Danish workplaces can save 700,000 kilos of CO2 in one week

Written by Henrik Feindor Lyhne

1,409 kilos of CO2, 1.64 million litres of water and 162 kilos of meat. That's how much Nestlé's 1,800 Nordic employees save in just one week with a new initiative inspired by World Vegan Day on 1 November. The remedy is simple: no meat in the canteens for just one week.

In recent years, the proportion of meat-free products in Danish supermarkets has increased significantly, and studies show that more and more Danes have introduced one or more meat-free days a week - so-called flexitars. In an analysis conducted by Analyse Danmark for DR in 2016, 26 % of Danes answered that they regularly had meat-free days.

Read more at nestle.com

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