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COP28 is in full swing, and Food Systems finally have a seat at the table. Our food system – the way we grow, process, transport, cook, dispose and waste food, accounts for roughly a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. What’s more, of those total […]
Alpha Foods is the latest brand to join the LIVEKINDLY Collective, the fastest growing family of plant-based food brands! The acquisition of Alpha Foods—a popular plant-based brand with a large U.S. footprint—will anchor LIVEKINDLY Collective’s position as category consolidator. It is LIVEKINDLY Collective’s sixth food […]
Polybion announced its showcase at the Copenhagen Fashion Week, in a revolutionary collaboration with Danish fashion-brand GANNI. In the ‘Future, Talent, Fabrics’ exhibition hosted by GANNI, Polybion celebrated the intersection of creativity, biology, and sustainability, using its vegan leather alternative, or ‘Premium Cultivated Cellulose, Celium™ […]
The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) released a landmark report during the COP28 summit in Dubai, openly endorsing alternative proteins, including plant-based, cultivated, and fermented options, as a means to significantly reduce emissions, deforestation, water and soil pollution, biodiversity loss, and zoonotic disease risks associated with […]
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released the first instalment of its roadmap at COP28, designed to map out the pathway needed to bring global food systems in line with climate goals (limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees) and to end hunger, as […]
Recording of the webinar of Blue Horizon and Boston Consulting Group, showcasing the main results of the 2022 Food for Thought report “The Untapped Climate Opportunity” and answering questions from the attendees. Participants: Janna Schubert (Director, BHC), Björn Witte (CEO, BHC), Friederike Grosse-Holz (Director, BHC), Malte Claussen (Partner, BCG), Sedef Koktenturk (Head of Impact, BHC).
Björn Witte – CEO, Blue Horizon
Recording of the webinar of Blue Horizon and Boston Consulting Group, showcasing the main results of the 2022 Food for Thought report “The Untapped Climate Opportunity” and answering questions from the attendees. Participants: Janna Schubert (Director, BHC), Björn Witte (CEO, BHC), Friederike Grosse-Holz (Director, BHC), Malte Claussen (Partner, BCG), Sedef Koktenturk (Head of Impact, BHC).
Björn Witte – CEO, Blue Horizon
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Who’s hungry for what: Closing the talent gap in Sustainable Food Our broken food system poses the single largest threat to human and planetary health – but thankfully, in recent years public and private sector figures have come to realize the enormous potential of food […]
By Blue Horizon and Synonym Biomanufacturing – the production of food ingredients and other materials via microorganisms, continues to establish itself as a promising building block for a more sustainable, healthier, and resilient economy – the bioeconomy. We have come a long way already in […]
By Blue Horizon and Synonym In November 2022, Blue Horizon partnered with Synonym, the Good Food Institute, and the Material Innovation Initiative to release Capacitor (www.capacitor.bio), the world’s first comprehensive and free database of microbial fermentation capacity. One thing led to another – and invaluable […]
There is growing acceptance that the conventional fishery and aquaculture industries cannot sustain demand for most seafood products long-term; especially not in an environmentally friendly or ethical way as shown in documentaries like Netflix’s Seaspiracy. One promising solution is making alternative seafood out of plants, […]
By Robert Boer, Director at Blue Horizon It’s no secret that the alternative protein industry is predicted to take a serious cut out of big meat’s pie with the likes of KFC and Burger King already adding alternative meat options to their menus. One out […]
At a glance: The U.S. National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI) Mid-September 2022, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) to launch a U.S. National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI). The NBBI aims to ensure strengthened U.S. supply chains and to drive the U.S. bioeconomy, […]
Blue Horizon sat down with Esther Pfister, CEO of QL AG, based in Zurich Switzerland, to talk about the goals of the company, the challenges ahead and what we can do to address them. QL AG is a very young startup, only having been incorporated […]
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