Future Green: 5 Must Reads

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Best wishes for the Year of the Dragon! People and projects under that zodiac sign are said to display traits including ambition and passion, so let’s make this Dragon Year a breakthrough one for our work. We kicked off February with our Sustainability 101 training workshop for the International Culinary Institute’s Sustainable Gastronomy Forum. In other news, if 'carbon-neutral' meat is to succeed, people still need to cut consumption. Other things ‘red’ are in the news. How many times have we said ‘buy local’, ‘reduce carbon footprint of your food’? The Red Sea shipping crisis puts it all in focus. And there’s a long list of paper-based processes that could be digitalised, but we don’t think giving red packets of paper money lai-see should be at the top.

WANT NOT, WASTE NOT. BASIC SKILL OF PORTION CONTROL

‘Eat up, clear your plate’? Our Sustainability 101 workshop shows portion control could be the simplest most effective way to address a sustainability basic. We visit the International Culinary Institute!

'CARBON-NEUTRAL' MEAT. SIDETRACK OR WAY AHEAD?

Kudos to Minerva Foods for more efficient ways to use animals and derived by-products – however that isn’t a solution if people don’t reevaluate consumption.

SHIFT CARBON SUBSIDIES TO SMALLHOLDERS

Sometimes sustainability seems atomised via overlapping initiatives. This study offers a fix: US$10 trillion annual benefits from paying smallholders to turn their land into carbon sinks.

RED SEA, RED SIGNAL

If short-range missiles aimed at passing ships can potentially collapse the world’s food system, isn’t it a sign we need to rely less on long-distance imports?

HANDS OFF THE RED PACKETS!

Giving lai-see isn’t just about money, it’s respect. The HKMA's well-meaning electronic lai-see idea: good on paper for saving paper, but short on human touch and ambition. We need proper sustainability initiatives!

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ALL ABOARD FOR OUR FOOD SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATIONS COURSE

Apply for our February certified course for our essential Food Sustainability Foundations for food sector professionals! If you’ve ever asked yourself “Where do I begin with sustainability?” this is the course for you! Our founder & CEO Heidi Yu Spurrell leads this new programme across four weeks, so you can increase your sustainability credentials on product sourcing, health and the environment, without hurting your bottom line.

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TESTIMONIAL

"Having admired the work Future Green Global has been achieving for some time, I was eager to engage first-hand, and I am happy to say that my already high expectations were exceeded. The course's clear structure, interactive approach, and personalised touch enriched my professional identity in the F&B sustainability industry, equipping me with a comprehensive toolkit and knowledge base. The insights into how corporations have successfully navigated sustainability challenges were particularly enlightening for me. This course stands out as an invaluable resource in our climate-conscious era, proving relevant and essential for every professional field, as "every job is a climate job", and we can all make a difference. "

Andrew Cameron

CEO & Founder, Enzyme Consulting
Carbon Literacy Training Delegate

Are you a sustainability leader, foodservice professional, food retailer, or organisation looking to make a real impact on food sustainability?

Look no further than Future Green, Asia’s go-to food sustainability consultancy.

We work at the intersection of food and sustainability, delivering knowledge sharing and insights that help build end-to-end solutions from strategies to implementation with the mission to scale sustainable food systems. Our partners include foodservice businesses, retail businesses, NGOs, and governmental organisations.

Join our diverse and influential network of like-minded individuals and organisations who all believe in the importance of food sustainability and sharing knowledge.

How we work with businesses:

Members Monthly Meetups and regular knowledge sharing webinars with experts on relevant topics aligning with the Future Green framework
Food Vision workshops to build a food sustainability roadmap
Carbon footprinting of your menu, audits and much more

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Future Green: 5 Must Reads

Future Green: 5 Must Reads

Future Green Consulting Ltd

Future Green 5 Must Reads

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