On UK Overshoot Day, data analysis highlights the scale of the environmental impacts associated with UK consumption, with the vast majority of these occurring overseas. The Sustainable Consumption and Production team at SEI York has provided a wide ranging assessment of the nation’s estimated global footprint linked to agricultural commodities. The findings serve as a warning that evaluating progress purely at domestic level overlooks the significant environmental impacts embedded within international supply chains. According to the latest results from the Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption (GEIC) indicator, 99.7% of the…
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