Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

Targeting individual consumer behaviours, or making greener brands aspirational, can create compelling campaigns that drive revenue and trigger sustainable behaviour change, writes Dentsu International's Anna Lungley. Creating a 'pull' for a more sustainable product is critical. Many organisations struggle to put this into practice.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2020

The statistics on plant-based proteins are eye opening: Beyond Meat’s shares have more than tripled in value since its IPO in May, Impossible Foods can now be found in about 10,000 restaurants, and the market for meat substitutes is expected to reach $2.5 Demand for meat is growing. So is the demand for sustainability.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

IKEA is to begin offering a plant-based alternative to its popular meatballs across its UK stores from next month, in a bid to "make it as easy, accessible and affordable as possible to enable more sustainable choices" among its customers, the company announced yesterday.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

Overall, businesses creating all sorts of meat alternatives raised $3.1 Alternative meat, dairy and egg products make up more than half of that, at $2.1 We want to offer people the best plant-based meat alternatives in terms of taste, texture, flavor and nutrition," Pohl said. "To

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2021

Unilever has announced a partnership with Scottish food tech start-up Enough in a bid to expand its range of plant-based food products, with the consumer goods giant eyeing growing demand for meat alternatives over the coming decades.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2021

Liverpool Football Club has teamed up with Quorn to serve up meat-free pies at for fans at its Anfield homeground in a bid to encourage more climate-friendly dietary choices, the meat-alternative food brand announced yesterday. Not only are our Quorn pies super tasty, they are a smart sustainable option.

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GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2020

But even as these shifts expose inequities in the health and food systems, many experts hope that the current moment offers an opportunity to build a new, more sustainable food system. Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition: A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems " by Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli and Eliot Gee.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The crops will allow Heck Foods to "continue creating unique and interesting flavours" for its recently-launched plant-based meat-alternative range, which includes vegan sausages and burgers, the company said. What's most interesting is that we can do this in a sustainable way, year-round, on demand, and with absolutely no chemicals.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

As the hospitality industry continues to pursue an eco-friendlier future, Veganuary presents the ideal opportunity to put sustainability at the forefront of the agenda for 2022 and beyond. The ethical and sustainable principles of Veganuary are valuable and viable causes that food businesses should seek to uphold on a year-round basis.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2022

M&S, Volkswagen, Harrods, Superdrug and Sky among firms that have vowed to encourage staff to embrace more sustainable diets this January. As a responsible vehicle manufacturer, we are focused on driving electrification and play a leading role in shaping future mobility in a sustainable way," he said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

Plant-based 'meats' tend to have a far smaller impact on both the climate and the environment than animal products, while typically proving more nutritious, according to the findings of a major first-of-its-kind study that assessed tens of thousands of processed food products on sale in the UK and Ireland.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Figuring out the best way to feed everyone so they receive enough nutritious food, while using the planet’s finite resources sustainably, is a growing challenge. Alternative proteins, which have gained more mainstream attention in U.S. That’s about 2 billion more hungry mouths to feed.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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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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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2020

kilograms per week, EU citizens currently consume around double the global average amount of meat per week. Greenpeace EU agriculture and forest campaigner Sini Eräjää said: "The science is overwhelming at this stage - overconsumption of meat and dairy is wrecking forests, crushing nature and heating the planet.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Mackey’s former partner Walter Robb told our editor Louisa he was also skeptical about processed meat alternatives on her podcast Future Food earlier this year.). Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger boasts 18 ingredients while the Impossible Burger packs 21, including a GMO derived yeast called heme as the main ingredient. .

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

A traffic light labelling system and making sustainable dishes the default menu option boosted their popularity, according to research. More people cutting back on meat would be good news for the planet , but humans have ingrained habits that are tricky to change. Other strategies might include: 1. A smorgasbord of options.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

Amidst the growing awareness about our planet’s climate crisis , there is now a burgeoning need for more sustainable food resources. As such, startup business AKUA is set to enhance the sustainability of the snack industry with its product line of kelp-based jerky and pasta.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

New report reveals how retailers are committed to increasing their volume of sales of meat and dairy alternatives. per cent cheaper per kilo than comparable own-brand meat products. Similarly, UK supermarket giant Tesco's 'Plant Chef' range is now 11.6

