Business Green

MAY 8, 2023

Researchers calculate planetary, social, and economic impacts of ramping up investments in meat alternatives

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The shift towards more sustainable diets, farming, and food supply chains therefore offers a major investment opportunity for financial firms, according to the think tank. From halving food waste to stopping deforestation, six steps by investors could take 60 per cent of food's emissions off the table," added Elwin.

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Grist

OCTOBER 23, 2019

They found that more than 250 firms have raised $2 billion in combined investments to capture and use carbon, or permanently store it underground. Extavour said that total investment is likely higher, because of the survey’s limited regional focus. . “Compared to the scale of the challenge, it’s a small number,” he said.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Most of the low-emissions interventions analyzed (70 percent) utilize existing know-how and technologies: reducing deforestation, better managing manure, improving feed and breeding (which can reduce methane emissions from livestock), reducing nitrogen fertilizer overuse and runoff, and adopting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Lab-grown meat enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2020, with investment soaring six-fold and dozens of new companies and food products launching across the burgeoning sector, according to the Good Food Institute (GFI). As such, the report paints a bullish picture for the future of the burgeoning lab-grown meat industry.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

While the industry promotes meat as a solution to world hunger, it has simultaneously sought to undermine the concept that significantly reducing meat in diets, or replacing animal products with non-meat alternatives, is an effective emissions reduction strategy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A recent survey from Morgan Stanley found that 85 per cent of individual US investors are interested in sustainable investing , while by next year, consumers are projected to spend $150bn on sustainable products. Pressure is mounting and firms are being judged on how they respond," she adds.

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