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🌏 Future Green 5 Must Reads 🌏

Published 3 months ago • 3 min read

Future Green 5 Must Reads

Hey there sustainable food advocates – making any positive breakthrough in the way you run your business or organisation takes energy and commitment. Often the hardest part is the first push. That’s why we created our Sustainability Strategy Sprint: to help you take your food sustainability effort to a new and higher level! Find out in this edition how we worked with Compass Group Hong Kong – one of the city’s key shapers of food service practice and culture. Compass Group’s own commitment to best practice can have a positive multiplier effect on the whole sector!

🍽️ ‘Biodiverse plate’ checklist: ingredients harmonised with ecosystems; certifications such as ‘Organic’ or ‘Demeter’; local, seasonal produce; joining communities that care about this.

🌿 300,000 – minimum number of edible plants worldwide underused, overlooked, or forgotten, according to a 2023 book edited by researchers Muhammad Farooq and Kadambot Siddique

🍚 Tough love. A law in China mandates small fines on diners for leftovers. Public education as well as marketing tools (encouraging smaller portions) are also on the table.

🥩 7% to 10%: reduction in meat-based meal selections when sustainability warning labels were applied to dishes. UK online study of 1,000 self-declared meat-eaters.

🫘 4 years – length of EU-funded Smart Protein project on the suitability, profitability and potential yields of non-native quinoa, as well as fava beans, lentils, and chickpeas grown in various European regions.
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ACCELERATED LEARNING: OUR FOOD VISION SPRINT WITH COMPASS

Our Food Vision Strategy Sprint on sustainability with and for Compass Group HK showed availability of ingredients – including via local vertical farming – can be a breakthrough point.

TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR EMBRACE DIVERSITY MEETUP

Want to spend the rest of your life without coffee, chocolate or avocados? No? Please try at least one of the good biodiversity habits listed here!

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FORK IN THE ROAD? CHINA’S 3-PRONGED APPROACH TO FOOD WASTE

Diner fines for leftovers under China’s Anti–Food Waste Law grab headlines. It’s part of a trio of steps to behavioural change that could work elsewhere.

MEET YOUR MEAT’S CLIMATE IMPACT: VIA MEAL LABEL WARNINGS

Labelling of meat-based dishes highlighting climate risk, as well as disease outbreaks linked to animal-based food production, helped cut consumption, suggests UK study.

DOING THE WORLD A FAVA: EU LEADS ON PLANT-PROTEIN RESEARCH

If you and we are going to lead society to more plant-based diets, then the ingredients have to be appealing as well as sustainable.

Empower Your Business with Carbon Literacy!

Join our Carbon Literacy Training for Food & Drinks Businesses on 17th & 19th June, 4–7:30 PM HKT. 🌍

Gain the knowledge and tools to cut carbon emissions, drive sustainability, and make a lasting impact in the food & drinks industry. 🍴🌱

Don’t miss out—register now and take the first step toward a greener future! 💡✨.

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Look no further than Future Green, your go-to food sustainability consultancy.

WHAT DO WE DO

Are you a sustainability leader, foodservice professional, food retailer, or organisation looking to make a real impact on food sustainability?
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Look no further than Future Green, Asia’s go-to food sustainability consultancy.
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We work at the intersection of food and sustainability, delivering knowledge sharing and insights that help build end-to-end solutions from strategies to implementation with the mission to scale sustainable food systems. Our partners include foodservice businesses, retail businesses, NGOs, and governmental organisations.
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Join our diverse and influential community of like-minded individuals and organisations who all believe in the importance of food sustainability and sharing knowledge.
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How we work with businesses:

  • Members Monthly Meetups and regular knowledge sharing webinars with experts on relevant topics aligning with the Future Green framework
  • Food Vision workshops to build a food sustainability roadmap
  • Carbon footprinting of your menu, audits and much more

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to become part of a community that’s driving real change in the food industry. Book a call with Heidi and the team.

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Heidi Spurrell

Sustainability leaders in the food and drinks sector will find value in subscribing to my newsletter, which helps them stay on the cutting edge of sustainability without requiring significant time or effort. Future Green is dedicated to transforming food systems for a sustainable future, with a global team providing practical solutions and guidance for businesses to achieve sustainability in their food operations. Our approach focuses on delivering measurable results through rigorous audits, progressive strategies, and passionate advocacy for food sustainability. As a B Corp, we aim to create lasting change that benefits both the environment and communities worldwide.

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