Tag Archives: Sustainability Consortium
Latest International Trends on measuring Food Sustainability
During the first week of October, Edge Environment’s Director Jonas Bengtsson presented at the 8th International Conference on LCA in the Food industry. This conference continued its growth trend, with over 430 participants, a great increase over the last Conference in 2010 in Bari, Italy with 272 attendants. While the usual topics such as [...]
Report from LCA Food 2012 Conference in St Malo
The International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food sector was held in St Malo in France from 1 to 4 October 2012. This was the eighth conference in a series including Brussels (1996, 1998), Gothenburg (2001, 2007), Horsens (2003), Zürich (2008) and Bari (2010). The conference saw increased focus on labelling in all forms (eco-, carbon [...]
Walmart requesting supplier information for Sustainability Index
Never before have we seen such bold sustainability plans being launched by high profile companies. The list includes GE’s ecoimagination, Nike Better World, Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan, and Marks & Spencer’s Plan A. Now Walmart has taken its next step and officially launched the Sustainability Index. Walmart is requesting product information from the first 18 [...]
Walmart Sustainability Index Goes LIVE
Walmart is launching The Sustainability Index, providing tools to help improve the sustainability of the products sold. Walmart are continually broadening and accelerating their sustainability efforts driven by the interest of customers, shareholders, business and the planet. The Sustainability Index provides us a vehicle for advancing sustainability further by integrating it into Walmart’s core business [...]
The Sustainability Consortium Launch Regional Hub in Chile
The Chilean Hub of The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), launched on the 24th of April, is the first of its kind, embodies the official representation of this global initiative in Latin America. This hub is the result of a joint strategic effort between TSC and long-time international members Walmart Chile and Fundación Chile in partnership with Edge [...]
Visiting partner from Fundación Chile
Edge Environment and Fundación Chile have been working with Walmart Chile since 2010, helping them adapt the international Walmart Sustainability Index initiative to Chile. Together, we have developed 10 product category LCAs for food products and detergents, to help Walmart Chile’s suppliers, merchants and sustainability managers focus their sustainability efforts on key environmental hotspots over [...]
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