Meat Institute Recognizes 2023 Environmental Achievement Award Winners

The Meat Institute today recognized more than 200 meat and poultry plants at the 2024 Environmental, Labor and Safety+ Conference in New Orleans for their positive environmental impact efforts. Thirteen additional establishments that went above and beyond were granted Environmental Achievement Awards for their progress with emissions reduction, energy conservation, packaging/food waste reduction, technological innovation, and water conservation.

Meat and Poultry Coalition EPA Wastewater Guidelines True Cost Is Over 1 Billion and Over 100000 Jobs

Today, a coalition of meat and poultry industry groups said the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA or the Agency) proposed wastewater guidelines will cost hundreds of millions more than Agency estimates, kill at a minimum tens of thousands more jobs and close many processing facilities, resulting in hardship for livestock and poultry producers.

Meat Institute joins U.S.-led sustainable productivity growth coalition, submits Protein PACT to Food Systems Summit

WASHINGTON, DC - The North American Meat Institute today (Thursday) announced that it will join the U.S. government-led multistakeholder Coalition of Action on Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation to be launched by the Biden administration at the UN Food Systems Summit.

Recognizing animal protein's critical role ahead of UN Climate Summit Agriculture Day

WASHINGTON, DC - The Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) convened its first-ever "Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas" pavilion at the UN Climate Summit (COP27) and partnered with the Protein PACT and other stakeholders to convene a total of 9 events focused on animal agriculture's key role in sustainability solutions.

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