WWF: Defining Sustainable Proteins Report
Foodsteps conducted academic and industry research on behalf of WWF-UK, in collaboration with HESTIA, into the challenges of environmental data acquisition in protein supply chains. The resulting WWF report evaluated the global availability and quality of environmental data for key protein commodities, assessed its suitability for driving sustainable decision-making, and mapped the practical data-collection challenges faced by stakeholders across the supply chain.
Understanding the environmental impact of protein on the transition to more sustainable food systems is important for farmers, suppliers, retailers, consumers and policymakers. It is therefore critical to improve visibility and understanding of the barriers to collecting good data, as well as the range of potential solutions.
In response to this challenge, this report aims to explore three central questions:
- What is the current availability of environmental impact data on proteins?
- What does this mean in terms of our understanding of the ‘sustainability’ of protein sources?
- What are the challenges to getting more data on the environmental impacts of proteins? Does this vary across stakeholders in protein supply-chains?
Read the full WWF report.
