New season, new Meet. Image: google By Shannon Connellan2021-04-22 09:52:22 UTC Continuing a trend we’ve seen throughout the home-bound pandemic, Google Meet is about to add another Zoom-like feature to its video calls. In a blog post, the company announced it will be adding the ability to replace your background with a video. While you…
Earth Day is a strange event. Despite the good intentions of promoting environmental protection, the sunny, optimistic vibes feel pretty at odds with the existential reality of our climate crisis. But one movie perfectly captures the cognitive dissonance of both celebrating the beauty of our planet, while simultaneously living through what appears to be the…
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Eat Just, the US company whose cultivated chicken ingredient has been approved for sale in Singapore, now the first country in the world to commercialize cell-based meat products, reckons its product will get regulatory approval in Europe within two years.Now, new lifecycle analysis from the Good Food Institute, a non-profit group that is working to support the…
Marfrig is extending its BRL500m Marfrig Verde+ Program, which was launched in 2020 with the aim of stamping out deforestation in its supply chain by 2030, with a new, elevated, ambition. The company wants its beef production to move to a net zero footing.Based on Science Based Targets, Marfrig’s greenhouse gas reduction strategy will include…
Animal agriculture is a significant emitter of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). According to the World Resources Institute, it is the fourth largest contributor – behind burning fossil fuels, transportation, and manufacturing – accounting for 11% of global emissions.Per kilogram of food product, beef is the leading contributor at 60kg CO₂e, followed by lamb and mutton (24kg…
Nestlé-owned KitKat has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025. To do this, the brand will be reducing emissions internally and removing emissions externally.“We’re setting up new products to reduce emissions without our value chain (insetting), building on existing work like planting shade trees,” a Nestlé spokesperson told FoodNavigator.“At the same time, we’re investing in…
The company, which expects to be operating in up to 300 stores in Europe by the end of the year, claims the near 40% reduction amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars in additional profits for the average supermarket chain and a significant environmental relief. Food waste can cost an average retail chain more than…