Tag: WWF

National Trust, WWF and RSPB send urgent SOS for nature as Sir David Attenborough says ‘we must act now’ to Save Our Wild Isles

Stuart Mitchell

In their first major campaign together, the National Trust, the RSPB and WWF are urging everyone in society to come together to halt the destruction of UK nature and take urgent action to Save Our Wild Isles. Millions of people from all walks of life discovered the wonder but also the fragility of UK nature through the first episode of the new Wild Isles series, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, which aired last night. Now, three of the UK’s largest conservation charities, with 324 years of combined experience and 8.5…

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Circular Business Model for Egg Production Proves Promising in US

Stuart Mitchell

In a new case study, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) analyzes how Kipster, a Netherlands-based egg producer, has successfully expanded into the US market while maintaining a focus on carbon neutrality, animal welfare, and using surplus food for animal feed. The company has expanded to demonstrate the possibility of its circular business model for animal protein being both viable and profitable in the US, despite differing regulations, operating norms, and consumer cultures. A circular business model is designed to provide a product that, from source to end-of-life, has a net-zero or…

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Sustainable Feed Critical to Meeting Global Climate Targets

Stuart Mitchell

Implementing sustainable practices within the livestock and poultry feed industry and throughout the value chain is essential to reaching global climate targets and limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, says a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The report explains how the US animal feed industry and supply chain partners can implement changes that will decrease the environmental impacts of feed production and help lead to a more sustainable and climate-resilient global food system. WWF’s report outlines how these issues can be addressed through four critical components of a sustainable…

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Lidl GB Becomes First Discount Supermarket To Commit To Work With WWF To Halve Environmental Impact Of Average UK Shopping Basket

Stuart Mitchell

WWF has announced that Lidl GB has become the first discounter to sign WWF’s Retailers’ Commitment for Nature – an agreement to work with WWF to halve the environmental impact of the average UK shopping basket by 2030.  Lidl, the UK’s sixth largest supermarket, joins Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose, meaning 60% of the UK retail grocery market is now committed to working with WWF towards this target.  With the global food sector driving 60% of deforestation and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, WWF is working with supermarkets across…

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New Investor Collaboration Will Engage the Seafood Sector on Key Nature Risks and Impacts

Stuart Mitchell

A coalition of five conservation and biodiversity-focused organizations has launched an initiative that will leverage the power of investors to engage seafood companies on critical nature and biodiversity related impacts and risks. The group announced the effort during a discussion held at The Economist World Ocean Summit today. With the goal to eliminate overfishing, illegality and habitat conversion from seafood value chains, this new initiative will convene a group of like-minded investors to conduct targeted engagement with key seafood companies. WWF, the FAIRR Coller Initiative, UNEP FI’s Sustainable Blue Economy…

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