Top Sustainability News

In response to local and worldwide food waste challenges including hunger and poverty, climate change,  restaurant chain, District Taco, has signed on to support the efforts of Too Good To Go. The Too Good To Go app directs Washingtonians to restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, and hotels that offer daily surplus foods at greatly reduced prices. To […]

Panda Express has today announced a global cage-free animal welfare policy, committing to source 100 percent cage-free eggs and egg products for all of its restaurant locations. Its critical commitment follows the trend of other restaurant industry leaders adopting similar cage-free policies around the world, as well as the release of the Global Cage-Free Restaurant Report. In addition […]

In partnership with TerraCycle, select Taco Bell locations, alongside several community spaces, all located throughout Mercer County are helping to divert used hot sauce packets away from landfills. With 8.2 billion Taco Bell hot sauce packets used each year in the U.S., this pilot program aims to give packets a spicier new life as a […]

Sheetz, a family owned and operated restaurant and convenience store chain, today announced a long-term renewable supply agreement with Constellation, the nation’s leading supplier of clean energy solutions, to power nearly 70 percent of its Pennsylvania facilities with renewable energy.  Backed by Sheetz’s commitment, Constellation has entered into separate long-term power purchase agreements to procure […]

Noodles & Company, the national fast-casual brand serving globally-inspired noodle dishes made fresh to order, announced today that it has partnered with Hoffmaster Group Inc., parent company of Aardvark, to replace plastic straws with paper straws in all its restaurants across the country by the end of March 2022.  Mission-Driven Partnership  “In the same way that we care about […]

WinCup, Inc. has partnered with Burgerville, the Pacific Northwest’s hometown favorite quick service restaurant, to bring phade, the world’s first marine biodegradable, home and industrial compostable drinking straw, to all 40 locations across Oregon and southwest Washington. Made with PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate), a biopolymer derived from the fermentation of canola oil, phade sustainable straws and stirrers […]

Today, The Wendy’s Company announced that it is a new member of the How2Recycle label program. By partnering with How2Recycle and implementing the label program, Wendy’s packaging in the United States and Canada will feature educational information for Wendy’s customers on the proper way to dispose of and recycle consumer-facing restaurant packaging. The How2Recycle label […]

Lennox International Inc. (LII) today announced a formal commitment to set science-based targets on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). In joining with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) alongside a global coalition of companies leading the way toward tackling climate change, LII demonstrates the company’s dedication to environmental sustainability. The SBTi – a […]

To help advance the goal of sustainably sourcing 100% of its customer-facing packaging by 2026, Wendy’s is announcing a new collaboration with packaging and plastics industry leaders Berry Global and LyondellBasell. The collaboration will support Wendy’s move from a selection of plastic-lined paper cups with limited recyclability to single-substrate, clear plastic drink cups that more […]