How an AI named Giuseppe is helping NotCo cook up a #plantbased takeover of big food.

We spoke to CEO Matias Muchnick on the start-up's mission to move the needle on sustainability - for our Plant Power series in our spring issue. By @NatalieAlcoba
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Climate was the biggest winner in the federal government's 2024 budget, but the climate funding gap persists, write Toby Heaps Jessica Carradine

#Budget2024 #cdnpoli #climatecrisis

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Canadian faux fish and #seafood startups are hoping to serve ocean-friendly food for a growing planet. But can they avoid the pitfalls experienced by plant-based meat? asks Alex Robinson - in our Plant Power series🌿🐟
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Even climate-concerned politicians stay away from this issue with a 10-foot pole. It’s a touchy topic.

But we need to talk about meat.

Read our editorial kicking off the Plant Power section of our spring magazine.

#climatecrisis #cdnpoli
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“The most dangerous industry”

Important piece from Christopher St. Prince for Corporate Knights, part of the spring edition’s Plant Power stories, leading up to the magazine’s release next Thursday (with work from Adria Vasil and me!)

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Some #plantbased brands have struggled to lower their prices. But while meat and dairy products might be easier on household budgets, they have all sorts of planetary and socio-economic costs that don’t show up on receipts. Here is the true cost of meat: corporateknights.com/category-food/…

Despite efforts to make it sound sustainable, meat is roasting the planet. Luckily, a plant-based revolution is taking root. 🌿🍆💚

Today we kick off our Plant Power package, featured in our spring issue - out this week!
#plantbased #climatecrisis

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Industrial meat has yet to find the balance between profit and worker well-being, writes Christopher St. Prince. Is it time for a just transition in the meatpacking industry?

Kendra Coulter FAIRR Initiative Brave New Life Project

#workerrights #FoodSystems

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Seaweed farming has been championed as a climate solution for its potential to sequester carbon. But some experts question whether it could also have some risks for ocean ecosystems, writes eve andrews.
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A lively debate yesterday in the House referencing recent Corporate Knights report on climate funding gap.
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2 points to make:
1. The current liberal government is doing much more than any previous government on climate funding (as is the case for most…

Newfoundland's Project Nujio'qonik is slated to transform the craggy coast into Canada’s first commercial wind-to-hydrogen hub. But not everyone is stoked, reports Naomi Buck in this new piece from our upcoming spring issue. #GreenHydrogen World Energy GH2
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Since 2015, the feds have talked a big game when it comes to investing on climate. But our inaugural Climate Dollars report shows there was a 30% shortfall between what the government committed to spending on climate and what it actually has. #cdnpoli corporateknights.com/rankings/other…

Four ways Canadian banks can actually deliver on their climate promises corporateknights.com/category-finan… via Corporate Knights

Canadian banks have spent years setting climate targets - now they have to follow through. Here are 4 ways banks can deliver on climate promises, as TD (Canada) shareholders vote on new proposal.

By Matt Price and Kyra Bell-Pasht Investors for Paris Compliance

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Despite calls for reform, federal & provincial governments use $6 billion in taxpayer dollars to subsidize fossil fuel companies each year. And unlike the federal #carbon tax, Canadians don’t get a rebate, writes Steve Lorteau U of T Law #cdnpoli

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A new report from InfluenceMap sheds light on the stark concentration of fossil fuel emissions – just 57 producers were responsible for 80% of the world's fossil and cement emissions since the Paris Agreement

Matt Ives Belinda Wade Saphira Rekker

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'We risk seeing billions of dollars in investment – some of it backed by the federal government and undertaken by First Nations – going into an unsustainable fossil fuel business that fails to deliver its touted benefits.'

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#Renewables now account for 22% of U.S. electricity, thanks in part to growth in solar and wind, writes Syris Valentine 🍃 on a new report from Climate Central. Can the Inflation Reduction Act help deliver a 100% clean grid?
#CleanEnergy #GreenEnergy
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