Akpabio, Police, others, give critical endorsement to GOCOP at 7th AGM
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has received critical endorsement of stakeholders in the public, private and media communities at its seventh annual general meeting currently holding in Abuja….
Nestle ramps up Nigeria raw material sourcing as forex squeeze bites
June 26, 2023 Food giant Nestle’s businesses in Nigeria and other African countries are ramping up sourcing of local raw materials like starch and turmeric, a move that may help…
Russia, Ukraine foreign ministers meet as war enters 3rd week
March 10, 2022 Russia’s war in Ukraine entered the third week on Thursday with none of its stated objectives reached. This is even as thousands of people have been killed,…
A better future for cocoa farmers as Nestle moves to pay growers to keep children in school
Jan. 27, 2022 Nestle will start paying cocoa farmers cash if they send their children to school rather than out to tend crops as part of a push to purchase…
Big brands call for global pact to cut plastic production
Jan. 17, 2022 International brands including Coca Cola and PepsiCo called on Monday for a global pact to combat plastic pollution that includes cuts in plastic production, a key growth…
Examining Coca-Cola’s role in global plastic pollution
Nov. 18, 2021 As far back as 2019, it was estimated that every minute, people around the world buy one million plastic drinking bottles, totaling almost 1.5 billion plastic bottles…
How Cocoa-Cola, others are killing Nigerians through pollution – Report
Four multi-national companies – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are responsible for half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six countries per year. Their combined pollution output has been…
Coca Cola, Nestlé are top plastic polluters in the world – Report
Nestlé, the Swiss multinational and Coca Cola are the two major plastic polluters in the world with Coca Cola topping the infamous chart, new reports shows. The results of the…
As population grows, human diet must cut down on meat, sugar, salt – Nestlé executive
Nestlé SA, one of the world’s largest food processors, believes population growth will require human diets to adapt, reducing consumption of sugar, salt and meat products, an executive said on…
Plastic waste everywhere, yet not enough to sustain recycling business in AfricaÂ
A sea of crumpled bottles spills across the courtyard of Lucy Luo Minghui’s new $44 million plastic recycling factory in Nairobi, where plastic waste litters roadsides and clogs rivers. Yet,…