With many sectors of the Australian organic industry currently thriving, one sector that is set to boom in the coming years is that of organic snack foods. Fleur Michell writes.

Accolade Wines’ brand Banrock Station has strengthened its partnership with Landcare Australia as it aims to plant 100,000 native trees and shrubs each year from January, 2021.

Treasury Wine Estates has signed a contract with agtech company The Yield Technology Solutions to install a system to harvest predictions and weather notifications using gridded weather across ANZ.

Despite the uncertainty and distraction caused by COVID-19, Fonterra says it has made good progress with its sustainability initiatives.

It is possible to meet your sustainability targets while reducing water risks. Cress Consulting CEO Julia Seddon writes about the opportunities in water management.

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) says it has completed its due diligence and has entered into binding agreements to acquire Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCL). The proposal was announced on 25 October.

Bubs Australia reported a $9.4 million group gross revenue for Q1FY21, down 34 per cent pcp, but managed to increase sales in its Australian grocery and pharmacy retailers by 29 per cent pcp.

One of Australia’s leading barramundi farms, Humpty Doo Barramundi has received a $24.2 million loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to expand its operations.

Tim Heard, the co-founder of Circle of Entrepreneurs and head of intrapreneurship at Barclays Ventures is the guest speaker for the Yume/Suez Trash to Treasure webinar series.

A career mapping tool to encourage a new generation of talent into the supply chain and logistics sector has been developed by Deakin University’s Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL).

The latest progress report on the non-alcoholic beverage industry’s sugar reduction pledge shows a 12 per cent drop in sugar per 100ml since 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2020.

A group of packaging professionals gathered in a virtual room on Wednesday to thrash out the problems and hurdles that stand in the way of realising a closed loop, circular economy for packaging materials.

During the keynote session for the third day of the virtual AIP Australasian Packaging Conference, two experts gave an in-depth presentation on the nitty gritty of how to foster a circular economy for packaging materials.

Freedom Foods Group has extended its voluntary suspension from trading to 30 November. The company had extended its suspension to 30 October in July when the scale of its financial woes were being realised.

Understanding human decision making and interventions that can convert customers, as well as sustainability, passion and purpose for packaging, led this morning’s discussion at the 2020 Women in Packaging forum.

The final stages of Asahi Beverages’ $16 billion acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries is almost complete, with news Heineken N.V. will acquire the five cider and beer brands Asahi had to divest for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to approve the deal.