Net Zero Transition Plan for the
UK Food System
Download the reports to review evidence-based proposals for how industry and government can achieve ambitious net zero targets by 2030 and 2050.
The world’s food system has an important role to play as it contributes a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning to net zero is essential for human and planetary health, along with the resilience of our industry.
This strategic transition plan is the first integrated national plan of its kind. It’s built on a robust evidence base incorporating the whole food system.
The conclusions propose how businesses and government can work together and how supply chain disruptions, risk and cost can be managed, through:
- prioritisation of where to reduce emissions and when
- a view on the effectiveness of levers for emissions reduction
- overall costings, which will help inform cost at an organisation level
- a proposed set of asks to government, for action and policy, which are intended to mitigate risk and support longer term planning
The report has been commissioned by IGD and developed by consultants EY and global environmental NGO WRAP, to inform what our collective and co-ordinated action can be to achieve our net zero targets.
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Report overview:
This 18-page document includes a high-level overview of:
- opportunities, commitments and carbon budgets
- supply side and demand side abatement opportunities
- costs of decarbonisation
- proposed areas for industry action