ProVeg UK

Major gaps in European supermarkets' climate and protein transition performance: leaders are emerging but many are falling behind First European benchmark of 27 supermarkets across 8 countries highlights leaders and gaps in climate action and protein transition: Dutch…

🚀 Launched today: A ranking of European supermarkets' efforts to promote plant-based diets. Dutch and German supermarket chains are leading the charge. But clear reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are lacking. The press release here: proveg.org/press-releas...

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldn’t make the National Emergency Briefing.

Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?🙏

Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity.
#NEB2025

Canteen to Classroom 🌿🌍️Educating children on the impact of their food choices is essential in nurturing future generations that are both health and environmentally conscious. With this in mind, we have developed a brand-...

Teachers, grab our free Canteen to Classroom Pro Environment lesson resources! Download them here: proveg.org/uk/canteen-t...

It's Outdoor Classroom Day on 6th November! Let's get children learning outdoors. It's a perfect way to build their connection to and appreciation for nature - nurturing the next generation of planet-protectors. 🌍💚

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📢 Our latest report finds diets low in beans are associated with up to 9,000 premature deaths in the UK every year!

It also shows beans are a real-life superfood that are a triple win for health, climate and affordability.

Learn more: bit.ly/3Llbmz0

Teachers! Empower your students with the knowledge of healthy and sustainable food. 🌿🌍

Download free lesson plans and resources here: proveg.org/uk/canteen-t...

Britain has a deadly diet problem. Scientists think beans could be the answer A total of 15% of deaths are associated with diet in Britain

A Special Edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B on "Transforming terrestrial food systems for human and planetary health" features a paper co-authored by ProVeg’s Julian Cottee: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

More beans please! 🫘In Britain, 15 per cent of deaths are associated with diet, while a third of the country’s carbon emissions are caused by its food system.
👇 How can beans help?

📢 Exciting opportunity at ProVeg UK! Could you be our next Executive Director?

We're looking for the right person to lead ProVeg UK in our next phase of growth and impact.

Take a look at the role here: hubs.ly/Q03pqRLl0

#hiring #executivedirectorjobs #veganjobs

A huge success! ✨ Carryduff Primary School saved more than 700kgs of carbon in just ten weeks as part of the first-ever ProVeg UK School Plates pilot in Northern Ireland.

Read more: hubs.ly/Q03lqMSk0

Would you have loved to see this on your school menu?

Here's another School Plates recipe from our recipe book: TOFU TIKKA CURRY 🍛

With a low-carbon rating (0.59kg) and just 0.8g of saturated fat, this recipe is a ProVeg UK star dish: hubs.ly/Q03gZcz10

Our new School Plates programme guide is here! Packed with programme insights and supporting research, our guide takes caterers through the steps to create healthier and more sustainable school menus. 🌿Download a copy for your school: hubs.ly/Q03dFMn60

The change you made happen in Q1 2025 | ProVeg International Find out what we’ve been up to this past quarter.

Want to see ProVeg's achievements internationally?🌎Take a look at some of our highlights from this year so far: proveg.org/highlights/q...

Programme Manager (Hospital Plates) | Jobs at ProVeg International ProVeg International is a food awareness organisation working to transform the global food system by replacing 50% of animal products globally with plant-based and cultivated foods by 2040.ProVeg enga...

📢We're hiring! Could you be our new Programme Manager? proveg.jobs.personio.de/job/2021628?...

#hiring #jobs #veganjobs

Briefing highlights healthy school & hospital meals could save NHS £50m a year The briefing estimates that a shift to more plant-based wholefoods like vegetables, pulses and legumes in UK hospital meals could save the NHS £54.9 million per year directly on procurement costs. The...

Take a look, and let us know what you think: www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk/news/briefin...

We hugely welcome the policy recommendations included in the report, particularly the recommendations to update the School Food Standards that currently require meat three times each week, and dairy daily. Plant-based meals can offer nutritious, cost-effective, and sustainable alternatives. 🌿🌏

📢 Briefing highlights healthy school & hospital meals could save NHS £50m a year

A new report has been published today shining a light on the importance of plant-based food in the public sector.

🚨 Only 16% of students feel adults are doing enough on climate change. That's why we need action! Our programme is having an impact: 95% of teachers say it has influenced their school's climate response & schools saw an average 30% increase in carbon-reducing actions. #EduSky #climateeducation

The junk food crisis harming Britain’s children As their diets worsen, young people are suffering increasing levels of malnutrition and obesity. Can the UK turn the tide?

Could better school food transform kids’ health and learning?

Mandeville Primary got a shoutout in @financialtimes.com for swapping processed food for freshly cooked meals. The result? Kids are thriving with more energy and focus! 💪🏽 🍏

Read the full article here: bit.ly/40lTpoS

#SchoolFood

Had you heard of Shokuiku before? What do you think of these school lunchtime practices?

International School Meals Day: What's the school food concept Shokuiku? Following our visit to the Global Child Nutrition Forum in 2024, we look at what we can learn from Japan's school food system.

✨ This International School Meals Day, we share our Public Health Lead’s experience of visiting the Global Child Nutrition Forum in Japan.🌏 Read here: proveg.org/uk/news/inte...

Climate Change Committee report calls for shift to plant-based foods The report, which is titled ‘Seventh Carbon Budget’, calls for meat consumption, especially red meat, to fall by 25% - 30% and dairy by 20% by 2040, to be replaced with plant-based foods and alternati...

🌿"It's fantastic to see the Climate Change Committee's call for a shift in food systems transformation, and one that we hope the Government accedes to" - ProVeg UK

Great report from the Climate Change Committee calling for a shift from meat & dairy: www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk/news/climate...