Consumer Services
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the consumer services industry.
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09-23-20
Hormel Foods Achieves Packaging Reduction Goal, Continues its Food Journey Progress in 14th Annual Corporate Responsibility Report
Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) today announced the launch of its 14th annual corporate responsibility (CR) report. The report is available online at https://csr.hormelfoods.com/ and includes information about the company’s CR progress in fiscal 2019.
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09-22-20
Imaflora Research in Partnership With General Mills Reveals That Sustainable Agricultural Techniques Position Popcorn Maize Production in Mato Grosso Among the Ten Most Efficient in the World
An unprecedented study conducted by Imaflora in partnership with General Mills, the food industry that owns the brands Yoki, Kitano, Häagen-Dazs, Mais Vita, Betty Crocker and Carolina, and carried out through its philanthropic foundation, revealed that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in popcorn maize...
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09-21-20
General Mills to Reduce Absolute Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30% Across its Full Value Chain Over Next Decade
General Mills announced a pledge to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent across its full value chain – from farm to fork to landfill – over the next 10 years1. The company also committed to a long-term goal to achieve net zero emission levels by 2050. The absolute greenhouse gas c...
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09-21-20
Bacardi in the UAE Raises the Bar as First Spirits Company in the Middle East To Be Great Place To Work-Certified™
Celebrating moments that matter is what Bacardi Limited, the world's largest privately held spirits company, does best. For the team at Bacardi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there's added cause for celebration.
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09-18-20
Olam Urges International Brands to Adopt New Rice Eco-label to Allow Consumers to Support Farmers and Promote Sustainable Rice Production
Olam International is calling for retailers and food brands to back the new “Sustainable Rice Platform-Verified” Assurance Scheme and consumer pack label*, which will allow consumers to choose products that directly support efforts to increase farmer incomes and reduce the environmental impact of ri...
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09-17-20
General Mills Partnership With Gunsmoke Farms to Transition 34,000 Acres of Conventional Farmland to Organic Culminates With USDA Certification
General Mills today announced Gunsmoke Farms has received organic certification by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organics Program. Gunsmoke, a 34,000-acre farm outside of Pierre, South Dakota, had been managed conventionally for more than three decades before its transition to organi...
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09-09-20
Angel's Envy® Celebrates 7th Annual "Toast the Trees” Initiative With Launch of "Lost Oak Experiments” Campaign
ANGEL’S ENVY®, the Louisville-based craft distiller that produces small batch, finished whiskeys, is celebrating its 7th annual “Toast the Trees” initiative with the launch of the “Lost Oak Experiments” campaign, which explores what bourbon would look like in a world without white oak trees.
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09-04-20
ABERFELDY® Single Malt Scotch Whisky And Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) Launch 'Gardening Giveback Project' To Encourage Urban Beekeeping In Honor Of National Honey Month
ABERFELDY Single Malt Scotch Whisky, the whisky known around the world as the 'Golden Dram,' launched its 'Gardening Giveback Project' in collaboration with Bee Informed Partnership (BIP), a national, non-profit organization dedicated to working with beekeepers across the country to improve honeybee...
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09-02-20
‘Kiss the Ground:’ Netflix Movie Features Soil Health Pioneers Ray Archuleta, Gabe Brown
The movie features a lineup of some of Hollywood’s most recognizable names and faces, but two of its stars fly a little closer to the ground.
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08-27-20
Hormel Foods Recognized as a Best for Vets Employer for Eighth Consecutive Year
Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) today announced it has been ranked No. 43 on Military Times’ Best for Vets: Employers 2020 list.
