“We believe our organisation needs to move towards a more sustainable position,” chief executive Simon Limmer told
Stuff. “If we were assessing this on pure financial grounds, we would be delaying for much longer, but we feel as though it is the right thing to be doing. “These are important initiatives for us so we are moving them up the priority list from where they sat a couple of years ago,” he said. “We are seeing opportunities to move quicker than the 2030 deadline as well, which is what we are hoping to be able to do.”
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Climate Change Minister James Shaw talks about the climate change report and how New Zealand will look in years to come. (First published June 9, 2021)
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Introducing EPIC Provisions’ First Bar Made From Beef Raised Using Practices to Reduce Carbon Emissions
March 2, 2021 GMT
EPIC, the snack brand with a mission to improve the lives of animals, support human health, and help heal the land, debuts its first bar made from beef raised using practices to reduce carbon emissions. (Photo: Business Wire)
EPIC, the snack brand with a mission to improve the lives of animals, support human health, and help heal the land, debuts its first bar made from beef raised using practices to reduce carbon emissions. (Photo: Business Wire)
Exclusively Available at Whole Foods, EPIC’s Beef Barbacoa-Inspired Bar is made with beef sourced from White Oak Pastures, a pioneer in regenerative farming practices that put carbon underground
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General Mills-owned Epic brand has launched the Beef-Barbacoa Inspired Bar, said to be the first bar to carry the Savory Institute’s Land to Market Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) Seal, according to an emailed press release. “The beef in this product was raised using regenerative farming practices that improve soil health, biodiversity, and ecosystem function,” according to the brand.
The bar contains beef sourced from White Oak Pastures, which offsets 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions through regenerating soil practices, according to General Mills. It will be sold exclusively on Epic s website and at Whole Foods starting in February with a suggested retail price of $2.99.