Category: Food & Beverage
The world’s leading tobacco company is determined to play a central role on the path towards a smoke free future. By Alberto Bernardi, Managing Director Nordics The tobacco industry is experiencing a fundamental transformation as focus shifts from conventional cigarettes to reduced health risk products. In line with oil companies such as Statoil, that seek […]
Source: PMI
Category: Food & Beverage
Two of the world’s most iconic food and beverage brands have launched ambitious initiatives aimed at significantly reducing waste and increasing the recycled and biobased content of their packaging. Together, they mark the acceleration of a yearslong war on waste. McDonald’s Corp. last week announced plans to make 100 percent of its consumer packaging from “renewable, recyclable […]
Source: GreenBiz
Category: Food & Beverage
I statsbudsjettenigheten mellom de borgerlige partiene ble Høyre, Frp, Venstre og KrF enige om å øke sjokolade- og sukkervareavgiften med 83 prosent. Både Høyre og Fremskrittspartiet har tidligere lovet å fjerne sukkeravgiften – bare de kom i regjering. Også avgiften på alkoholfrie drikkevarer økes. Her er økningen på rundt 42 prosent. – Dette er et […]
Category: Food & Beverage
EØS-tilsynet ESA vil vurdere den kraftig økte sukkeravgiften nærmere, men krever ikke at den suspenderes mens behandlingen av saken pågår. Beslutningen kommer etter at NHO mat og drikke i forrige uke klagde sukkeravgiften inn for overvåkingsorganet i Brussel. NHO krevde midlertidig forføyning, det vil si en beslutning om å stoppe innføring av avgiften mens klagesaken […]
Source: E24
Category: AmCham News
Diplomatic Immunity headlined AmCham’s Christmas Party 2017 at Hard Rock Cafe and did justice to the venue name, as members and partners gathered for a festive evening of American wines, guitar solos and high spirits. The band, consisting of — among others —US Chrage de Affairs Jim DeHart on lead guitar and Canadian ambassador Arthur […]
Source: AmCham