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How the world's largest seafood companies can help tackle climate change

Business Green

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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Microfibres in the Mediterranean are floating homes for bacteria

Envirotec Magazine

These microfibres likely pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems and human health, because once they become colonized by microorganisms, they smell like food and are consumed by marine organisms. Due to their persistence, the microfibres likely build up in marine organisms as they move through the food chain.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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What Difference Can I Make In The Climate Crisis?

Energy Innovation

After another year of climate extremes, it’s little surprise that abnormal weather and climate change are a central focus of the summit. Structural change through policies and governance is necessary to solve the climate crisis at the speed and scale required. Examples of key choices within each are represented.”

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BREAKING: FAIRR & Good Food Institute launch sustainability reporting frameworks for alternative protein

AFN Sustainable Protein

The FAIRR investor network and the Good Food Institute (GFI) have launched two new reporting frameworks for alternative meat, seafood, dairy, and egg companies to use when revealing their environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts to would-be investors and others.

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Maine Signals Readiness for Commercial-Scale Floating Offshore Wind

Energy and Cleantech Council

Offshore wind is an essential component of our path toward a stronger, healthier, and cleaner energy future… Maine now has an outline on how to lead on responsible development of offshore wind that delivers on its vast potential to secure our energy independence, fight climate change, and strengthen Maine’s economy.”

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

AGreenLiving

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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