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Dear Friends of Zero Foodprint Asia,
Countries and cities that have now pledged their ‘net zero’ claims worldwide now surely have their hands full! For an industry sector (FOOD) that’s responsible for more than ⅓ of the world’s GHG emissions, we ought to figure out how to measure, reduce, and mitigate our responsible emissions effectively.
As Phase 2 of the ZFPA Program, the Carbon Neutrality Program, we are now ready to embark on a 6-month research and discovery journey with environmental scientists and software program providers Foodsteps, and in collaboration with City University School of Energy and Environment. With this vital working partnership across sectors, we can leverage on each others’ experiences, knowledge, and data to fill in the gaps that once didn’t exist.
The Foodsteps platform equips food businesses with the tools to become more increasingly aware of their environmental impact in order to create tangible change for future operations. We will collectively work to meet ZFPA's goal to help our partners conduct their restaurants' LCA, which will then produce scientifically vetted assessments of their environmental impacts, suggest workable options to reduce these impacts and save operational costs in the long run. City University Hong Kong's School of Energy & Environment's research will help to extend the LCA database to Asian and regional-based ingredients. A handful of food businesses have been invited to participate during this pilot phase including Sustainabl, Bedu & several more to be announced soon!
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