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Heineken invests $22m in Spanish solar thermal plant

Heineken has invested €21m ($22.2m) in an industrial solar power plant at a brewery in Spain. The Dutch beer giant…

Signal: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests in UK manufacturing site

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola Co. products, has announced a £31m ($38m) investment in…

Patience vital as beer industry inches forward on regenerative agriculture

As many of the largest players in the beer industry move to reduce emissions upstream, brewers are turning to regenerative…

EU moves to eradicate ‘greenwashing’ with proposed law

The EU is moving forward with plans to tighten rules on “misleading” labelling claims pertaining to a product’s ‘green’ credentials.…

Diageo, Carlsberg among regenerative agriculture consortium setting common goals

Diageo, Carlsberg and PepsiCo are among the drinks giants to sign up to a new framework agreement for the transition…

Austria finalises deposit return scheme for 2025 launch

Austria has finalised the regulations for its deposit return scheme, which will come into force on 1 January 2025. Excluding…

US water board restricts BlueTriton’s access to water in California

California’s water board has approved a cease-and-desist order against ex-Nestlé bottled-water manufacturer BlueTriton Brands. Regulators today (20 September) blocked the…

Signal: Carlsberg touts “relative” progress but work to do on absolute emissions

Carlsberg has announced it has exceeded its target to cut "relative" carbon emissions but lowering absolute emissions remains more of…

Coca-Cola HBC trials “world-first” plastic alternative

Coca-Cola HBC is trialling an alternative to the plastic shrink film used on multipacks in Austria, the bottler claims is…

Mars updates net-zero roadmap, sets new 2030 target

Mars has issued a fresh set of net-zero pledges, the second time in under two years the US giant has…