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EU Greenwashing Ban: Everything You Need to Know About the Who, the What & the When
Last week, the EU finalised a new law designed to curb greenwashing, which will ban the use of terms like 'carbon-neutral' from product claims. Who does this affect, when does it come into effect, and what can't you say anymore? Here's!-->…
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Global Collaboration Village: Can this Metaverse Hub Help Fight The Climate Crisis?
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the Global Collaboration Village, a metaverse hub to help craft solutions to the climate crisis. It brings together leaders from across the world virtually to address polar tipping points, which!-->…
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Carbon Offsets: A Nice Climate Fairytale That Hasn’t Panned Out
Many businesses use carbon offsetting as a way to bring down their emissions totals and mitigate their environmental impact, but a slew of recent investigations into the practice have found that offsets are deeply flawed and not doing what!-->…
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Greenwashing Risk: 64% of Agrifood Companies Have No Regenerative Agriculture Targets – New Report
While a majority of the food and retail sector's giants believe regenerative agriculture can be a solution to the climate crisis, 64% of them have not put targets in place to achieve these ambitions, according to a new study. Meanwhile,!-->…
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Taste the ‘Carbon’ Difference: The Problem with Sainsbury’s Lower-Carbon Beef
UK retailer Sainsbury's has launched a lower-carbon beef from its premium Taste the Difference line, a few weeks after US company Tyson Foods began retailing a USDA-approved “climate-friendly product as part of its Brazen Beef!-->…
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Shake Shack NYC Pilots Rain-Fed Sugarcane Cultured Cooking Oil for Stack Burgers and Fries
Shake Shack has partnered with Californian startup Zero Acre Farms to trial the latter's sustainable Cultured Oil on select menu items at two locations in New York City. The pilot is part of Shake Shack's Stand for Something Good!-->…
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Can the Green Tuesday Cafeteria Campaign Help Vietnam Lower Its Meat Emissions?
Non-profit organisation Vegan Outreach has expanded its Green Tuesday Initiative to Vietnam after five years in India. The programme hopes to reduce the impact of the country's diet on the environment and is in talks with over 100!-->…
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Oat Giant Kölln Launches Vegan Muesli Range with ChoViva’s Cocoa-Free Chocolate
German alt-chocolate brand ChoViva (formerly NoCoa/QOA) has partnered with oat cereal producer Kölln on a new range of vegan muesli that uses the former's cocoa-free chocolate. Sibling founders Sara and Maximilian Marquart tell Green Queen!-->…
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How Sustainable is Animal-Free Dairy? We Compare Precision Fermentation LCAs
Precision fermentation, described as the third pillar of alt-protein alongside plant-based and cultivated foods, is on the rise. There are at least 62 companies working in this space globally across the supply chain, with a big focus on!-->…
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Hong Kong High School Student Creates Board Game to Highlight City’s Beach Pollution
A high-school student has developed Beach Board Hong Kong, a Monopoly-style game that sheds light on the environmental issues faced by the island's beaches. Featuring damning pollution facts, action prompts to tackle these challenges, it's!-->…
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Goodbye, Leather: Apple Ditches Luxury Material for Eco-Friendly Woven Fabric Alternative
In its annual September event, Apple announced it's ending the use of leather from all its products – including Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases – to meet its 2030 carbon neutrality target. While it remains tight-lipped on what its!-->…
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Northern Wonder’s Coffee-Free Coffee Makes Dutch Retail Debut with Filter Grounds and Pods
Dutch food tech brand Northern Wonder has made its retail debut with four beanless coffee products at supermarket chain Albert Heijn in the Netherlands. The Coffee-Free Coffee pods and filter grounds are the second iteration of the!-->…
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From Meat to Plants: Global Diet Shift Can Cut Emissions By a Third and Halt Deforestation
Replacing 50% of our meat and dairy intake with plant-based alternatives by 2050 could result in significant climate benefits, reducing agricultural and land-use emissions by 31% and halting the destruction of forest and natural land,!-->…
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COP28 Will Be First Food-Centric UN Climate Summit with Alt-Protein, Sustainable Diets on the Agenda
COP28 made headlines last month when it announced it will serve mostly plant-based food – it signposts the increased focus on food systems at this year's UN climate summit (November 30 to December 12), in contrast to years past. In!-->…
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Meat Dishes Dominate Recipe Sections of Mainstream Media, from NYT to BBC & The Guardian – New Report
A new report by the Better Food Foundation and Sentient Media analyzed eight news outlets – four each in the UK and the US – and found that five have recipe sections dominated by meat-based dishes. In an effort to find the link between!-->…
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Single-Use Paper Cups for Coffee Can Be as Toxic as Plastic Cups, Finds New Study
Single-use paper cups for coffee may not be as eco-friendly as you think, as they still contain a thin coating of plastic that can leach chemicals into water and harm aquatic animals, according to a new study. Researchers found that coffee!-->…
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Climate Change: 2°C Rise in Global Temperatures Could Lead to A Billion Human Deaths
If global temperatures reach 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, it could lead to the one billion deaths, a new study has found. Researchers add that the richest humans would mostly be responsible for the climate-change-related deaths!-->…
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8 Charts That Illustrate the Impact of Food Systems and Our Diets on Climate Change
There is a massive gap between climate change and the impact our diet and food system has on it, both in terms of public and private investment and media coverage. Here are eight statistical charts that highlight just how much our food!-->…
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If Global Corporations Paid Damages for Their Climate Emissions, Their Profits Would Plunge by 44%
If the world's corporations were to pay damages for the climate pollution they cause, their profits would drop by 44%, according to a new study of nearly 15,000 publicly traded companies. The "corporate carbon damage" from these businesses!-->…
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Irish Environmental Agency Deletes Tweet Encouraging People to Eat Less Red Meat After Farmer Backlash
The Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deleted a tweet advising citizens to cut down on red meat consumption after backlash from animal agriculture groups. The move, which sees a governmental watchdog being shut down for!-->…
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Climate Activists Attempt to Block Brazilian Meat Giant JBS’s IPO in the US
Environmental groups are urging the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to halt Brazilian meat giant JBS's planned US IPO, citing its failure to adhere to climate and corporate governance pledges. The activists call it the "biggest!-->…
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