by SACCNY | Oct 25, 2018 | Guest Column, Sustainability, Sustainology, Trends
How Cities Can Lead the Fight Against Food Waste Elizabeth Balkan, Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), shares how tackling the food waste problem on a city level can lead to greater sustainability. As urban populations continue to grow at an...
by SACCNY | Dec 18, 2017 | Award, Business, Entrepreneurship, Food, Innovation, News, Sustainology, Tech
Whywaste – Where Sustainability Meets the Bottom Line Over the past two years, the company has managed to curb food waste by 20 percent in about 100 Swedish supermarkets using data collection. In New York caught up with founders Annika Hellenberg, Martin Grådal,...
by SACCNY | Dec 18, 2017 | Business, Entrepreneurship, Events, Food, Innovation, Sustainology, Sweden, Tech
There were two notable refrains at the 2017 Sustainology Summit: First, sustainability done right is intrinsically profitable—and must be in order to be viable from a business perspective. Second, considering the escalating climate crisis and diminishing natural...
by SACCNY | Nov 23, 2017 | Award, Innovation, Startup, Sustainability, Sustainology, Tech
PRESS RELEASE The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in New York, in collaboration with Deloitte, are pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 SACCNY-Deloitte Green Award: Whywaste, a Swedish-based company offering digital solutions enabling retailers to easily...
by SACCNY | Nov 17, 2017 | Business, Guest Column, Sustainability, Sustainology, Sweden
Businesses Get Bold in Their Climate Work From time to time people ask me if it’s not too heavy a burden to work with climate issues, as it is such a depressing topic. I always answer: On the contrary! Together with the companies in the Swedish sustainable business...
by SACCNY | Nov 17, 2017 | Business, Featured, Food, Guest Column, Innovation, Sustainability, Sustainology, Tech
Sweden FoodTech Founder, Johan Jörgensen, Says Hard Data Will Save Food Systems Picture a few happy piglets running around, a rough hand grabbing soil, a cheerful grandmother stirring a bubbling pot on the stove. Are these the images you have of agricultural...
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