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California Just Passed a New Carbon Offset Law – Here’s What It Means for Businesses
The state of California has passed new climate laws that are meant to curb greenwashing linked with the voluntary carbon offsetting market, requiring companies and offset providers to be more transparent in their claims and disclosures.!-->…
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APAC AgriFood Report: Funding Hits A Low, But Farm Tech & Novel Foods Are On the Rise
Agrifood tech startups in Asia-Pacific saw an investment of $6.5B in 2022, a 58% fall from the year before – but agtech funding for farmers and primary novel food production increased by 24% year-on-year, according to a new report by!-->…
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As Climate Change Poses Increasing Threats to Homes, the Insurance Bubble is Bursting With It
Natural disasters now cost the US insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick up the tab?
By Lois Parshley, Grist
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Oatly Calls for Mandatory Carbon Labelling, Offers ‘Big Dairy’ Free Ad Space to Publish Climate Footprint
Oatly is calling on the UK food and drink industry to adopt mandatory carbon labelling on product packaging with a new campaign. As part of this effort, it is offering free ad space to dairy producers, challenging them to publish their!-->…
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Quorn: Mycoprotein Giant Struggles as UK & US Meatless Sales Wane
Marlow Foods, the Monde Nissin division that makes meatless brands Quorn and Cauldron, has announced a loss of £15.3M in its yearly accounts, owing to cost hikes, stagnating sales and post-pandemic pressures.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Landmark Corporate Climate Disclosure Bills
New laws passed this weekend tackle carbon offsets, corporate emissions, and clean energy.
By Katie Myers, Grist
On Saturday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping series of climate and environmental laws into effect,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Coffee Crops Are Facing An Existential Crisis – Here’s How Starbucks is Helping
It may be PSL season, but coffee as we know it is changing (for the worse), and we need solutions – how can Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, help mitigate the impact of climate change on our morning routines?
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DecarbonAIsation: Planet FWD Launches AI Platform to Help Food Companies Lower Emissions
Planet FWD, a platform that helps companies assess their climate footprint and calculate emissions, has launched an AI-powered data engine built specifically for the food and beverage sector to mitigate their environmental impact and!-->…
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VFC Expands Vegan Brands Portfolio with Clive’s Purely Plants Acquisition Agreement
Months after bailing out fellow British alt-meat brand Meatless Farm, vegan chicken maker VFC has expanded its portfolio of plant-based brands by agreeing to acquire vegan pie maker Clive's Purely Plants for an undisclosed sum. The deal is!-->…
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Meet the Startup Helping UK Restaurants & Food Brands Calculate Their Carbon Emissions
Matthew Isaacs, co-founder of UK emissions calculator and carbon labelling startup My Emissions, talks to Green Queen about the company's pivot from recipe blogs to restaurants and food manufacturers, how it measures a product or dish's!-->…
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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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Investors are Neglecting Food Tech, While Supply Chains Battle Global Disruption
The median food tech venture capital deal size has declined for the first time in seven years, falling to $3M in Q2 – a 12.4% drop from 2022 – according to Pitchbook. This was also the sixth consecutive quarter of decline for!-->…
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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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Carrefour Leads New Plant-Based Food Coalition to Fight France’s Anti-Vegan Labelling Law
French multinational retailer Carrefour has teamed up with corporations like Unilever and Danone to launch a plant-based coalition to develop vegan food in France in the wake of a proposed ban on the labelling of meat alternatives.!-->…
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Leonardo DiCaprio-Backed Mosa Meat Becomes World’s First B Corp Cultivated Meat Company, Eyes Regulatory Approval
Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has announced that it has become the first cultivated meat company in the world to attain B Corp certification, in what the company calls a significant milestone for its sustainability commitments.!-->…
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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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UK Must Invest £390M in Alt-Protein by 2030 to Boost Food Security & Stay Competitive
To avoid ceding competitive advantage in the global alt-protein race, a new report suggests the UK needs to invest £390M ($493M) in alternative proteins between 2025 and 2030. This includes plant-based, cultivated and precision-fermented!-->…
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How Ethical and Environmental Concerns Led to The Boom in Lab-Grown Diamonds
A more ethical and usually eco-friendly alternative to their mined counterparts, lab-grown diamonds have been making a lot of waves lately. But how are they made, just how climate-friendly are they, and are consumers buying them?
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German MPs Propose Tax Cut on Plant-Based Milk to Reach Price Parity with Dairy
German MPs Tim Klüssendorf (SPD) and Bruno Hönel (Green Party) have proposed a change in the country’s tax laws to reduce the tariffs on plant-based milk to better reflect consumer needs. Currently, alt-milk is taxed at 19%, compared to a!-->…
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