Europa, a Tuscan textile company engaged in the production of mono and bi-stretch fabrics of premium quality in the casual, sport and denim fields, will present its Autumn/Winter 2015-16 high-tech fabric collection at the international ...
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Allied Feather & Down, supplier and processor of down to the outdoor and home markets, has completed the audit and certification process of the Textile Exchange Responsible Down Standard (RDS) for its processing plant in Montebello, ...
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Fonterra to develop third dairy farm hub in China New Zealand-based global dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd (Fonterra) has announced it has signed an agreement with US pharmaceutical and health care company Abbott Laboratories ...
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Agri-business company Olam International plans to invest around $61m to build a new cocoa processing facility in Indonesia. The facility will produce cocoa butter, cocoa cake and high quality cocoa powders, with an initial capacity of ...
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is planning to offer Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)- certified sustainable palm oil to North American customers beginning in 2015. ADM is also working with agribusiness Wilmar International ...
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Cacao Barry, the world' leading gourmet chocolate brand, today officially unveils the next generation of chocolate couvertures, Purity from Nature, at its Asia-Pacific launch. Pure and intense, the Purity from Nature chocolate couvertures ...
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H&M is committed to ensure that its fabrics are not coming from the worlds remaining ancient and endangered forest. H&M to together with the not-for-profit environmental organization Canopy by June 2014 put a plan in place to avoid ...
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Starting next month, publicly traded U.S. companies will have to report their use of certain minerals and their derivatives to the government. As an article (“Conflict minerals and corporate supply chains: The challenge of complying ...
Mars, Incorporated announced today a new policy to help build a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain. This sees Mars commit to both industry leading standards and develop a fully traceable pipeline back to known palm oil processing mills ...
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British farmer-owned dairy co-operative First Milk and cheese supplier Adams Foods have completed their long-term, strategic, cheese supply partnership. The move comes after the deal received approval from the UK's Office of Fair Trading ...
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Global food manufacturer, the Kellogg Company (Kellogg), has announced a global commitment to work with palm oil suppliers to source “fully traceable palm oil, produced in a manner that’s environmentally responsible, socially ...
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Roquette America and World Food Processing have signed an exclusive supply agreement to meet the fast growing North American consumer and customer demand for pea protein. Roquette America, part of the Roquette Group, is well recognized in ...
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Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced a global exclusive agreement with international wool supplier H. Dawson Wool (@HDawsonWool) for the use of ...
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Textile Exchange (TE) is excited to announce ownership of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), gifted by The North Face. The standard allows companies to ensure that the down in their products comes from ethically treated geese. The North ...
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Patagonia announced that Rose Marcario, CEO of Patagonia Works, the parent company of Patagonia, Inc., will also assume the role of President and CEO of Patagonia. Prior to serving as the CEO of Patagonia Works, Marcario served as ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation