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Press Release Section Icon 4/6/2022

Our Response to Latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report

The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stresses that to limit warming to 1.5°C, we need immediate GHG emission reductions in all sectors. CIWF encourages people to eat less meat and dairy to help reduce GHG.

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Press Release Section Icon 3/29/2022

Food Businesses make progress towards the Better Chicken Commitment, latest ChickenTrack Report reveals

The third annual ChickenTrack report released by Compassion in World Farming highlights the progress made by leading food businesses in pursuit of the Better Chicken Commitment.

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Press Release Section Icon 3/16/2022

Tenth Annual Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: Four of of Five Companies have Policies in Place, but the Food Industry must move Faster to Deliver Meaningful Welfare Impacts

The tenth annual global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report, launched today, reveals that while companies continue to invest in animal welfare, they are too slow in delivering meaningful welfare impacts on the ground.

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Press Release Section Icon 3/2/2022

The United Nations Environment Assembly just voted to adopt a resolution that recognizes the vital links between animal welfare and the environmental crises.

Vital links between animal welfare and the environmental crises will be formally recognized for the first time at a global level after the adoption of a historic resolution today (Wednesday, March 2) at the United Nations Environment Assembly…

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Press Release Section Icon 2/25/2022

Enforcement of new antibiotics legislation vital to our future health

It’s estimated that if the world doesn’t radically change how antibiotics are used by 2050, antimicrobial resistance will kill more people than cancer does today. Routine medical procedures, such as hip replacements, cancer chemotherapy, organ…

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Press Release Section Icon 2/16/2022

Compassion in World Farming Announces 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards

Compassion in World Farming is inviting entries to its 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards established to recognize producers and businesses that are taking steps to produce higher welfare meat, dairy and eggs in ways that protect…

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Press Release Section Icon 2/16/2022

Compassion in World Farming honored for Best Sustainability, Environment and Climate Product in the Inaugural Anthem Awards

Compassion in World Farming’s Evaluate Your Plate has received the Silver Award for the Best Sustainability, Environment, & Climate – Product in the Inaugural Anthem Awards.

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Press Release Section Icon 1/25/2022

Over 160 million plant-based chicken wings to be eaten during Super Bowl

Ahead of Super Bowl LVI, Compassion in World Farming has calculated over 160 million plant-based chicken wings will be eaten during the big game.

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Press Release Section Icon 1/13/2022

Almost 900 thousand European citizens call on MEPs to ban cruel live exports

A petition calling for an EU ban on the live export to third countries of farmed animals with almost 900,000 signatures has been submitted today (January 13, 2022) to the European Parliament by Compassion in World Farming, FOUR PAWS, WeMove…

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Press Release Section Icon 12/20/2021

Eat Plants for a Change in the New Year

Compassion in World Farming encourages consumers to eat more plants and provides resources to help consumers keep their New Year’s resolutions.

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