This week, the think tank Agora Agrar published a new study on the climate impact of food in Germany. Yesterday, the study was presented by Tanja Dräger in a webinar and discussed with experts from academia and the industry. The underlying life-cycle assessment was carried out by corsus.
Agriculture contributes significantly to exceeding planetary boundaries. In Germany, food consumption causes 2,060 kg CO₂e per person annually, which corresponds to 21% of the country’s consumption-related emissions [1]. Animal products in particular have a significant impact on the environment. Around 85% of climate-relevant emissions from animal products in Germany come from agriculture, with half of these emissions attributable to feed production and the other half to direct emissions from animal husbandry [1]. Despite the importance of feed production, there is a lack of statistical data on the average feed composition for different animal species in Germany. To close this gap, corsus was commissioned by the Agora Agrar think tank to conduct a study to determine the average feed rations for farm animals in Germany.
Wissen Sie, welche Auswirkungen Ihre Produkte auf Biodiversität haben? Wussten Sie, dass die Auswirkungen auf Biodiversität ebenso wie ein Klimafußabdruck quantifiziert werden können? Genau dazu hat die Biologin Dr. Ulrike Eberle, Geschäftsführerin von corsus, gestern im Rahmen des digitalen Arbeitskreises Biodiversität des Zentrum für Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung vorgetragen.
Today is World Pulses Day, which was officially established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2018. Pulses play an important role in making food systems more sustainable. Our experts at corsus and corsus research are involved in many research projects on pulses and their role in transforming our food systems.
The project ModErn – Modeling the Ecological Effects of the Revised DGE Dietary Recommendations – examines the environmental impact of nutrition and how this would change if everyone followed the dietary recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) or the recommendations of the Planetary Health Diet 2.0 of the Eat Lancet Commission. As part of the project, which corsus is carrying out on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA), an expert discussion was held on December 9, 2025, to present and discuss the results. The expert discussion was moderated by Dr. Krishan Gairola, with Dr. Ulrike Eberle and Felix Lücking presenting the results.
From 5 to 7 November 2025, the annual meeting of the EU LIFE project ECO FOOD CHOICE took place to present and discuss the results of the various partners. corsus is part of the consortium and our managing director Ulrike Eberle attended this year’s annual meeting in Paris.
Canned fish is becoming trendy. That is why SPIEGEL is addressing the question of how sustainable canned fish is this week. Our managing director, Dr Ulrike Eberle, was interviewed on this topic.
Talita F. Amado, was thrilled to present the Food Impacts Toolkit (FIT API) at the LCM 2025 conference in Palermo, Italy. FIT is an innovative open-source API designed to calculate environmental assessment scores for food products and recipes. By providing clear, regionally relevant data, FIT empowers consumers, food providers and policymakers to make informed and sustainable decisions.
A big step forward for sustainable food labelling in Europe! The Eco Food Choice project, co-funded by the EU LIFE programme, brings together nine partners from France, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands to create a harmonised ecolabelling system for food products by 2028.
We’re excited to share that the beta version of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology has just been released.
In this interview, Dr Ulrike Eberle and Dr Verena Timmer explain how companies can integrate biodiversity into their management, because biodiversity protection is not a ‘nice-to-have’ but a key issue for the future.
