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

Recognizing outstanding young professionals in the global cold chain industry, the Global Cold Chain Alliance announced Joey Williams as the recipient of the 2015 Global NextGen Award.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) announced it will honor former ConAgra Foods CEO Gary Rodkin, former Walgreens President and CEO Greg Wasson and Chairman of the Board of Flowers Foods George Deese with the GMA Hall of Achievement Award in August.

The DLG (German Agricultural Society) awarded Krones AG with to gold International FoodTec Awards.

Sani Professional, the food safety division of Professional Disposables International (PDI), and the Sani Professional Food Safety Advisory Council (SPFSAC) are announced the winners of the first Sani Awards program.

NSF International announced its first call for nominations for the 2015 Food Safety Leadership Awards Program, an honor that recognizes outstanding leadership an innovation in food safety.

In celebration of the tenth annual European Manufacturing Strategies Summit, event organizers announced the inaugural European Manufacturing Leadership Award.

Sanjaya Rajaram, of India and Mexico, was announced as the recipient of the 2014 World Food Prize for his efforts in breeding 480 varieties of wheat that are resistant to rust disease and grow in a variety of climates.