Food Archive - Corsus

International Day for Biological Diversity: Effective protection of biodiversity is more important than ever!

14. May 2025/by Corsus

22 May is the International Day for Biological Diversity. Biodiversity Day was established to emphasise the importance of biodiversity for society and the economy and to raise awareness of the need for nature conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources. In 2025, the motto of the day is ‘Harmony of nature and sustainable development’ – a fitting motto for the work of many corsus projects.

Expert discussion on the environmental impact of food

7. May 2025/by Corsus

ModErn looks at the environmental impact of nutrition and how this would change if we all ate according to the revised dietary recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE). As part of the project, which corsus is carrying out on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), an expert meeting was held on 16 April 2025 to discuss with experts which optimisation scenarios should be mapped on the basis of initial results.

What’s going on in Eco Food Choice?

29. April 2025/by Corsus

Talita Amado talks about her work at corsus on the EU LIFE project Eco Food Choice

corsus provides information in ‘’Ökologie & Landbau‘’ on healthy nutrition for people and the environment

9. April 2025/by Corsus

In the new focus issue ‘The Future of Nutrition’ of Ökologie & Landbau from oekom Verlag, Dr Ulrike Eberle writes about the ‘Planetary Health Diet’ and how it enables a balanced, sustainable and ethically responsible diet for all people within the planetary boundaries.

Podcast on biodiversity published

8. April 2025/by Corsus

What actually is biodiversity? Where are we today? How do I notice the decline in biodiversity in my everyday life? Can it be measured? Timo Landener and Moritz Petersen put these and other questions to Dr Ulrike Eberle, Managing Director of corsus, in their podcast “The same in green” (in German).

Lecture by corsus at dialogue workshop on biodiversity

27. March 2025/by Corsus

On 25 March 2025, Tönnies Forschung held a dialogue workshop in Badbergen on ‘Biodiversity and livestock farming: where are the levers?’. In her presentation, Dr Ulrike Eberle , Managing Director of corsus, discussed how biodiversity impacts can be managed along the value chain.

Sustainability labelling for food

19. March 2025/by Corsus

On 18 March, Martin Häusling from ‘Die Grünen / EFA’ in the European Parliament hosted a panel discussion on ‘Sustainability labels: consumer information or fraudulent labelling?’, in which various experts discussed the topic. Dr Ulrike Eberle from corsus took part in the event.

Policy and Research Roundtable Dialogue on Integrated Climate-Nutrition Action

12. February 2025/by Corsus

On 5 February 2025, Talita Amado from corsus participated at the Policy and Research Roundtable Dialogue on Integrated Climate-Nutrition Action. The pivotal roundtable event was co-hosted by FAO and the Government of France, bringing together policymakers, researchers, and global stakeholders to address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate change and malnutrition.

corsus published White Paper on ‘Most appropriate impact assessment methods for communicating environmental impacts of food’

21. January 2025/by Corsus

In December 2024, corsus published a White Paper within the project ‘CLIF – Climate Impacts of Food’. The aim of the White Paper is to identify the most appropriate impact assessment methods for selected environmental impact categories to be used for communicating environmental impacts of food.

New paper published by INL e.V. and corsus: Planet Health Conformity Index (PHC)

7. January 2025/by Corsus

In order to make nutrition more sustainable, assessment approaches are needed that link health and the environment and evaluate them together. The Planet Health Conformity Index (PHC), which was developed as part of the CLIF – Climate Impacts of Food project, addresses precisely this issue. In contrast to mono-dimensional indicators such as the Nutri-Score (focus: health) or the Eco-Score (focus: environment), a key figure has been developed that can provide a clear orientation for health and environmental aspects. In addition, the newly developed PHC also takes planetary impact limits into account in the assessment. The PHC can therefore provide more orientation in the labelling jungle.