Climate Change

USDA report outlines climate change impact on global food security

15-Dec-2015 By Adi Menayang

Though the direct impact of rising temperatures on agricultural yields is widely known, researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) press that the processing and packaging steps of the global food system are crucial intervention points to...

Climate change a ‘risk’ to global food security

03-Dec-2015 By Oscar Rousseau

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has warned that efforts to tackle climate change will have an adverse knock-on effect to global food security. 

Desert-inspired flavours and water-saving innovation: How climate change will shape the food industry

16-Jul-2015 By Niamh Michail

The water crisis affecting the food industry is set to get worse –  but food companies are finding ways to overcome it, say experts.

Green business procedures can save money in the long run, advocates say

24-Feb-2015 By Elizabeth Crawford

Proactively assessing and minimizing the environmental impact of producing foods and beverages can help manufacturers minimize the impact of climate change on Earth and on their bottom line by improving the reliability of their supply chain, quality of...

Nestlé and Kellogg acknowledge risks of carbon pollution from power plants

03-Oct-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Nestlé and Kellogg have partnered with companies including General Mills and Unilever by joining Ceres' Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP).

Oxfam: Kellogg rises above General Mills on climate change

13-Aug-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Kellogg has become the second food major to respond to a damning Oxfam report with a climate change revamp that pledges to disclose global greenhouse gas emission targets by December 2015.

Oxfam: Kellogg, Gen Mills, Pepsico not doing ‘nearly enough’ to tackle climate change

20-May-2014 By Maggie Hennessy

In a report published today, Oxfam accuses the “Big 10” food and beverage companies of doing far too little to cut greenhouse gas emissions, singling out Kellogg Co. and General Mills as the worst offenders. 

Food prices could triple with climate change: Report

01-Oct-2009 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Food prices could more than triple by 2050 as the climate changes, according to a new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

GM seeds threaten food supply, claim researchers

11-Sep-2009 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Modern seed companies are reducing crop diversity – and this could have serious consequences for food supply as the climate heats up, researchers claimed at the World Seed Conference in Rome this week.

Big Food rallies against climate change legislation

17-Aug-2009 By staff reporter

Multinational food and agritech giants are banding together in a bid to throw light on areas of climate change legislation they warn could severely hike food prices.

Debate heats up on climate change and meat

30-Mar-2009 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) has dismissed reports connecting meat consumption with global warming as ‘misinformation’.

Weekly Comment

The weather excuse

22-Oct-2007

With all the threats facing food and beverage production -- from
contamination in the food chain, to rising input prices --
there appears to be one menace that towers above the rest, namely
'The Weather'.