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The FOUR PAWS food industry rankings towards animal protein reduction 

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The FOUR PAWS Atlas Challenge

FOUR PAWS is taking on companies in the food industry to drive down the production of animal-based foodwhile increasing plant-based options. With billions of animals being farmed globally in terrible keeping conditions, contributing to the climate crisis, deforestation and the environmental degradationit’s time for key players in the industry to step up and put sustainable food strategies on their agenda to become progressive planet-savvy pioneers. 

What FOUR PAWS is asking:

FOUR PAWS is asking companies to take responsibility for their impact on farmed animals and the climate and play a positive rather than a destructive role. Companies are beginning to do this by expanding their plant-based range, including meat and dairy alternatives. However, for companies to have a truly progressive impact, such steps need to happen at a much larger and more transparent scale.

FOUR PAWS expects action and progress from the food industry within the following scopes:  

  • defining, implementing, and reporting concrete strategies to promote meat and dairy reduction in their CSR and/or separate policy, which includes a clear statement highlighting the benefits of reduction for animal welfare and to reduce GHG emissions from livestock;
  • ensuring that the reduction of meat and dairy is not compensated with the increase of another animal-based product/ingredients;
  • promoting plant-based alternatives through consumer awareness by highlighting animal- and climate-friendly food via various marketing tools;
  • setting time-bound targets for the transition of the remaining animal-derived ingredients away from factory farming and supporting farmers to implement high welfare husbandry systems.

 

Over 80 billion farm animals1 are farmed for food each year which involves extreme animal suffering and damage to the environment. Intensive livestock farming is responsible for 14.52 to 16.53% of the world’s man-made greenhouse gas emissions.

By assessing the level of effort from leading food industry players compared to their competitors, FOUR PAWS shows where companies stand and encourages them to reassess their goals and strategies.

With meat and dairy production negatively contributing to factory farmed animals and the climate crisis, industries hold a powerful key to deciding the fate of billions of farmed animals and the planet.

It’s time for the food industry to take action

 and stop contributing to the destruction of the planet!

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The FOUR PAWS Atlas challenge Rankings

FOUR PAWS conducted rankings depicting the level of effort and performance of the key players within the food industry sector. How does your favourite compare? To help end factory farming and mitigate climate change, will companies prioritize animal protein reduction and increase sustainable plant-based offerings?

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Hotel Companies

Are global hotel companies prioritising meat and dairy reduction as part of their animal welfare and climate action goals?

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Chocolate Companies

Which leading chocolate companies focus on animal welfare, climate and binding dairy reduction strategies? 

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Supermarkets

Are leading food retailers prioritising meat reduction and increasing plant-based foods?  

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Atlas Challenge – Food Delivery Services

Food Delivery Services

How does your favourite food delivery service compare? 

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Atlas Challenge – Food producers

Food Producers

What are the leading food producers progressive food strategies?

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Atlas Challenge – Fast-Food Chains

Fast-Food Chains

How are the fast-food chains* performing when it comes to meat and fish reduction and increasing plant-based food?

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Atlas Challenge – International Fast-Food Chains

International Fast-Food Chains

How do the headquarters of key international fast-food chains compare to their locations in other countries?

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Did you know?

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of agricultural land is used for livestock, and 23% for crops.(4)

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farm animals are slaughtered for human consumption each year, two thirds on factory farms. (5, 6)

14.5%

of global greenhouse gas emissions is caused by livestock farming. (7, 8)


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Source:
1 https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production#number-of-animals-slaughtered
2, 7 Gerber PJ, Steinfeld H, Henderson B, Mottet A, Opio C, Dijkman J, Falcucci A, Tempio G. Tackling climate change through livestock: a global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities. Tackling climate change through livestock: a global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities. 2013 [accessed 2023 Feb 6]. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20133417883
3, 8 Eisen MB, Brown PO. Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2 emissions this century. PLOS Climate. 2022;1(2):e0000010. doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000010
4 www.Ourworldindata.org
5 https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production#number-of-animals-slaughtered
6 www.statista.com

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