The Evocco star rating is how we compare different foods. It’s made up of two aspects the climate impact of the food, and the nutritional value of the food. The two aspects are combined to give one sustainability score that helps us find the most nutritious food for th...

Why is comparing foods on their climate impact not enough?

We eat food for many different reasons; from celebrating special occasions to comfort eating our way through the winter blues. At the most basic level, we eat food for energy, nutrition and sustenance. The thing...

Carbon footprint, environmental impact, greenhouse gas emissions, we here the terms all the time, but what do any of them actually mean? Let’s demystify the jargon. 

Carbon footprint refers to the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions associated with a person, activity,...

On the 27th of April, the EU introduced a total ban on the use of three out of seven common neonicotinoid insecticides: Bayer’s imidacloprid and clothianidin, and Syngenta’s thiamethoxam, on the grounds that they are poisonous to Europe’s native bee population.

So the c...