ESG: A horse still worth backing?
Purpose-led growth can repel a looming global recession, but food and beverage brands need to justify their price, believes Verlinvest’s Ben Black.
Archives for November 3, 2022
‘Retailer negotiations will become tougher’: Food makers face pushback over price increases in Europe
Pricing negotiations are rarely easy. But the downbeat consumer outlook in Europe is prompting retailers across the region to resist attempts to pass cost inflation along to shoppers and stiff competition from private label leaves brands exposed to...
Barry Callebaut unwraps ‘second generation’ of chocolate: ‘It gives a cocoa bite, instead of a sweet bite’
The chocolate major is ‘redesigning’ how it farms, ferments, and roasts cocoa beans to develop a range of chocolate. We ask Bas Smit, Vice-President, Global Marketing and R&D, how the company is putting ‘cocoa first, sugar last’.
Citrus-free flavours developed to ‘alleviate global citrus sourcing challenges’
A range of flavours free from citrus-derived molecules, fractions and oils, has been developed by IFF to overcome challenges in the citrus supply chain.
UNEP 2022 Adaptation Gap Report and Emissions Gap Report
UNEP ahead of COP27: The world is ‘not keeping pace with climate risks and impacts’
Whilst many countries worldwide are working to tackle the climate crisis, actions are not keeping pace with real-world risks and impacts on planet and people, largely due to huge funding gaps, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).