Food & Agriculture
How Starbucks and Green Mountain serve up shared value
The two coffee titans are addressing hunger and poverty in suppliers' communities while delivering value for their companies. Read More
Ocean acidification will cost global economy $1 trillion by 2100
The rise in acidity from carbon pollution is threatening the vital fisheries and ecosystem services we depend on. Here's the price tag. Read More
Here's what's on Olive Garden's sustainability menu
Amid shareholder conflict and other turmoil, Darden Restaurants shows progress in reducing carbon emissions, energy and waste. Read More
Nespresso's 2020 goals aim at coffee-led sustainability evolution
Nestlé's coffee brand is to spend more than $530 million on new operations in South Sudan, reducing aluminium waste and becoming carbon neutral. Read More
How far will Chipotle go to source grass-fed organic beef?
Customers ask for pastured beef, but organic sources are hard to come by in U.S. How far must we hoof it to get this prized ingredient? Read More
13 companies sowing solutions for food resilience
Big Data is among the most fertile approaches to address food scarcity and waste. Here are some intriguing examples of how it's being applied. Read More
Mars: To transform raw materials supply, we must work together
Creating sustainable supply of key ingredients is not an area for competition, says the confectioner's sustainability director, Kevin Rabinovitch. Read More
ConAgra joins movement for deforestation-free palm oil
Large investors withdraw a shareowner resolution after the packaged food giant agrees to remove tree-cutting palm oil suppliers from its supply chain. Read More
New fishing nets reduce bycatch, sparing sea life
Fishermen and innovators work together to make nets that leave certain kinds of fish — and birds, dolphins, turtles and whales — where they belong. Read More
Why business needs to view farm animal rights as a green issue
The president of the Humane Society of the United States talks about how his organization is pushing corporations to change their practices. Read More