Sustainable Diets

Why is food still absent from UK carbon plan?
Ruth Westcott from Sustain reflects on the absence of food from the UK’s plan to lower carbon emissions and why ministers are scared to talk about the need for dietary change
IGD says dietary change needed to meet climate goals
IGD warns that dietary change will be essential if the UK is to meet its climate targets. New research highlights the role of food choices in reducing emissions and building a sustainable food system
Progress stalls on meat reduction
People are eating slightly less meat than a decade ago, but progress towards healthier and more sustainable diets appears to be slowing. New research reveals the barriers preventing large-scale dietary change.
Labels v taxes: which way to cut carbon?
Politicians need to encourage a shift to sustainable diets in the fight against climate change. The big question is how. What does a kilo of greenhouse gases buy you in the supermarket? Researchers at Lancaster University and RMIT in Melbourne,…
Sodexo boosts veg content with ‘Green & Lean’ offer
Sodexo has launched a new sustainable meals offer in its independent schools business following a successful pilot last year. The Green & Lean meals are the product of a partnership with WWF-UK and are aimed at reducing the environmental impact…
Sustainable diets in a post-Brexit world
Britain is a long way from being self-sufficient – and now is the time to reshape the food industry with health and sustainability in mind, writes Duncan Williamson. Food – how we grow, rear and catch it and what we…
Public the loser in foolhardy fat fight
Making healthy food choices is hard enough at the best of times such is the onslaught of messaging imploring us to choose one product over another. But when even public health professionals can’t agree on the most basic of nutritional…
Putting a price on sustainable diets
What is a sustainable diet? It’s a question the government is yet to answer but can it hold out much longer? “Imbalanced diets, such as those low in fruits and vegetables, and high in red and processed meat, are responsible…
Sustainable diets not on the menu in Paris
REDUCING MEAT consumption does not feature in a single national emissions reduction plan submitted in advance of the COP21 climate change meeting in Paris. Starting this week, the talks could see a new global deal struck to reduce greenhouse…
The diet dilemma
BALANCING health and sustainability and obesity’s global toll. The debate regarding the make-up of a sustainable diet is likely to rage on into 2015. A recent paper published in the journal Current…