A few months before the 2019 IBIE, the United Nations in concert with 25 businesses launched its “business ambition for 1.5˚C,” a call to action looking for the business community to set verifiable science-based targets toward limiting global warming to 1.5˚C and to achieve a net-zero emission economy by 2050.

Goat cheese maker Vermont Creamery announced it joined the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance, a collaboration involving US food industry companies that seeks to recycle more food waste and expand renewable energy production.

Kwik Lok will feature the latest in sustainable closure solutions and machinery at the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) from September 18-21 in Las Vegas.