We are inviting businesses to dive into sustainability with us!

Our upcoming webinar with The Consumer Voice will explore EU green policies, the #EUEcolabel , and the opportunities they entail for sustainable producers & retailers.

Sign up to ride the wave of change👉 eeb.org/surfing-green-…

Extremely important research.

It's not possible to understand the state of BigTech, or its pathologies at the moment, without understanding these companies' transformation into defense contractors, in addition to their central role as surveillance providers to the state. 👇

Food and Agriculture Organization - I suppose you understand how damaging that is for the FAO? Reputation is easily lost but hard to (re-) build. And now the FAO had negative headlines twice in a short period of time: theguardian.com/environment/20… AND theguardian.com/environment/20…

The FAO misused #research to underestimate the potential of reduced #meat intake to cut emissions. #Agriculture account for 23% of GHG #emissions , most from #livestock (due to methane from burps & #manure and deforestation for #grazing & feed crops): theguardian.com/environment/20… (1/2)

(2/2) Dietary shifts are the biggest leverage we have to reduce #emissions and other damage caused by our #foodsystem . It is important for #livestock herd sizes to peak by 2025 if the world is to prevent dangerous global heating: theguardian.com/environment/20… #diets #climatechange

Heat pumps work when it’s cold. They just work harder.

Heat pumps remain more than twice as efficient as gas boilers, even at temperatures well below freezing.

More in my Carbon Brief heat pump myth buster: carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-m…

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Falling fossil gas demand inevitably means decommissioning of gas networks.

They can no longer be operated economically without significant burdens on consumers.

Claudia Kemfert & I RAP wrote this opinion piece for FOCUS online

focus.de/earth/experten…

To be really clear on this: this not pushed by the need of EU farmers to have more fertiliser sources, this is pushed by the absolute overflow of pig shit in countries who don't have enough surfaces to dump it (= the Netherlands). 💩 #NitrateDirective

In a classic late Friday afternoon move, the Commission has published a draft directive amending the Nitrates Directive to loosen rules on using fertilising materials made from processed manure. The draft act is open for feedback for 4 weeks. Find it here ec.europa.eu/info/law/bette…

Reducing the pig herd, especially as pig meat prices have plummeted because *we produce far too much* would the logical next step, but I guess destroying more environmental regulations is easier... 🤷‍♀️

Philip Morris kills at least one million people every year.
Retweet if you think it is grotesque for the #tobacco industry, the main manufacturer of lung cancer, to be funding medical education. middleeastmedicalportal.com/webinars/harm-… #BTOG24

monique goyens The Consumer Voice Emotivo homenaje a monique goyens en su último Consumer Summit a cargo de la española Ana Gallego Torres, directora general en EU Justice

'Our members tell us that consumers are increasingly exposed to vulnerabilities. Beyond lack of enforcement, the markets have become very complex to navigate. Is it free consumer choice when prices are personalised? Policymakers, stop being polite to big players.'

monique goyens it is not easy to be a conscious consumers in today’s market. Stop being too polite with the big players if they drag their feet to implement the law and try to delay new protections #consumersummit

'Don't get carried away by the 'twin transition' buzzword as they not identical twins. Digitalisation must not only mean innovation, it must also mean progress. And the green transition is simply a question of survival.' monique goyens at #ConsumerSummit

For the green transition to happen, we need lifestyle changes, not only of the elite, but of a critical mass of consumers. That calls for an ambitious policy to help consumers embrace the transition, our director monique goyens just said at the #ConsumerSummit 🧵

.The Consumer Voice DG monique goyens stresses at the #ConsumerSummit that policymakers need to make policies which really help consumers to embrace #sustainability in their lives.

We can’t simply inform them: we need to make it the attractive, affordable and easy choice by default!

🕯️Don’t try to fix people in a broken system

🔩 Fix the system first

💚Sustainability should be the default solution

The Consumer Voice monique goyens is once again spot on

#consumerprotection EU Consumer Affairs

European Economic and Social Committee EESC Single Market Sandra Parthie The Consumer Voice SG monique goyens on green transition: it is a must. Do not halt it, not at least in the name of consumers. Make the sustainable choice the easy and affordable one for us all 🇪🇺🌍🌱

When talking about the #greentransition , and the huge responsabilities laid on consumers' shoulders, our great colleague monique goyens says 'If the system is wrong dont try to change the people, change the system' 👏👏👏