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Also tackling dairy is Ripple Foods , which launched a milk alternative earlier this year and counts GV and Khosla among its investor base. Beyond Meat , another plant-based burger company has raised a total of $17 million and has various meat alternative products on sale in Whole Foods, Target, and other retailers.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Also tackling dairy is Ripple Foods , which launched a milk alternative earlier this year and counts GV and Khosla among its investor base. Beyond Meat , another plant-based burger company has raised a total of $17 million and has various meat alternative products on sale in Whole Foods, Target, and other retailers.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 2, 2020

5 things to know about California’s gas car sales ban Cities should track emissions from the goods they import Missing ingredients: How to accelerate the meat alternatives revolution Features Riffing on transportation trends (11:30) What’s the buzz in the work of fleet management? To become part of the panel, click here.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 2, 2020

5 things to know about California’s gas car sales ban Cities should track emissions from the goods they import Missing ingredients: How to accelerate the meat alternatives revolution Features Riffing on transportation trends (11:30) What’s the buzz in the work of fleet management? To become part of the panel, click here.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The plant-based food sector has been experiencing huge growth recently, with higher quality, more visible meat alternatives on offer and companies such as the plant-based substitute Beyond Meat becoming household names. Yet consumption trends in the UK tell a different story.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 5, 2019

With big-name CVC investors like ADM Ventures and Danone Manifesto Ventures, Sustainable Bioproducts is preparing to unveil new plant-based product offerings targeting what it describes as the white space in the plant-based segment. We think we will have a differentiated offering that will make us a very viable competitor in the space.”.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 15, 2019

Motif will use Ginkgo’s fermentation technology to provide food companies with ingredients for alternative protein product lines in the plant-based and meat alternatives space. The company has also formally identified the animal-free sector as its main area of focus.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Business interest in plant-based food is growing, but many consumers are still in the dark over the environmental sustainability of their eating habits. Fortunately, fresh research published today by WWF UK suggests the vast majority of British people do want to eat healthier, more environmentally sustainable food.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This is aligned with rising consumer demand for more sustainable products, as well as pressure for innovation to address supply chain disruptions , which were intensified throughout the pandemic. This growing demand for meat and fish protein substitutes and sustainable aquaculture will drive even more innovation in this space.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A major new report from the Environmental Defense Fund asks some challenging questions about the limited progress the agricultural sector has made in tackling its out-sized climate and biodiversity impacts - and offers some invaluable guidance on how up its sustainability efforts. The EDF guide is divided into two parts.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2021

Thankfully, there are many opportunities to improve the sustainability of your catering services, whether it be how the food is sourced, prepared, transported or served. This article covers the how-to’s of sustainable catering for business owners looking to green their operations. Source Locally From Sustainable Suppliers.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

Meat alternatives taste so good these days, you can even get them at restaurants and fast food chains. One company is hoping to Redefine Meat…and it may just succeed. This is unique to our 3D printing technology and lets us achieve unprecedented control of what happens inside the matrix of alt-meat.

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

Late last year, Quorn, the world's biggest meat alternative brand, started putting 'farm to shop' carbon footprint data on packs of its top selling 30 products. Amid growing corporate interest, Hugh Jones of the Carbon Trust considers the history and future for product carbon footprinting.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

That rotation of grass and livestock grazing, and the muck that they put back into the soil, is what sustains all biodiversity. We all need to eat a more sustainable diet.". So does she believe British people do not need to reduce their meat consumption in order to help tackle climate change? "I

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Unilever recently set out its plan to significantly expand its plant-based range, with a view to securing €1bn in annual sales from alternative meat and dairy products within the next seven years. Three years ago, people who ate plant-based meat were the exception.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Overall, businesses creating all sorts of meat alternatives raised $3.1 Alternative meat, dairy and egg products make up more than half of that, at $2.1 “We want to offer people the best plant-based meat alternatives in terms of taste, texture, flavor and nutrition,” Pohl said.

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Grist

OCTOBER 23, 2019

She said the startup aims to help feed the world’s growing population and tap into rising consumer demand for sustainably produced foods. Analysts say the market for plant-based protein and meat alternatives could balloon to $85 billion by 2030.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 10, 2020

But even as these shifts expose inequities in the health and food systems, many experts hope that the current moment offers an opportunity to build a new, more sustainable food system. To understand what it will take to move forward, Food Tank has compiled its summer reading list to delve into the issues that affect our food system today.

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