Renewables for food & hospitality: First Gen will supply 25+ MW of geothermal power to Alliance Global Group facilities, supporting carbon-neutral targets across Metro Manila, Iloilo and Laguna. Food policy pressure: Scotland’s food and drink industry is urging First Minister John Swinney to drop a proposed cap on prices of “essential” supermarket basics, warning it could raise costs and hurt producers. Circular food innovation: The University of Helsinki’s VALABio project will turn dairy and meat side streams into collagen-based food ingredients, bioactive peptides and other health and diagnostics uses. Sugar market watch: South Africa’s reference price benchmark for sugar protection rises to US$785/ton, but growers warn imports may still displace local supply. Frozen exports financing: Bangladesh Bank created a Tk 2,000 crore revolving pre-financing fund (up to 7% interest) to back shrimp and fish exporters and cold-chain capacity. Food safety & labels: India’s FSSAI continues pushing red front-of-pack warning labels for high sugar, salt and fat foods, with rules expected to reshape packaged-food marketing. Supply chain disruption: PepsiCo says a Russian strike damaged a production facility in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region and is assessing impacts on supply. Sustainable packaging operations: Christeyns Food Hygiene opened a reuse centre to clean and reuse IBCs, cutting single-use plastics and powering EV charging via onsite solar.