Day: 13 December 2025

RSPCA cautiously welcomes first-ever UK Govt strategy to phase out animal testing

Stuart Mitchell

The RSPCA has cautiously welcomed the UK Government’s first-ever strategy for replacing the use of animals in research and testing as a “significant step forward” for science and for animal welfare.  But now the charity has urged Ministers to ensure delivery of the proposed actions in the plan, which, if successful, could help reduce and replace the use of thousands of animals in harmful experiments each year in the UK. The new plan – ‘Replacing animals in science: a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods’ – includes…

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EU-funded project demonstrates pathway to climate-neutral farming across Europe

Stuart Mitchell

After three years of field trials across 20 demonstration sites in Europe, the ClieNFarms project has shown that climate-neutral farming is achievable through systemic innovation that works with nature rather than against it. Since 2022, Climate KIC has played a key role in the project – supporting partners in building connections between ClieNFarms and other EU-funded projects, as well as providing assistance with communication, dissemination, and training.  Funded under the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy, ClieNFarms has tested and scaled practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while improving soil health, biodiversity and…

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Global Sustainable Farming Gets Boost as Bonsucro and Better Cotton Partner on Climate Resilience Initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Bonsucro, the global leader in promoting sustainable sugarcane, has announced a new partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to advance the Climate Resilience Platform (CRP) and extend its utility for sugarcane and cotton producers globally. This collaboration is delivered in close partnership with Better Cotton, as part of Bonsucro’s Climate Action Toolkit initiative. Developed initially by Pepsico, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the Climate Resilience Platform translates the latest climate science into actionable information…

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New Methane Action Tracker puts agricultural methane emissions under the spotlight

Stuart Mitchell

As COP30 opened, the Changing Markets Foundation unveiled the Methane Action Tracker, the first interactive platform to monitor and compare agricultural methane emissions across both companies and countries. Using maps, scorecards, and rankings, the tracker brings to life data from research and reports on the agricultural sector’s role in driving climate change, allowing users to see which nations, corporations, and sectors are taking credible steps to cut emissions, and which ones are lagging. As the first tool of its kind to show both agricultural methane emissions at the national level and the industrial or retail…

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Burges Salmon named Sustainable Business of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has been named Sustainable Business of the Year at the 2025 Bristol Legal Awards. Organised by the Bristol Law Society, the event recognises and celebrates excellence in the legal sector in the city and wider region. Burges Salmon was praised for its approach to environmental sustainability, with the firm delivering on its environmental ambitions through a combination of continued science-based carbon reduction targets, efficiency gains and investment in high-quality carbon offsetting projects, including a focus on biodiversity. Highlights include: reducing its carbon emissions by…

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