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Quorn to be First Major Brand to Introduce Carbon Labelling

January 16, 2020

Plant-based food giant Quorn will be the first major brand to introduce carbon emissions labelling on its products in a drive to help consumers better understand the impact of their shopping on the environment, it […]

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UN Report Warns Investors to Prepare for Major Shift to Plant-Based Global Food System

January 15, 2020

A United Nations backed independent organisation, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), has recently released a report warning investors to prepare for a major shift towards a plantbased food system. The report by the PRI, titled […]

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Brand New “World Scentists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” Report Implores People to Eat Plant-Based

November 5, 2019

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 […]

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Lewis Hamilton Says Go Vegan to Save Our Planet

October 16, 2019

Sky News has published a rather critical piece about vegan athlete Lewis Hamilton, who recently said on Instagram that adopting a vegan diet is the “only way to truly save our planet”, and that animal […]

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Winners of the 2019 UN Global Climate Action Awards Announced

September 30, 2019

The recipients of the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards were recently announced, helping to highlight some of the most practical examples of what  people across the globe are doing to combat climate change. […]

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Environment

Students are Helping to Combat Climate Change With Veganism

August 14, 2019

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 […]

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Environment

UN Climate Report: Change to Vegan Diet Could Free Millions of Kilometres of Forest & Reduce CO2 Emissions by Eight Billion Tonnes a Year

August 8, 2019

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 […]

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Vegan Meat Companies are Helping to Save the Planet

July 5, 2019

A recent article in the Independent discusses the rapidly increasing market for meat alternatives, citing the unprecedented success of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat which led to vegan options taking over the mainstream, and says […]

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Society

People Who Go Vegan in Germany Reduce Their Carbon Footprint by Two Tons

May 22, 2019

The German magazine SPIEGEL recently commissioned ecologist Joseph Poor of the University of Oxford, UK, to calculate the carbon footprint of a German vegan. The results showed that vegans produce nine tons of greenhouse gases […]

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Eating Vegan Once a Week Can Reduce Greenhouse Gases by 8.4% per Year

May 6, 2019

New data reveals UK greenhouse gas emissions could be cut by up to 8.4% a year swapping red meat to plant-based just once a week, and that 42% of UK consumers are already looking to […]

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Study Reveals Americans Must Consume 90% Less Meat for Planet to Survive

May 3, 2019

A study published by The International Journal of Science shows that the food industry is a major driver of climate change, changes in land use, depletion of freshwater resources, and pollution of aquatic and terrestrial […]

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World Economic Forum White Paper: “Plant-based Meat Alternatives Could Save Lives”

January 23, 2019

The World Economic Forum has released a new report, detailing the urgency of “integrating more plant-based protein alternatives into the world’s diet in order to significantly improve human health and environmental sustainability.”

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