengthening the circular economy in the packag...

Bakery sector reduces bread waste by 40% in 2023

18 October 2024

The Dutch Bakery Association (NVB), together with Wageningen University & Research, has presented the results of the 2023 monitor on bread and pastry waste. The report reveals a significant decrease in the return flo...

Foodvalley: €2 million in subsidies for SMEs in agrifood

17 October 2024

SMEs in the agrifood sector can now benefit from a new voucher program offered by Foodvalley, running until 2026. This program provides financial support to businesses aiming to develop and scale up innovative products a...

Bakery chain works on strategic vision for 2040

17 October 2024

The Dutch bakery sector is on the brink of significant changes. According to Frank Janssen, interim director of the Nederlands Bakkerij Centrum (NBC), the industry will face major challenges by 2040, including environmen...

Many Dutch people continue to eat meat

16 October 2024

The National Meat Survey 2024, conducted by Zest Marketing on behalf of Nederland Vleesland, provides insights into the opinions and perceptions of the Dutch population regarding the meat sector, meat consumption, sustai...

Albron expands in foodservice by acquiring Hutten

15 October 2024

Albron aims to further strengthen its position in the food service industry through the acquisition of Hutten B.V.. For owner Bob Hutten, Albron was a natural choice: “I was looking for an organization that could meaning...

New efficient production facility for Piet de Wit

14 October 2024

How do you help a production company that has outgrown its current space? A company whose customer base keeps expanding and where production efficiency needs to improve, but for whom this is no longer possible in the exi...

6 tips for a pragmatic CSRD report