Bigger Steps For Smaller Footprints Towards Climate Positive Beef

Dunbia是英国领先的牛肉和羊肉供应商，我们将与我们的合作伙伴FAI Farms和Promar International一起，通过与农民的接触，首先量化牲畜生产系统中温室气体（温室气体）排放的变化程度，然后与他们合作，减缓和减少温室气体排放，实现净零排放。在全球范围内，农业是温室气体排放的重要贡献者。IPCC的《气候变化与土地特别报告》（2019年）估计，农业对所有温室气体排放的直接影响高达8.5%，另有14.5%来自土地利用变化。在英国，工业排放在我们的总碳足迹中仍占相当大的比例，而农业和园艺排放的温室气体约占英国温室气体排放总量的10%。人们越来越关注牛是气候变化和生物多样性丧失的主要原因（Fearnside2001; Leahy2019），然而，不同的农业牲畜生产实践可以利用土壤和生物质中的碳封存来减少对环境的负面影响（Owens, http://osufacts/okstate.edu）.The英国政府最近宣布了一项新的雄心勃勃的2035年目标，即将温室气体（GHG）排放量减少78%（与1990年的基线相比）。Dunbia领导了一个为期两年的可行性项目，旨在量化我们在英格兰和英国各地的农民供应商的代表性样本的温室气体排放程度，然后与他们合作，减轻他们的生产系统对环境的影响。该项目是FAI农场有限公司和Promar国际公司的合作项目。到2050年，全球对红肉的需求预计将增长80%，邓比亚在采购和供应可持续来源的牛肉和羊肉方面发挥了重要作用，该集团致力于帮助使红肉的生产对我们所有人和我们的星球更具可持续性。

Dunbia is a leading supplier of beef and lamb in the UK and with our partners, FAI Farms and Promar International we will firstly quantify the extent of variation of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions across livestock production systems through engagement with farmers then work with them to mitigate and reduce them towards net zero. Globally, agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019) estimates that agriculture is directly responsible for up to 8.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions with a further 14.5% coming from land use change. In the UK, emissions from industry remain a sizeable proportion of our total carbon footprint, and those from agriculture and horticulture account for about 10% of all UK greenhouse gas emissions.The focus on cattle as a leading cause of climate change and biodiversity loss is growing (Fearnside2001; Leahy2019), however different agricultural livestock production practices can capitalize on carbon sequestration in both soil and biomass to reduce negative environmental effects (Owens, http://osufacts/okstate.edu).The UK Government has recently announced a new, ambitious 2035 target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 78% (against a 1990 baseline). Bigger steps for smaller footprints towards climate positive beef is a Dunbia led two-year feasibility project that seeks to quantify the extent of GHG emissions from a representative sample of our farmer suppliers in England and across the UK then work with them to mitigate the effects of their production systems on the environment. The project is a collaboration with FAI Farms Limited and Promar International.With the global demand for red meat forecast to grow by 80% by 2050 Dunbia takes its role in the procurement and supply of sustainably sourced beef and lamb seriously and the group is committed to helping make the production of red meat more sustainable for us all and our planet.