The European food and drink industry can boast a healthy track record in reducing its carbon footprint ahead of the COP21 conference, which opens in Paris later this month.
But climate campaigners and industry sources alike say a much bigger challenge will be to reduce emissions along the entire food supply chain, from farm to fork.
EURACTIV brings an overview ahead of the Paris conference.
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Nestlé executive: ‘We are all facing risks of having supply challenges’
Climate change is confronting the European food sector with an unprecedented risk related to supplies of agricultural raw materials, warns Pascal Gréverath.
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Food industry focuses on sustainable sourcing to mitigate climate change
SPECIAL REPORT / Faced with a raw materials scarcity due to climate change, food and drink giants have turned to a sustainable management in order to protect the environment and ensure their future viability.
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Food sector looks beyond factory gates for deep CO2 cuts
The European food and drink industry can boast a healthy track record in reducing its carbon footprint ahead of the COP21 conference, which opens in Paris later this month.
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Food giants shoot for 100% renewable energy target
Unilever and Mars were among the first household names in the food and drink industry to announce plans for a 100% shift to renewable energy.
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Commission seeks solutions to ‘confusing’ Green labelled products
SPECIAL REPORT / Adopting common methodologies to measure products’ environmental footprint is part of the EU’s efforts to move toward a green single market. But communicating this environmental information is a huge challenge.
