Sustainability
Velocity Sustainability Summit Early Bird Prices Go Up Friday!
GET YOUR $795 EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW! EARLY BIRD RATE EXPIRES FRIDAY 7.14.2023 The Velocity Institute Sustainability Summit, Early Bird pass, is on sale through Friday, and we want to make sure you take advantage of it. We’ve picked the top retail executives, sustainability thought leaders, and solution partners to come and share actionable private brand sustainability insights that are working for them in their right now. Here are a few speakers who will be presenting on September 26-27, 2023. Tom Hermes, VP, Sourcing and Product Development, WHOLE FOODS MARKET Caitlin Leibert, VP, Sustainability, WHOLE FOODS MARKET Edricco Reina,
Velocity Sustainability Summit Early Bird Prices Go Up Friday!
GET YOUR $795 EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW! EARLY BIRD RATE EXPIRES FRIDAY 7.14.2023 In this fourth edition of the Velocity Institute Sustainability Summit, we laser focus on Retailer-owned Brand (Private Brand) and Sustainability. The Sustainability Summit is designed to bring the industry together to accelerate Sustainability, share best practices, and explore the future. Join us live and in-person to learn, network, and discuss at the Hilton Austin on September 26-27, 2023. Our goal is to ask questions and challenge existing answers – about sustainable packaging, equitable/ethical sourcing, and authentic marketing – and we are not the only curious ones.
Albertsons O Organics® Launches “Fight Hunger, Serve Hope”
Albertsons Companies, Inc. today announced the launch of its Albertson’s-owned Brand O Organics “Fight Hunger, Serve Hope” initiative to combat hunger during the summer months when households with school-aged children face higher rates of food insecurity. Now through August 1, the retailer’s brand will donate one meal for every O Organics product purchased, up to $7 million and the equivalent of 28 million meals. Donations will be made to Nourishing Neighbors, a program of Albertsons Companies Foundation, to fund grants dedicated to providing healthy meals for at-risk youth throughout the summer. "While summertime sparks excitement for countless students,
$795 Velocity Sustainability Summit Early Bird Tickets Available Now!
GET YOUR $795 EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW! EARLY BIRD RATE EXPIRES 7.14.2023 In this fourth edition of the Velocity Institute Sustainability Summit, we laser focus on Retailer-owned Brand (Private Brand) and Sustainability. The Sustainability Summit is designed to bring the industry together to accelerate Sustainability, share best practices, and explore the future. Join us live and in-person to learn, network, and discuss at the Hilton Austin on September 26-27, 2023. Our goal is to ask questions and challenge existing answers – about sustainable packaging, equitable/ethical sourcing, and authentic marketing – and we are not the only curious ones. The
Lidl Great Britain Incorporates Ocean Plastic into Water Bottles
Lidl GB has announced that it will be incorporating Prevented Ocean Plastic into its water bottles – becoming the first UK supermarket to make this change. Appearing in store throughout July, Lidl’s 1 liter San Celestino Italian Sparkling Mineral Water bottles will contain a minimum of 30% Prevented Ocean Plastic - plastic that would have otherwise ended up in the ocean. With 12 million bottles sold annually, this initiative is expected to save almost 100 tons of plastic from entering our oceans per year, equivalent to almost 4 million plastic water bottles. The move builds on the discounter’s strides
SAVE $200 with Sustainability Summit Early Bird Rate
SAVE $200 NOW WITH EARLY BIRD TICKETS EARLY BIRD RATE EXPIRES 7.14.2023 In this fourth edition of the Velocity Institute Sustainability Summit, we laser focus on Retailer-owned Brand (Private Brand) and Sustainability. The Sustainability Summit is designed to bring the industry together to accelerate Sustainability, share best practices, and explore the future. Join us live and in-person to learn, network, and discuss at the Hilton Austin on September 26-27, 2023. Our goal is to ask questions and challenge existing answers – about sustainable packaging, equitable/ethical sourcing, and authentic marketing – and we are not the only curious ones. The
Join us in Austin for the Sustainability Summit 2023
In this fourth edition of the Velocity Institute Sustainability Summit, we laser focus on Retailer-owned Brand (Private Brand) and Sustainability. The Sustainability Summit is designed to bring the industry together to accelerate Sustainability, share best practices, and explore the future. Join us live and in-person to learn, network, and discuss at the Hilton Austin on September 26-27, 2023. Our goal is to ask questions and challenge existing answers – about sustainable packaging, equitable/ethical sourcing, and authentic marketing – and we are not the only curious ones. The Sustainability Summit is two days to find the answers that help you
Walmart and Sam’s Club Raise Tuna Supply Chains Standards
Bentonville-based retailers Walmart and Sam’s Club are dedicated to delivering products that are more sustainably sourced, including key seafood commodities that provide protein, nutrition, and income for hundreds of millions of people around the world. This week the pair announced stronger standards aimed at improving transparency and data gathering in the tuna supply chain to address issues such as accidental catch of non-targeted species, illegal fishing and abandonment of fishing gear, all of which continue to pose a threat to ocean ecosystems. Their enhanced seafood policy covers Walmart U.S., Walmart Canada and Sam’s Club suppliers and asks tuna suppliers to:
Asda Replaces Colored Milk Tops to Recycle Over 200 M Pieces Of Plastic A Year
British retailer Asda has today announced that it will replace colored caps with clear caps on all its own label fresh milk, including skimmed, semi-skimmed, whole, organic, and filtered milk. The change will mean that 268 tons of High-Density Polythene (rHDPE) can be recycled to make new milk bottles and is part of Asda’s plan to make more of its food packaging recyclable. As a result of this change, 207 million plastic milk caps will now be recycled in this way each year. The switch to natural-colored caps means that they can be easily recycled back into food-grade packaging.
Waitrose launch UK’s first Retailer-owned Brand Fairtrade coconut oil
UK grocer Waitrose has launched its new Retailer-owned Brand Coconut Oil, which is both organic and Fairtrade, the first of its kind in the UK. The Sonmic Organic and Natural Farmers’ Association (SONFA) has produced this coconut oil. They are a small producer organization based in Sri Lanka, prioritizing organic farming with a strong focus on protecting the environment. Fairtrade works with the coconut farmers to ensure they receive a fair price for their crops, and the Fairtrade producer networks offer farmers training on environmentally friendly pest control, biodiversity, and sustainable agriculture. Tom Shiel, Waitrose Buyer, said: “We are proud
