Commitment

Establishment of a Life Cycle Assessment methodology by 2023

Private sector food business / Japan

May 2022 — December 2023

Description

We will conduct extensive research in collaboration with the cellular agricultural industry and academic partners for internal analysis.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

Cell-cultured meat for the everyday table

Description

1. We will build a resilient global food system by resolving the feed-food competition. This will be achieved by developing sustainable alternative animal protein sources. The milestones include:

• US$300/kg cell-cultured meat by 2023.

• Price parity with conventional speciality meat by 2025.

• Price parity with conventional meat in general retail by 2030.

2. We will implement a continual improvement process for the cell-cultured meat industry to substantially shrink the environmental footprint of the conventional meat industry. The milestones include:

• Establishment of a life cycle assessment methodology by 2023.

• Footprint of cell-cultured meat below that of factory-farmed meat by 2025.

• Price and footprint parity for cell-cultured poultry by 2040.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Unverified
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SMARTness index

Details

Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Research, monitoring and data
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food systems
  • Resilience

Measurement

Key indicator Presence of peer-reviewed LCA methodology in any form of publication
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline No 2021
Target Yes December 2023

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