Heinz has done a great job focusing on sustainability and making the company green. Now, it's proposing impressive reductions and creative uses of produce. Heinz' announced that their goal is to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2015. One of the ways that the reduction will occur is by the company converting potato peels into biofuel. Other plans include a 20 percent reduction of energy consumption, water use and solid waste, a 15 percent reduction in packaging, and a 15 percent reduction in the company's carbon footprint and agricultural water use. As well, the company plans to improve their crop production by 5 percent by using hybrid tomato seeds that themselves requires less water, fertilizer, pesticides and fuel to harvest.  

The Milk Roadmap, a plan unveiled by the UK milk industry and government, calls for a decrease in greenhouse gasses, an increase in the use of recycled material and an overall reduction of the milk industry’s environmental impact. Currently, 80% of milk is sold in plastic. The Plan expects a decreased use of virgin plastic materials of 110 million pounds by 2020, and 50% of milk bottles to be made of recycled content.

Starbucks has released it's 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report which outlines several initiatives that it plans to implement to become even greener. Starbucks has a goal of incorporating green building standards into all of it's building construction; to use 50% of renewable energy in its stores by 2010; and to ensure that patrons use their ceramic coffee mugs when drinking coffee in the stores.  

The bottle water industry, which saw impressive five-year growth from 2002 – 2007, is starting to contract.Educated consumers have slowed purchasing plastic bottles as they’ve become aware of their environmental impact.According to a study by the Mintel Group.