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Construction: Important considerations for food entrepreneurs

You want to expand or renovate. So, you decide to build! Once you’ve made that decision, questions start arising. What materials will you choose? Are they sustainable? How does this choice affect fire safety? What about ..

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WUR: Revision of dietary guidelines necessary

16 June 2022

Dietary guidelines issued by national governments aim to set a roadmap for healthy living. But a new international study published in Lancet Planetary Health challenges national dietary guidelines assessments to include ...

Cif winner of the Afvalfonds Packaging Awards

13 June 2022

On Friday 10 June 2022, nine awards were presented at the Bomencentrum in Baarn during the first edition of the Afvalfonds Packaging Awards. Unilever won the overall prize with its refill packaging for Cif. In addition, ...

Less meat purchases due to price increase

13 June 2022

Increasing the price of meat in combination with information about the environmental damage caused by meat production and what people can do about it, results in a household buying 36% less meat per week. This has been s...

Too Good To Go saves 5 million meals in 2021

09 June 2022

Recently Too Good To Go published its second annual Impact Report. Worldwide 52 million meals were saved through the Too Good To Go-app. The success in the Netherlands is remarkable. The company managed to save 5,234,897...

Effectively saving energy in steam production

07 June 2022

It is perhaps more relevant than ever: how do you save energy in the production process? Steam is a very common energy carrier in industry and most of it is generated from gas. As much as 75% of the potential energy savi...

Advanced recycling for packaging waste

07 June 2022

The Dutch Packaging Waste Fund Foundation (Afvalfonds Verpakkingen) and Nedvang work together to enable advanced recycling of packaging waste. In this context, the Dutch Packaging Waste Fund and Nedvang concluded a coope...

Harmful pesticides on fruit and vegetables increased

02 June 2022

European citizens have been exposed to a dramatic rise in the frequency and intensity of residues of the most toxic pesticides on fruits and vegetables sold in the EU, according to a report by PAN Europe. The report cont...

WWF: 'Europe should produce less food'

24 May 2022

The EU imports vastly more food than it exports and our food consumption has a detrimental impact on the planet – but there is appetite for change. Despite being the world's largest exporter of agri-food products in e...

Inflation blocks sustainability in food sector

24 May 2022

In the coming years, food companies must do more to improve working conditions in international supply chains and to limit environmental damage, due to legislation. At the same time, there is a lot of pressure from custo...

Cooperation Sustainable Frites Chain extended by 3 years

24 May 2022

Since March 2019, the Province of South Holland, Wageningen Environmental Research, HAS University of Applied Sciences and French fries producer Farm Frites have been working together in the Green Circle 'Sustainable Fri...

NoPalm Ingredients wins Rabo Sustainable Innovation Award 2022

20 May 2022

This year's Rabo Sustainable Innovation Award (RDI) 2022 in the food transition category went to NoPalm Ingredients, a sustainable alternative to palm oil. Rabobank rewarded the winner with a EUR 20,000 prize and partici...

Meat substitutes from Dutch field beans

19 May 2022

Most producers of plant-based meat replacements use soy imported from South or North America as a source of protein. ME-AT the Alternative, a subsidiary of Vion, is the first company in the sector to opt for a local appr...

Decades of sustainability labels. What now?

17 May 2022

Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, Bird Friendly... certificeringslabels die duurzaamheid garanderen van producten als koffie en chocolade. Maar hoe duurzaam zijn ze? Is het betalen van een eerlijke prijs aan de bo...

UU commits to transition to local food

17 May 2022

Lokaal eten, voedsel dat geproduceerd is in je eigen regio, en de korte keten, producten van de boer naar burger of restaurant, zijn in opkomst, maar de omvang is nog zeer beperkt. Terwijl het veel meer de standaard moet...

Recyclable barrier packaging now a reality

16 May 2022

The food chain is facing major packaging challenges and is looking for more sustainable solutions. For example, for a new material with the same good properties as laminated versions, but which is recyclable.  Wh...