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Celebrating progress in sustainable living — how we live, travel, eat, move, dress, play, clean… and more.
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Spotlight: PawCo Foods
PawCo Foods is a pet food company focused on creating nutritious, plant-based options for dogs. Appealing to a growing market of consumers interested in sustainable, cruelty-free food for their pets, PawCo Foods aims to make plant-based pet nutrition both accessible and appealing to pet owners and their dogs alike.
Spotlight: Bramble
Bramble is a plant-based pet food company that focuses on creating nutritionally complete meals for dogs using wholesome, natural ingredients. Founded with the mission of offering healthier, ethical alternatives to traditional pet food, Bramble’s products are designed to cater to the specific dietary needs of dogs while avoiding animal-based ingredients.
Spotlight: Arch Pet Food
Arch Pet Food is a premium pet nutrition company dedicated to providing high-quality, balanced meals for pets, focusing on the use of natural ingredients.
Spotlight: Earth Animal
With a mission to “to preserve and enhance quality of life for animals, people, and the Earth,” Earth Animal is a pioneering company in the pet care industry. The company is known for its holistic approach to pet health, offering a wide range of natural products, including supplements, chews, treats, and organic foods.
Spotlight: Open Farm Pet
With a mission to empower pet parents with high quality nutrition for pets, crafted from ethically and sustainably sourced ingredients, Open Farm is one of the fastest growing pet food companies in North America. A certified B-Corporation, Open Farm offers a range of premium pet food products formulated with a focus on environmental stewardship, animal welfare and transparent sourcing.
Spotlight: Sustainable Petcare News Highlights
Pet Sustainability Coalition prepares for Return to Retail recycling rollout. Spotlight on pet owner sustainability demands. Nestle Purina supports regenerative marine-based sourcing fund. Meatly, BioCraft Pet Nutrition reach price parity for cultivated meat. And many more…
Spotlight: Sustainable Petcare News Highlights
PetSmart pilots toy/food bag takeback. Sustainable packaging progress from Catit, American Packaging, Berry, Peel Plastics, others. Spotlight on sustainable pet food. VEGDOG / MicroHarvest launch microbial pet treat. Pet Supplies Plus / Terracycle partnership. Eco-friendly cleaning for pet industry. And much more…
Sustainable Pet & Petcare
Brands in the news: Nestlé Purina North America, Cargill, Cave Pets, Grub Club Pets, Green Boy Group, Innovafeed, Open Farm Pet, Carnivore Meat Company, Pet Sustainability Coalition, PETSELECT SA, Vital Pet Life, Bond Pet Foods, Pets at Home, Earth Animal, Loopworm and many others.
Sustainable Pet & Petcare
Brands in the news: Petco, Meatly, omnipetfood, PawCo Foods, Mars, Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe, Petcurean, American Wood Fibers, Inc., ZIWI, Earth Rated, Pets at Home, Pet Sustainability Coalition, Protix, Leap Venture Studio & Academy, American Pet Products Association (APPA), V-dog, Inc, Wild Earth and many more.
Sustainable Pet & Petcare
Brands in the news: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Bond Pet Foods, Australis Aquaculture, HOWND, Wild Earth, Innovafeed, PetCubes, Symrise AG, Furtime Pet Food, Westley's Leap, Catalyst Pet, Furtime Pet Food, Tetra Pak, Prime100, BENEO, FMCG Gurus, Mintel, American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), Arch Pet Food, Petcurean, Bene Meat, Tuggs, FERMENTALG and many more.
Sustainable Pet & Petcare
Brands in the news: Globe Buddy , Bright Planet Pet, Arch Pet Food, Robin Good Pets, Open Farm Pet, Nestlé Purina North America, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Bond Pet Foods, Petcurean, Pet Sustainability Coalition, CYNS, Sumitomo Corporation, Enifer, Protix, American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and many more.
Sustainable Pet & Petcare
Brands in the news: Nestlé Purina North America, Paleo, PawCo Foods, Piggyback Treats Company, Ginqopetfood, Earth Rated, Nylabone, Pet Sustainability Coalition, ADM, FMCG Gurus, Arch Pet Food, Oterra, Plastrela Embalagens Flexíveis Ltda and many more.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 13 of my new weekly video recap of five highlights in sustainable living news in five minutes curated from my #SustainableLife blog at greenlivingdoug.com. Today's recap includes the upcoming launch of the first-ever cultivated pet food, small businesses championing vegan beauty, the Vatican / Volkswagen agreement to go all-electric in vehicles, European consumers reducing meat consumption and the highlights of the sports world's participation at the UN COP28 climate summit.
Sustainable Pets & Petcare
Brands in the news: Meatly, Mars Petcare, VAFO, Grubbly Farms, UPM Specialty Papers, Ahlstrom, Mondi Group, Pet Valu, Morris Packaging, Healthy Pet , BENEO, Sarval Petfood and many more.
Video: 5 in 5 (week in review)
Check out episode 11 of my new weekly video recap of five highlights in sustainable living news in five minutes curated from my #SustainableLife blog at greenlivingdoug.com. Today's recap includes sustainability in the petcare sector, IKEA's recommitment to sustainable living for the many, a new refillable pod system for beauty products, electric vehicle sales increases outside the U.S., and plant-based food growth in European restaurants.
Sustainable Pets & Petcare
Brands in the news: Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe, VAFO, Tyson Foods, Pet Supplies Plus, TerraCycle, Prime100, Tetra Pak, Bright Planet Pet, Petco, Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, Pet Sustainability Coalition, Symrise AG, Real Pet Food Company, Corbion, Wag N' Wash Natural Pet Food & Grooming, Protix, Only An Ocean, Earth Animal, PetCubes, Shameless Pets and many more.
Video: Sustainability Spotlight - PetSmart
Sustainability Spotlight: PetSmart. Join me as I sit down with Joanne Dwyer, VP Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability at PetSmart, as we take a look at the sustainability topics and challenges on their agenda as a company who will do "Anything for Pets." Packaging, materials, food, customer engagement... and, yes, even pet waste -- all part of the chat.
