Low-Income Countries To Be Hardest Hit As Global Food Prices Make Biggest Spike In Decade, U.N. Warns
Global food prices have risen to decade-high levels, with low-income countries to be most vulnerable, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. Predominantly in Asia-Pacific and Africa, many of these economies have!-->…
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Food Scientists Look For Better Ways To Develop Healthier & Tastier Plant-Based Alternative Proteins
Food scientists have set out to find new ways to make plant-based proteins more nutritious and taste better. In a new paper exploring the topic, researchers say that they hope to take a multidisciplinary approach to improve the health!-->…
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Dairy-Free Cashew & Oat Milk Maker Plant Veda Unveils Vegan Probiotic Lassi
Alternative dairy company Plant Veda has created vegan lassi (an Indian yogurt drink) from cashews and real fruits without cane sugar that contains gut-healthy probiotics in order to encourage more people to transition to a healthy!-->…
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India Nabs Its First Silver Medal at the International Chocolate Awards With Vegan Paul and Mike Bar
Artisanal chocolate brand Paul and Mike became the first Indian company to win a silver at the International Chocolate Awards.
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Interview: J.B. MacKinnon Talks Consumer Culture and The Day The World Stops Shopping
Author J.B. MacKinnon shares the idea behind his new thought-provoking book, The Day the World Stops Shopping.
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Global Plastic Waste Treaty To Tackle Environmental Crisis Is Picking Up Speed
After years of campaigning and awareness-raising from anti-plastic activists, a global treaty to regulate plastic pollution and waste management could finally be on the cards. Amid the current G7 talks in Cornwall, major packaging!-->…
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Deliveroo X barePack France: Partnerships Sees 60 Restaurant Partners Offer Meals In Reusable Containers
Food delivery giant Deliveroo has partnered with circular food packaging startup barePack France in an effort to reduce its single-use packaging by giving customers an opportunity to order their food in reusable containers with sixty!-->…
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Vegetarians Score Better Health Biomarkers Than Meat-Eaters, New Study Finds
Researchers have found that people who are vegetarian have a healthier biomarker profile compared to meat-eating folk. The British study’s findings, presented at the recent virtual European Congress on Obesity (ECO), is consistent despite!-->…
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‘Nature-Based Solutions’: Burberry Promises To Slash Emissions By 46% By 2030 & Be Climate Positive By 2040
Luxury fashion house Burberry has pledged to become climate positive by 2040 and aims to do so by slashing its emissions across its extended supply chain by 46% by 2030, with the brand promising to invest in initiatives that support taking!-->…
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Indonesian Startup Green Rebel Foods Unveils Asia’s First Plant-Based Whole Cut Steak To Meet Growing Demand For Meat
Indonesian plant-based meat startup Green Rebel has debuted two new products, a Beefless Steak and a Chick’n Steak, in what it calls the "first plant-based whole cut steak in Asia" at two of the leading steakhouse dining chains in the!-->…
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The Protein Brewery Completes Pilot Plant & Delivers First Samples Of Flagship Fermotein
Food tech The Protein Brewery uses microbial fermentation to create alternative protein ingredients and has just completed the construction of its pilot plant in Breda, Netherlands and delivered its first food grade production samples of!-->…
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50% Of Clothes Sold By Online Fast Fashion Brands Are Made Of Virgin Plastic, New Study Reveals
According to a new study, around half the clothes that major online fast fashion brands like Boohoo and Asos sell are developed entirely from virgin plastic components like polyester, with only 1% of the clothes derived from recycled!-->…
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None Of The G7’s Leading Stock Indexes Are Aligned With Paris Climate Goals, Says New Research
According to new research, none of the major G7’s stock indexes are anywhere close to a 1.5°C or 2°C pathway with activists and scientists urging the largest listed G7 companies to immediately set emissions reduction targets and increase!-->…
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Plant-Based Bacon Owner Hooray Foods Raises US$2M To Develop New Alt Meat Products
Alternative meat company Hooray Foods, which has made headlines for its plant-based bacon, has raised US$2 million in a seed round that takes the company’s total funding to date around US$4 million. The funds will be used to expand its!-->…
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Apeel: Pack Tech Co Keeps Avocados & Mangos Fresh, Now On A Mission To Help Smallholder Farmers Fight Food Waste Too
Apeel, the company whose technology slows down the rate of spoilage of fresh fruit, has several big-name partnerships under its belt. Currently, the California food waste fighting startup works with major produce suppliers like Del Monte!-->…
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Better Meat Co. Opens Giant Fermentation Plant To Produce ‘Rhiza’ Mycoprotein
The Better Meat Co. has finished building its huge fermentation plant that will churn out “thousands of pounds” of its new superfood mycoprotein ingredient called Rhiza. The new facility will also serve as its R&D and corporate!-->…
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Alter Eco ‘Won’t Stop Until Entire Supply Chain Is Zero-Landfill’ In Radical Transparency Push
Responsible chocolate brand Alter Eco is taking the lead in radical transparency, releasing its annual sustainability report to document its environmental and human impact – both good and bad. Being “brutally honest” about failing to!-->…
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Prop 65: Add Processed Meat To Cancer List, Say NGOs & Plant-Based Meat Firms
NGOs and plant-based companies are now pushing for processed meat, a classified carcinogen under World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, to be included in California’s Proposition 65 list of substances known to cause cancer or!-->…
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Israel Bans Fur Sale In The Fashion Industry, Becomes First Country Ever To Do So
Israel has announced that it has banned the sale of fur in the fashion industry with environmental protection minister Gila Gamliel signing an amendment that will go into effect in six months. Animal rights group PETA says this marks the!-->…
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‘Women Prefer To Work With Female Advisors’ – Now Is The Moment For ESG Customisation
By: Theresa Gusman
An enormous transfer of wealth is underway in America that presents an historic opportunity for the financial services industry and specifically for women advisors and customized ESG investing. Female advisors –!-->!-->!-->…
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António Guterres On The Climate Crisis: ‘We Are Coming To A Point Of No Return’
By: Oliver Milman
Wealthy countries risk an “unforgivable lost opportunity” by not emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic with newly green economies to address the climate crisis, the United Nations secretary general has warned.
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