Boosting climate resilience and rural incomes in Honduras

As part of our longstanding commitment to improving rural livelihoods in ecologically critical landscapes, the Rainforest Alliance recently launched a three-year plan to work with vulnerable communities in some of Honduras’s most threatened forests. This vital work, to be carried out in alliance with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Honduran micro-finance institution FAMA, and Honduran conservation…

Symrise – corporate report 2017

Successful growth and corporate responsibility are not a contradiction for Symrise, but rather an obligation: The new Corporate Report “Unfolding Strengths” once again shows how the company succeeds in thinking long-term, acting sustainably and combining the interests of all stakeholders. The Sustainability Record As a globally operating company, Symrise actively contributes to the United Nations’…

Cargill offers allergen-free, label-friendly de-oiled rapeseed lecithin

In response to growing consumer demand for label-friendly ingredients, Cargill is introducing a new range of de-oiled lecithin products to complete its portfolio of GMO and non-GMO lecithin products. A first to market in Europe, Cargill’s de-oiled rapeseed lecithin products help bakery and snacks manufacturers deliver the recognizable ingredient label that consumers want, at an…

Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate: investing in women’s economic empowerment on International Women’s Day – and every day

Women are at the heart of cocoa growing communities and are the vital link between farms and families. When they have an opportunity to earn an income, the whole community thrives. Farm productivity increases, household incomes rise and children are better educated, healthier, and better fed. Cargill champions women throughout the cocoa supply chain by…

Functionalisation and stabilisation of ingredients: Innovative methods provide effective protection

Naturalness has become the decisive buying factor on the supermarket shelves – a trend that is reflected in the growing demand for natural aromas, colouring foodstuffs, health & nutrition ingredients. Their implementation enables food and beverages without ingredients that have to be declared, that can furthermore promise added health benefits. So that the functional ingredients…