Bigger Steps For Smaller Footprints Towards Climate Positive Beef

Dunbia是英国领先的牛肉和羊肉供应商，与我们的合作伙伴FAI Farms和Promar International合作，我们将首先通过与农民的接触来量化整个畜牧生产系统的温室气体（温室气体）排放变化程度，然后与他们合作，以减轻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，农业直接造成了高达8.5%的温室气体排放，另有14.5%来自土地利用变化。在英国，工业的排放量在我们的总碳足迹中仍然占相当大的比例，农业和园艺业的排放量约占英国所有温室气体排放量的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; Leahy 2019），然而，不同的农业畜牧生产实践可以利用土壤和生物量中的碳固存，环境影响（Owens，http：//osufacts/okstate.edu）.英国政府最近宣布了一个新的雄心勃勃的2035年目标，以减少78%的温室气体（GHG）排放（相对于1990年的基线）。Dunbia领导的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，以减轻其生产系统对环境的影响。该项目是与FAI Farms Limited和Promar International合作的项目。预计到2050年，全球对红肉的需求将增长80%，Dunbia认真对待可持续采购的牛肉和羊肉的采购和供应，并致力于帮助我们所有人和我们的星球实现红肉生产的可持续性。

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.