Furthering Past Meat’s dedication to the surroundings, the plant-based protein pioneer right now launched a Life Cycle Evaluation (LCA) detailing the environmental affect of The Past Burger vs. a conventional beef burger. The newly launched report coincides with the model being named by the United Nations as a 2018 Champion of the Earth. This award is the UN’s highest and most prestigious environmental honor, and it acknowledges Past Meat for its trailblazing international sustainability efforts.
The peer-reviewed LCA examine, carried out by The College of Michigan, quantifies the environmental affect of the manufacturing of The Past Burger as having a considerably lighter environmental footprint – from a sustainability perspective – than the manufacturing of a conventional beef burger. In comparison with a ¼ lb. U.S. beef burger, producing a ¼ lb. Past Burger requires:
- 99% much less water
- 93% much less land
- 90% fewer greenhouse fuel emissions
- Practically 50% much less power
“We carried out a rigorous evaluation of the Past Burger’s environmental footprint, from producing uncooked components by means of supply to retailers,” stated Martin Heller, Analysis Specialist for The Middle for Sustainable Techniques at The College of Michigan. “Our report then underwent an impartial peer overview course of that validated our strategy and the outcomes, exhibiting the overwhelming advantages that The Past Burger gives over beef. We all know that, typically, plant-based meals have decrease impacts than beef, however only a few research have seemed instantly at commercially out there merchandise. This examine confirms that merchandise made to look and style like beef can have considerably decrease impacts as properly.”
A dedication to environmental stewardship and sustainability has at all times been a vital pillar in Past Meat Founder & CEO, Ethan Brown’s, imaginative and prescient for the corporate. “From the beginning, Past Meat has been steadfast in our perspective that meat doesn’t have to return from a hen, cow or pig. We imagine that we are able to construct scrumptious, satiating meat instantly from vegetation. Although the sustainability of constructing meat from vegetation makes intuitive sense, we commissioned the College of Michigan examine to generate peer reviewed knowledge and evaluation concerning the optimistic affect customers can have on local weather and pure assets by shifting from beef to Past Burgers.”
Past Meat’s dedication to sustainability isn’t restricted to the merchandise themselves. The model not too long ago carried out the next eco-friendly measures:
- Overhauled packaging design for the debut of Past Sausage™, shifting from a plastic tray to a totally compostable tray, considerably decreasing waste
- Applied using water recirculation techniques at its new Missouri manufacturing facility that cut back the corporate’s water utilization by 80%
- Put in photo voltaic tubes at its headquarters, which homes the brand new Manhattan Seaside Challenge Innovation Middle, decreasing the corporate’s dependency on electrical energy
Since its debut in 2016, greater than 25 million Past Burgers have been bought. Together with being out there within the meat case at greater than 12,000 grocery shops, additionally it is bought on the menu at greater than 11,000 eating places together with TGI Fridays, BurgerFi, Bareburger, Epic Burger and A&W Canada.
