All the news about food, diet and sustainability - July 2020
Welcome to SU-EATABLE LIFE's monthly feed, where we share the stories from this month about food, diet and sustainability that made us stop and think.
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THE ECONOMIST, 4 July 2020
What if technology tracked all carbon emissions?
Could governments use smartphones to monitor citizens’ carbon emissions? An imagined scenario from 2030.
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LA REPUBBLICA, 11 July 2020
La dieta mediterranea allunga la vita. Stessi effetti anche dopo i 65 anni
Uno studio italiano recentemente pubblicato sul British Journal of Nutrition dimostra come l'adozione della dieta mediterranea faccia calare la mortalità fra gli anziani del 25 per cento.
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RINNOVABILI.IT, 13 July 2020
Unilever: ogni prodotto avrà in etichetta l’impronta di carbonio
La multinazionale anglo-olandese ha annunciato una nuova gamma di misure e impegni in ambito sostenibilità. Obiettivo? Puntare alla carbon neutrality dei prodotti dei suoi oltre 400 marchi, entro il 2039.
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FORBES, 20 July 2020
Carbon labels are finally coming to the food and beverage industry
It’s been over 25 years since food packaging started displaying its nutritional contents. It’s since become second nature to check the calorie, sugar, salt, and fat content of food or drinks before buying them. But this isn’t enough for consumers anymore. There’s rising demand for another type of food label as people become increasingly concerned about climate change, and conscious of how they’re contributing to it.
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