Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Still, two of its largest industries, energy and seafood, present continued environmental risks. Overpaying for energy Carbon Tracker is urging Japanese policy makers to rethink their pro-coal stance, or face a The post Can sustainable seafood and energy de-risk Japan’s economy?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

An area of seagrass and rock on the seabed, Mediterranean sea, France: “Blue carbon” ecosystems could prevent approximately 1 gigatonne of CO2e from entering the atmosphere by 2050, says the report. Ocean-based climate action can play a much bigger role in shrinking the world’s carbon footprint than was previously thought.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Fish is often sold as the perfect climate-friendly dinner: highly nutritious and lower carbon than other forms of protein. In part, because industrial fishing – scientists and campaigners say – is weakening the ocean’s ability to act as a carbon sink. billion metric tons of carbon a year – equivalent to about 11 billion acres of U.S.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A third of wild stocks are overexploited , and sourcing seafood from farms should allow ocean biodiversity to recover. Companies are also growing fishmeal from algae and using microbes to convert carbon dioxide into protein. Some large aquaculture firms, including Grieg Seafood , are already making use of this mechanism.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The fashion industry is damaging to the planet — it's responsible for 10 percent of the world's carbon emissions. We still have polyester that's ending up in microfibers, which are ending up in the ocean, in our seafood dinner," Rattner said. A closed loop fashion system requires scaling solutions now, not later. Deonna Anderson.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Membership at Crowd Cow , a marketplace for craft meat and seafood, doubled in April alone. We can’t create the food system we need — one that’s low-carbon and biodiversity-enhancing — if only one tier of that system delivers those benefits. . This is a (sadly familiar) failure of social justice. It’s also a problem for sustainability.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Today’s common fishing practices are unsustainable and with the number of seafood eaters growing across the world, our seafood supply is readily depleting. This article discusses measures the seafood industry can take in order to limit their negative impact on our world’s oceans. Reduce Fossil Fuel Use.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

The system also fails to remove two radioactive isotopes: tritium and carbon-14, both of which present dangers that Greenpeace says are being ignored, and their presence in this wastewater flatly contradicts previous claims made by the Japanese government that ALPS produces non-contaminated water.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

Following government healthy eating guidelines could cut an individual's carbon emissions by almost a third, a new study has found. Analysing nine of the government guidelines, experts found someone who followed all of them would reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by almost a third compared to someone who followed just two.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 8, 2022

Ocean health is closely tied to human health, and ocean-based climate solutions, including carbon sequestration and marine renewable energy, will play a critical role in combating such deleterious impacts of climate change. Spotlight on SeaAhead.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

Only last week the UK government's climate advisors, the Committee on Climate Change , suggested the UK will need to cut meat and dairy consumption by a fifth if the country is to meet its net zero emissions targets, pointing out that the land used for livestock at the moment will be needed for reforestation and other carbon-storing schemes.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 23, 2021

This summer, consider sustainable seafood Theresa Lieb Fri, 07/23/2021 – 02:30 Summer makes me nostalgic for seafood. I spent my days snorkeling in the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean, strolling through quaint markets and eating lots of seafood. But those days are long gone. But those days are long gone.

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Grist

AUGUST 21, 2024

That land, which altogether makes up an area roughly the size of South Dakota, represents tremendous opportunities for carbon sequestration and biodiversity, according to GFI. The organization argues that if those acres weren’t used to grow crops, they could instead be transformed into carbon sinks or used to restore threatened ecosystems.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

So knowing that livestock product consumption is driving climate change by occupying huge amounts of land that would otherwise be capturing carbon. the world consumes hundreds of billions of pounds of meat and seafood a year. What we're trying figure out is how to tap into consumer behavior without asking consumers to change. "So

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Some of the 13 startups include Born Maverick, a company developing seaweed-based alternatives to scallops and seafood, Little Loop which allows people to rent children’s clothes for a subscription fee, and Zelemiq, a wearable technology helping to tackle the global obesity crisis through tracking blood sugars.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

Kelp can draw down carbon, restore the health of coastal ecosystems, nourish people and revive coastal economies. I also think we'll see a ton of growth in the plant-based seafood market," she said, alluding to the plant-based crab cakes Akua is planning to launch this summer. Kelp and carbon, what's the deal?

