Thursday, September 27, 2012

Mcdonald's sustainability

  • McDonald's: We Need To Define What 'Sustainable' Beef Means

    The company has indeed taken strides. McDonald's Europe buys coffee certified by the Rainforest Alliance, and the entire company aims to use only certified-sustaiable palm oil by 2015.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • McDonald's Wants to Know Whether Its Beef Is Sustainable

    Energy is "the big kahuna," for McDonald's Corp., the world's biggest restaurant chain, according to Bob Langert, its vice president of sustainability. With the fast-food restaurant's global annual energy bill estimated at $2 billion, it's looking at ...

    www.bloomberg.com

  • Reckitt Benckiser Joins The Sustainability Consortium

    ... Sustainability Consortium (TSC), an independent global organization that creates sustainability standards for consumer products.

    www.sacbee.com

  • McDonald's: Earning Over 270% In Fast Food

    This amazing business has proven its ability to grow all areas of its business in a sustainable way, all the while giving back to its shareholders through sizeable dividends and stock buybacks.

    seekingalpha.com

  • McDonald's (MCD) Fundamental Analysis: is the McMeal going to hash it?

    McDonald's menu makeover includes a new Egg White Delight and various fruit offerings. The company has also made statements regarding its commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility. CapitalCube evaluates just how the market views ...

    www.insidermonkey.com

  • McDonald's Menu to Post Calorie Data

    Not everyone applauded McDonald's announcement. Sara Deon, who works on campaigns to reduce junk food marketing and build food sustainability at Corporate Accountability International, a watchdog group, said it had more to do with public relations ...

    www.nytimes.com

  • Lockheed Martin, Staples, McDonald's win accolades from EPA

    In most cities, the single-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is electricity usage. Businesses and communities can play a huge role in reducing emissions, improving public health and boosting local job markets by using sustainable energy. On Sept.

    www.greenbiz.com

  • MAC Asia Pacific's role in filling insatiable global burger demand

    As part of its relationship with McDonald's, MAC Asia Pacific is looking at developing its own sustainability strategy, in concert with McDonald's Global Sustainability Framework. "This is in some ways new territory for us, but we're conscious of the ...

    www.beefcentral.com

  • McDonald's counter-cyclical growth presents beef supply challenge

    Questioned about McDonald's approach to environmental and animal welfare standards, the forum was told the company had made a formal commitment to global sustainable initiatives, and beef was one of the areas of focus for that. "It is becoming a higher ...

    www.beefcentral.com

  • Ex-McDonald's exec has healthy fast-food chain on his menu

    Now, the former McDonald's exec has a fast-food chain of his own on his menu, and it's not about burgers and fries but, rather,"low-calorie, locally sourced and sustainably grown food and wine," as this story on BloombergBusinessweek and this one on Inc.

    www.theglobeandmail.com

  • Full text: Ron Boswell's speech to Senate

    They were meeting members of the Australian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (ARSB) to discuss plans to improve the industry's sustainability practices. ARSB members include JBS, Cargill, McDonald's, the Cattle Council of Australia (CCA), Meat and ...

    sl.farmonline.com.au

  • Why Is the U.S. Backward, and Other Climate Questions

    "Since the CDP is an investor-driven initiative," says Jeffrey Hogue, senior director of Sustainability with McDonald's Corp., "do companies, which have strong financial fundamentals and are leaders in [Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index] or the ...

    www.bloomberg.com

  • McDonald's Awards Norwalk Non-Profit with Nutrition Seminar Grant

    Recipients were evaluated based on a number of factors, including program reach, sustainability, uniqueness and financial need.

    norwalk.patch.com

  • McMansions: why Aussies are lovin' it

    McMansions (as their nickname suggests) are the McDonald's of housing - they're super-sized, American-like and mass produced.

    www.brisbanetimes.com.au

  • BraunPrize 2012: 'Genius Design for a better everyday'

    In addition to the total prize fund of $5,000 for each project, the three sustainability award winners will also receive the exclusive opportunity to participate at the internationally renowned 2013 ICSDCE conference in Toronto, Canada.

    www.timescolonist.com

  • McMansions a sign of our country's wealth

    Naturally our big houses have critics. Sustainability advocates say McMansions are bad for the environment. Yet there's more going on here.

    www.theage.com.au

  • East-West McDonald's Closes; Nine-Story Commercial Building Planned

    The building also is expected to be certified LEED platinum for environmental sustainability and will feature a full-height glass curtain facade.

    bethesda.patch.com

  • CRedit360 partners with EPA ENERGY STAR

    By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computer Weekly News -- CRedit360, the award winning sustainability software provider, has joined the ENERGY STAR partnership program.

    www.equities.com

  • What does 'sustainable supply chain' mean for the planet?

    For example, fast-food giant McDonald's earlier this year announced a 10-year plan to buy all its pork for its U.S. business from farmers who do not house pregnant sows in gestation stalls, a practice many consider cruel.

    www.mnn.com

  • Unsustainable Narratives and How They Affect You (And Our Planet) -- Isn't It ...

    In the absence of a compelling story from the Obama Administration on sustainability, the media and other information channels fill the vacuum with their own stories and narratives -- which are often produced from a commercially defined agenda.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

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