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On April 15 of this year, PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network presented the 2014 Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards (SEMA) during Food Engineering’s Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference in Clearwater Beach, FL.

With the Sun Belt states experiencing serious droughts and the cost of processing wastewater escalating in many municipalities, conserving and reusing water at food and beverage processing facilities just makes plain business sense.

 The forum also pledges to support UN goals on food waste reduction at the consumer level and across supply chains. 

 The awards recognize facilities that improve sustainability efforts in food, beverage or consumer product manufacturing operations. 

 All Nestlé USA factories employ ISO 14001-certified environmental management systems to help manage their environmental impact. 

 The report estimates industry demand for water will increase by 400 percent between 2000 and 2050. 

 The new state-of-the-art facility replaces its former location in Lemont, Ill., providing additional storage space, nearly 15,000 pallet positions and other sustainable features. 

The top three impacts to companies include greater price volatility around supply/raw materials; long-term shortage of supply resources; and decreased ability to manage costs.