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Living Green Technology

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Fortunately, there are several things each of us can do to reduce our carbon footprint and live a more sustainable lifestyle—starting with the technological devices we use to watch our favorite television shows, make phone calls, or heat and cool our homes.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

At first glance, fish might seem like a climate-friendly alternative to meat for a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle. At least the seafood farming (or ‘aquaculture’) industry would have you see it that way. Right now the market for farmed fish like salmon is booming.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2021

As a result, we are seeing a proliferation of agricultural pilot projects that are helping to capture carbon as well as an increased commitment to embrace practices such as sustainable fishing - aligned with certification organisations such as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

These critics worry whether the ships doing this mining will dump back into the sea the huge amounts of toxic-waste and sediments produced by grinding up and pumping the rocks to the surface, impacting larger fish further up the food chain such as tunas and contaminating the global seafood supply chain. .

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2024

percent of seafood produced by the global aquaculture industry – now consume 44 percent of the world’s fish oil, according to calculations made by DeSmog (based on a 2022 report published by the FAO and a 2022 study ). The EU, for one, has invested 1.4

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Despite higher demand for seafood and fish, world reserves have not kept up, and aquaculture is becoming more common as a result. Aquaculture uses techniques of breeding marine species in all types of water environments as a means to supplement seafood demand. “It actually takes between 2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The system also fails to remove two radioactive isotopes: tritium and carbon-14, both of which present dangers that Greenpeace says are being ignored, and their presence in this wastewater flatly contradicts previous claims made by the Japanese government that ALPS produces non-contaminated water.

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The smaller boats are more carbon-efficient too. So we’ve talked about carbon, and about damage to the marine environment. But you believe that in terms of carbon and habitat destruction, small boats are preferable? The smaller boats are more carbon-efficient too. But actually the complete opposite is true.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

Additionally, conventional farming practices reduce the levels of carbon retained in the soil – an important medium for carbon sequestration. Our food supply chain has a high carbon footprint contributing to climate change. These chemicals are petroleum based and hence carry a high carbon footprint.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A third of wild stocks are overexploited , and sourcing seafood from farms should allow ocean biodiversity to recover. Companies are also growing fishmeal from algae and using microbes to convert carbon dioxide into protein. Some large aquaculture firms, including Grieg Seafood , are already making use of this mechanism.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The FAIRR investor network and the Good Food Institute (GFI) have launched two new reporting frameworks for alternative meat, seafood, dairy, and egg companies to use when revealing their environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts to would-be investors and others.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 28, 2022

New Zealand-based carbon recycling company LanzaTech uses bacteria to convert carbon emissions into raw materials, chemicals and fuels like ethanol. The California-based startup also acquired Cultured Decadence , a seed-stage cultivated seafood startup from Wisconsin. Swiggy is rumored be gearing up for a round of layoffs.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

For instance, they don’t require that public sector meals should reflect a climate-friendly diet, i.e. more low-carbon vegetables and pulses and only small amounts of organic or free range meat and dairy products. Unfortunately these proposed standards fail to join the dots between diets and the climate and nature emergency. Concerning’.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

A few simple mental habits such as knowing how to … The post Quiz #87: Food Carbon Footprint Challenge appeared first on Earth 911. Read the original: Quiz #87: Food Carbon Footprint Challenge.

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2022

So changing what we eat can help reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable farming. The best known are the completely plant-based vegan diet, the vegetarian diet, which also allows eggs and dairy, and the pescetarian diet, which also allows seafood. But there are several 'climate-friendly' diets to choose from. kilograms of CO?

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 1, 2021

Cargill fishes for innovations in sustainable salmon farming Jesse Klein Thu, 04/01/2021 – 00:05 Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther , expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. ” Cargill is focusing on switching to feed ingredients that have less of a carbon footprint.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You have to be engaged in aquaculture, you have to be successful in aquaculture, to be successful in seafood. “By producing an increasing amount of seafood sustainably as farmers, the industry can help relieve pressure on wild stocks that might currently be overfished commercially.

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