Einride has recently announced that it will be partnering with Oatly, the original oat drink company, to bring a sustainable transport solution with all-electric vehicles for the Swedish market. Oatly is a brand known globally for challenging the food industry and the problems it has brought.
Sustainability / Environment
Black & Veatch NextGen Ag Partners With Aleph Farms to Develop Sustainable Infrastructure for Cultivated Meat
Aleph Farms, an Israel-based a cultivated meat startup, announced last week that it is working “to eliminate emissions associated with its meat production by 2025 and reach the same net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030.”
Coffee Giant Paulig Announces Plans to Become a Sustainable Frontrunner in Food & Beverage Industry
Paulig has announced an ambitious sustainability approach with the aim to become a sustainable frontrunner in the Food & Beverage industry. The Finnish company’s ambition is for 70% of its net sales to come from products and services which enable the health and well-being of people and the planet by 2030.
JUST Launches Support Program to Help Consumers Replace Animal Products in Their Diet
Just is making vegan headlines regularly with its global drive to replace eggs. The company has raised a total of $220M in funding over 7 rounds to date, according to Crunchbase. After disrupting the egg industry in North America, there is now a huge interest in Europe and Asia for this sustainable and affordable plantbased egg.
Cultured Meat Pioneers Aleph Farms Commits to Carbon-Neutral by 2025
Israel’s cultured meat pioneer Aleph Farms today announces plans to reach net-zero emissions across its supply chain. Its sustainability strategy is to eliminate emissions associated with its meat production by 2025 and reach the same net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030.
Greenpeace Warns Europe to Cut Meat Consumption by 71% Before 2030
A new analysis from Greenpeace is stating that the European Nation (to also include the UK), must drop its meat consumption by 71% by 2030, and by 81% by 2050, in order to tackle animal farming’s contribution to climate breakdown.
Americans are Not Making the Connection Between Food and Climate Change
A new report released by Earth Day Network and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication found that more than half of Americans willing to eat more plant-based foods, but the majority rarely discusses such issues and are demonstrably not making the connection between food and global warming.
According to a Recent Gallup Poll, Health and Environmental Concerns are Leading Factors to Reduced Meat Consumption in the US
According to a recent Gallup Poll, nearly one in four Americans (23%) report eating less meat in the past year than they had previously. The most significant factor in cutting back or eliminating meat from their diet is health concerns, with nine in 10 saying it is a major (70%) reason. Environmental concerns are next with seven in 10 avoiding meat for the planet, 49% of that group listing it is a major cause.
“Plant-Based Companies Should Face Questions on Health & Environment”
GlobalData has released a report asserting that vegan food producers should be open to scrutiny in terms of their sustainability and health claims. It cites Plenish and Quorn as examples of companies who are getting ahead of the game in terms of sustainability credentials and transparancy.
Brand New “World Scentists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” Report Implores People to Eat Plant-Based
A brand new report published today by Oxford’s BioScience and backed by 11,000 scientists in 153 countries, warns humanity of imminent climate crisis and imploring people to urgently reduce meat intake and adopt a plant-based diet. It warns that the “crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected” and that the situation “is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity.
Meat Tax Proposed in Europe to Tackle Climate Change
Meat could follow tobacco and sugar as a new target for the taxman. In Germany, Sweden and Denmark, proposals are underway to raise tax on processed and red meat products, in a bid to curb consumption and fight climate change according to a study by Fitch Solutions.
Students are Helping to Combat Climate Change With Veganism
As reported by the Telegraph, Goldsmiths University in London has announced it will remove all beef products from its cafe and shops as part of its mission to become carbon neutral by 2025. The newly appointed warden of Goldsmiths, Frances Corner, commented that that “declaring a climate emergency cannot be empty words.”
UN Climate Report: Change to Vegan Diet Could Free Millions of Kilometres of Forest & Reduce CO2 Emissions by Eight Billion Tonnes a Year
Today an official summary of the latest UN report has been released, as a means to inform the upcoming climate negotiations and advise about the global climate crisis. It says that by 2050, dietary changes could free millions of square kilometres of land, and reduce global CO2 emissions by up to eight billion tonnes per year.
37% of Irish People Would Go Vegan for the Environment
A study conducted by Wellwoman Vegan has found that almost half of Irish consumers would consider converting to veganism in order to help the environment.
Bill Gates: Environmental Benefits of Cultured Meat “Sketchy at Best” – The Experts Respond
MIT Technology Review published last week their annual Ten Breakthrough Technologies edition, this time curated by Bill Gates in a piece titled, “Bill Gates: How we’ll invent the future.” In his list of technologies he believes will shape the future, Gates includes the “cow-free burger” and discusses how “lab-grown meat improves our quality of life.”
Study Shows that Plant-Based Diets are Important for Controlling Climate Change
According to a new study published in the journal Nature, plant-based diets, improved agricultural practices and less food waste are needed to reduce the food system’s negative environmental impact. The study’s lead author told Deutsche Welle that there is “little chance of staying within environmental boundaries” if no action is taken.
World Resources Institute Launches Global Food and Climate Initiative
At the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, ten food companies who together distribute over 60 million meals per year, have launched an initiative called the Cool Food Pledge, with the aim of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2030, and the objective of keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
Hong Kong: Vegan Pioneer Yeung Calls for Meat Renunciation for Environmental Reasons
David Yeung, co-founder of the vegan food chain Green Common and the Green Mondays campaign in Hong Kong, recently spoke at the Sustainable Foods Summit in Singapore about the negative consequences of continued high meat consumption in Asia. He drew attention to the catastrophic environmental consequences of animal product consumption. “The combination of climate change, food insecurity and health problems means that we are at a very critical stage in the history of the planet,” Yeung said. “If we do nothing, we will move the boundaries and no one knows how that will affect us. If we continue to consume as we do now, our food system and our ecosystem will collapse.” According to Yeung, the more than 1.5 billion livestock cows in the world …
Study: Plant-Based Diets up to 84% More Environmentally Friendly than Omnivorous Diets
One of the main reasons why many consumers want to become vegan is the comparatively high eco-friendliness of a plant-based diet. A new study published in “The Lancet Planetary Health” shows that this argument is supported by scientific evidence. The study shows a direct link between human health, environmental sustainability and safe food sources. The results of the study suggest that a vegan diet pollutes the environment 42-84 percent less than a meat-based diet.