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..

Sustainability industry under pressure after scrapping IKC

27 July 2023

FME, the interest association of technology companies in the Netherlands, has expressed concerns about the Dutch government's recent abolition of the European IKC scheme. This Indirect Cost Compensation (IKC) scheme comp...

Hessing and Groendus realize most sustainable factory in EU

21 July 2023

Hessing Supervers and Groendus have jointly achieved a milestone with Europe's most sustainable fresh produce factory. The new factory has 11,988 solar panels and is located in a grid-congested area, where returning elec...

Mondi invests in high barrier paper-based packaging

20 July 2023

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is investing €16 million in new technology to produce a new packaging range called FunctionalBarrier Paper Ultimate. This ultra-high barrier paper-based solution for food me...

Scientists create biodegradable food film

20 July 2023

A pioneering research group in São Paulo state, Brazil, has developed a solution to tackle the global plastic waste crisis while preserving food freshness. They have created a biodegradable film, derived from limonene fo...

Government presents roadmap for sustainable industry

14 July 2023

Minister Adriaansens of Economic Affairs and Climate has presented a roadmap and national program for making industry more sustainable on behalf of the Dutch government. The program, called the National Program for Makin...

Fairtrade gains in popularity: sales up 6%

14 July 2023

The choice of Fairtrade products is increasing among consumers, with a 6% increase in sales in the Dutch market by 2022. The increase was as high as 8% for Fairtrade food products. This growth has led to a higher Fairtra...

Unilever, Nestlé and WUR work toward 50% lower footprint of milk

12 July 2023

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is joining forces with Unilever's Ben & Jerry's, Cono Kaasmakers and Nestlé's Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods in a bold mission: a 50% lower carbon footprint of milk by 2030. The ne...

Nudging drives up sales of organic products by 21%

11 July 2023

New research results show that sales of organic produce increase by an average of 21% through in-store nudging interventions. In 11 supermarkets in North Brabant, nudging techniques were applied to three much sought-afte...

EU wants to ease rules on genetically modified plants

10 July 2023

On 5 July, the European Union unveiled a proposal for new regulations of new genomic techniques (NGTs) in plant breeding. These techniques offer highly precise and efficient methods for developing plant varieties that ex...

Climate policy requires tough measures in agriculture

10 July 2023

According to a recent report by Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Dutch agriculture can meet the 2030 climate goals, but this requires an ambitious package of climate measures. The report, titled "Poli...

Plant4Texture: choice for meat lovers and flexitarians alike

07 July 2023

KNS introduces Plant4Texture, an innovative hybrid product that allows butchers to offer high-quality artisanal products to flexitarians. By using Plant4Texture, consumers can enjoy the taste and texture of butcher's mea...

Food revolution in the Evoluon with Spacefarming

07 July 2023

The Evoluon in Eindhoven will present the exhibition "Spacefarming: the food of tomorrow" from Sept. 24, 2023 through March 23, 2024. This groundbreaking exhibition, created by Next Nature, takes visitors on a journey of...

New measures sustainable use of plants and soils

05 July 2023

On July 5, 2023, the European Commission approved a set of measures for sustainable use of natural resources and strengthening food systems and agriculture in the EU. The measures, part of the European Green Deal, will p...

ILT supervises of disposable plastic regulations

05 July 2023

The Environmental and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) is monitoring the new legislation against disposable plastic that took effect on July 1. Entrepreneurs must comply with the new regulations on disposable plastic cups an...

Companies in charge for more in fossil-free food industry

03 July 2023

A recent report by the research and consulting firm CE Delft indicates that the food industry can run entirely on renewable fuels by 2035. Unfortunately, this is too optimistic an expectation. A fossil-free food sector i...