In an August 17, 2020 News Release http://ir.kroger.com/CorporateProfile/press-releases/press-release/2020/Kroger-Outlines-New-Stakeholder-Priorities-and-Operational-Improvements-in-2020-Environmental-Social-and-Governance-Report/default.aspx Kroger summarized its latest ESG report which highlights “… progress toward its sustainability goals … our vision … [is] a future with Zero Hunger and Zero Waste …Kroger continues to bring sustainable packaging solutions to customers through … [a] reusable packaging platform … a multi-year collaboration across retail sectors to identify, test and implement alternatives to the traditional single-use plastic retail bag … [By 2030, for its own brands, will] Complete a baseline product packaging footprint to fully understand current packaging impacts … Seek to achieve 100% recyclable, compostable and/or reusable packaging … Increase recycled content in packaging … [so that it] collectively contains at least 10% recycled content in packaging … Reduce unnecessary packaging … [and] Increase awareness among Kroger customers about how to properly manage … product packaging at end of life …” #PackagingWaste #ESG #Kroger #SingleUsePackaging #PlasticWaste
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
