This week’s standout figures include problems for low- and no- alcohol options, but good news for reuse in the UK. CIWF presents some startling animal welfare data while carbon credit projects look to bring higher prices for robust schemes.
30%. Moving 30% of grocery goods sold in the UK to reusable packaging could cut emissions and EPR costs by more than 90%. Just Food reports on the news research by GoUnpackaged, a consultancy, which also encourages a reuse target to be set by industry and the government.
40%. Four in 10 customers leave venues early or disappointed because of poor low- and no- alcohol options. That’s according to insight consultancy KAM’s ‘Drinking differently’ report. The research found UK adults are embracing a more flexible approach to drinking, switching between different strengths depending on the occasion rather than simply drinking less.
14.8m. From heatwaves in the UK to hurricanes in the US and flooding in Italy, farmed animals have suffered in their millions due to extreme weather, according to a new report from Compassion in World Farming. The ‘Climate doom loop’ report explores the impacts of climate change on farmed animals across the world in the past decade.
£100. “When the carbon price hits £100, £100-plus, I think the whole market makes a lot more sense financially and becomes more of an attractive proposition,” Chris Winter explained in an interview with Ends Report. The director of natural capital at Oxygen Conservation, a limited company which describes itself online as “committed to scaling conservation to deliver positive environmental and social impact in an attempt to save the world”, cited Arup’s recent £1m investment in part of Nattergal’s 617 hectare Boothby Woodland project in Lincolnshire, a move that secures 10KtCO2e of high quality carbon removal credits over the next 30 years.
