‘America Runs on Dunkin’: the popular marketing campaign launched a few years ago by Dunkin’ Donuts, one of the world’s ten largest coffee and doughnut chains, may imply merely a national success story. That, however, is not the case. Nearly 30% of Dunkin's restaurants are outside...
Despite the fact that China produces one quarter of the world’s eggs, just one year ago there were no commercial-scale farms in the country (with 100,000 or more hens) producing eggs without the use of cage confinement. The situation is changing thanks largely to Lever’s...
In April 2021, Lever Foundation, along with another NGO, wrote and circulated a letter signed by 13 Members of the European Parliament calling on European firms to stop using caged eggs in their global supply chain. The landmark letter urged all globally-operating European food companies without...
Fermentation is a process that has been used in various forms by humans, who have been harnessing the power of microorganisms to transform carbohydrates into a variety of foods, drinks and energy sources for centuries. Microbial fermentation has particular promise for replacing animal protein on...
"A varied plant-based diet means more vitamins and minerals and also contributes to reducing the carbon footprint that comes with raising livestock. We are increasing the proportion of our "low carbon" menus, with the objective of offering more than 30% plant-based meals by 2025." -Sodexo With operations...
After making a highly publicized commitment in 2015 to end the sale of caged eggs in the U.S., by late 2020 Costco—the world's second largest retailer—had shifted 93% of its eggs to cage-free. While this represented a great improvement in the lives of many laying...
It was late 2019 when Jinzi Ham, one of the most prominent meat products companies in China, launched a 100% plant-based burger patty in partnership with DuPont's Danisco (China) Investment. Expectations were sky-high, and the company saw a 50% increase in its share price after...
One of the most effective changes and significant improvements for farm animals has been corporate commitments to ending the use of battery cages, which cause severe and prolonged daily suffering to billions of egg-laying hens worldwide. Among these, pledges from food retailers – the largest...
