General Mills detailed its progress in four environmental sustainability areas and announced new environmental sustainability goals for 2015. The company’s new, expanded environmental sustainability targets include: reducing water usage by 20%, reducing solid waste generation by 50%, reducing energy usage by 20%, and reducing greenhouse gas emission by 20%.

A range of processed food, drink and alcohol manufacturers as well as fast food companies are collaborating with the UK Department of Health to develop a government policy on obesity, a problem which mainly roots in improper eating habits. The companies, which teamed up for working on the paper, are McDonald’s, KFC, PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, Unilever, Mars and Diageo.

Bacardi is launching an innovative, interactive Facebook app that creates, for the first time, one central portal that gives users the ability to organise and share their social life. The Bacardi «Mix-Together» app is a fully functional calendar designed to help organise events and offers the chance to earn «social points» in a variety of ways including through creating events and having invites accepted.

Converse is going on celebrating aspiring indie bands, which want to make it really huge on the national stage. The brand, known for its dedication to youth and music, has launched its third annual “Get Out of the Garage” contest in collaboration with Journeys, a U.S. retailer for teen footwear and accessories. The submission period closes today, November 12, and Monday they the voting kicks off.