Press Releases & Statements
Animal Advocates Call on Banks to Stop Funding Industrial Farm Systems
Compassion in World Farming, along with other NGOs, is calling on major world banks to stop funding intensive animal agriculture.
Read moreOur Response to Latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report
The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stresses that to limit warming to 1.5°C, we need immediate GHG emission reductions in all sectors. CIWF encourages people to eat less meat and dairy to help reduce GHG.
Read moreFood Businesses make progress towards the Better Chicken Commitment, latest ChickenTrack Report reveals
The third annual ChickenTrack report released by Compassion in World Farming highlights the progress made by leading food businesses in pursuit of the Better Chicken Commitment.
Read moreTenth Annual Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: Four of of Five Companies have Policies in Place, but the Food Industry must move Faster to Deliver Meaningful Welfare Impacts
The tenth annual global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report, launched today, reveals that while companies continue to invest in animal welfare, they are too slow in delivering meaningful welfare impacts on the ground.
Read moreThe United Nations Environment Assembly just voted to adopt a resolution that recognizes the vital links between animal welfare and the environmental crises.
Vital links between animal welfare and the environmental crises will be formally recognized for the first time at a global level after the adoption of a historic resolution today (Wednesday, March 2) at the United Nations Environment Assembly…
Read moreEnforcement of new antibiotics legislation vital to our future health
It’s estimated that if the world doesn’t radically change how antibiotics are used by 2050, antimicrobial resistance will kill more people than cancer does today. Routine medical procedures, such as hip replacements, cancer chemotherapy, organ…
Read moreCompassion in World Farming Announces 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards
Compassion in World Farming is inviting entries to its 2022 Sustainable Food and Farming Awards established to recognize producers and businesses that are taking steps to produce higher welfare meat, dairy and eggs in ways that protect…
Read moreCompassion in World Farming honored for Best Sustainability, Environment and Climate Product in the Inaugural Anthem Awards
Compassion in World Farming’s Evaluate Your Plate has received the Silver Award for the Best Sustainability, Environment, & Climate – Product in the Inaugural Anthem Awards.
Read moreOver 160 million plant-based chicken wings to be eaten during Super Bowl
Ahead of Super Bowl LVI, Compassion in World Farming has calculated over 160 million plant-based chicken wings will be eaten during the big game.
Read moreAlmost 900 thousand European citizens call on MEPs to ban cruel live exports
A petition calling for an EU ban on the live export to third countries of farmed animals with almost 900,000 signatures has been submitted today (January 13, 2022) to the European Parliament by Compassion in World Farming, FOUR PAWS, WeMove…
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