Research

How the Norwegian salmon industry extracts nutrition and undermines livelihoods in West Africa

The role of UK banks in financing industrial meat and dairy corporations. The UK’s ‘Big Six’ banks - Barclays, HSBC, Santander, Lloyds, NatWest, Standard Chartered - provided £62 billion in financing to the world’s largest meat, dairy and feed producers between 2015-2022.

New report by Feedback Europe finds that high EU biomethane target is unrealistic and unsustainable: as European reform of gas markets is underway, our analysis debunks the assumptions behind the high EU biomethane target and calls for a much lower target that is fit for food and the climate.

UK supply of sugar is over 2.5 times the maximum safe limit for consumption. Foodrise and Action on Sugar’s research reveals the harmful impacts on public health and the environment of producing, importing and consuming too much sugar in the UK. The report exposes how current agricultural and trade policies which support or aim to increase the UK’s supply of sugar undermine efforts to meet climate, environmental and public health goals. You can view a summary of the report here.

Foodrise’s analysis of the feedstock assumptions underlying the 35 billion cubic meter biomethane target shows that at best it will be simply impossible to reach this target. At worst, strong policy support for the target will lock in dangerously unsustainable agricultural, land use and energy practices.

Our Supermarket Meat and Climate Scorecard Report 2023 finds that greenwash is rife across the UK supermarket sector, and exposes the ways in which the 10 largest supermarkets are 'greenwashing' their climate footprint.

Alternative proteins are on the rise. To get a clearer picture of what this could mean for current and future food systems, this discussion brief puts forth five critical questions for policymakers, producers, and retailers to consider on the role of alternative proteins in the dietary transition in Europe.

To support the goals of the Paris Agreement—including “increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production”—all public development banks must confront the necessity of reducing, not increasing, industrial livestock production

An overview of why mandatory food waste reporting is essential to halving food waste by 2030.

Barclays bank, a household name in the UK with over 48 million customers worldwide, is the bank of choice for one of the world’s most destructive companies – the biggest global meat corporation, JBS. However, Barclays continues to provide billions of dollars’ worth of loans and underwriting services to JBS – the Brazilian meat giant infamous for its environmental and financial crimes.

Foodrise and Action on Sugar’s research reveals that nine out of ten UK supermarkets lack any policies to measure total sugar sales across all products and set reduction targets. Without reduction targets, supermarkets’ practices are resulting in an increase in total sugar sold. Supermarkets must commit to publicly disclosing and reducing overall sugar sales.

Foodrise's response to the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation.