🌏 Future Green 5 Must Reads 🌏


Future Green 5 Must Reads

Hey there sustainable food advocates — as 2025 comes to a close, it’s been inspiring to see real momentum across our community. From new data tools to bold policy conversations, the future of sustainable food is being shaped by people who refuse to slow down.

This month’s stories spotlight innovation, accountability, and a growing insistence that food systems must work better for people and the planet. Not someday, but now. Whether it’s wrapping up our collective progress, amplifying frontline voices, or decoding global climate outcomes, each piece shows how far we’ve come.

And as we wrap our final newsletter of the year, here’s to an even more ambitious, solutions-driven 2026. See you next year for a more connected, courageous, and climate-forward food movement.

🎁 2025 WRAPPED: OUR YEAR IN ACTION

We trained more teams, built new partnerships, launched major initiatives, and accelerated real food-system change. Here’s a look at everything we achieved together.

🎙️ PODCAST: WHY ANIMAL WELFARE CAN’T WAIT

Marianne Macdonald of Animals Aotearoa explains how practical partnerships and clear commitments can rapidly lift welfare standards across food systems, benefitting animals, suppliers, and consumers.

ECOATLAS – BETA: EVER FELT OVERWHELMED BY FOOD SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS?

EcoAtlas is our free directory uniting global food sustainability standards in one searchable hub, helping teams compare certifications, cut complexity, set clearer goals, and make smarter sourcing decisions.

🌍 COP30: THE DEALS THAT WILL SHAPE 2026

COP30 delivered new finance pledges, adaptation steps, and accountability measures — signalling a shift from promises to implementation, but leaving major gaps for next year to close.

📉 PARIS AGREEMENT: A DECADE OF WINS AND WARNINGS

The world has made real progress on clean energy and slowed emissions growth — yet climate risks are rising, and action still lags far behind what science demands.


FUTURE BITES PODCAST

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The Future Bites Podcast 🎙️ amplifies voices shaping a more sustainable tomorrow. From bold ideas to real experiences, every story can inspire change.

If you’re driving impact, sparking community action, or rethinking the future — your journey matters. 🌍

Drop us a message at hello@futuregreen.global

and let’s explore how your story could become the next bite of inspiration.


WHAT DO WE DO

Are you a sustainability leader, foodservice professional, food retailer, or organisation looking to make a real impact on food sustainability?

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

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.

Join our diverse and influential community of like-minded individuals and organisations who all believe in the importance of food sustainability and sharing knowledge.

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

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