Water scarcity Archive

Expert discussion on the environmental impact of nutrition

19. December 2025/by Corsus

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.

ECO FOOD CHOICE – method development for food labelling is progressing

12. November 2025/by Corsus

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.

corsus presented the Food Impact Toolkit (FIT) at the International Life Cycle Management Conference

12. September 2025/by Corsus

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.

Beta Version of harmonised Life Cycle Assessment methodology for agrifood products for Ecolabelling is open for consultation

10. September 2025/by Corsus

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.

Brightway, what is it and what can it do?

6. August 2025/by Corsus

At corsus, we are constantly exploring better ways to understand the environmental impacts of our food choices. One of the tools helping us do this is Brightway, a powerful open-source software designed for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA),

corsus gives a presentation on the environmental impact of the new DGE dietary recommendations

23. July 2025/by Corsus

At the invitation of the Bavarian State Academy for Food, Agriculture and Forestry, corsus presented the results of the first, preliminary assessment of the environmental impact of the new dietary recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) on 9 July 2025.

corsus presents life cycle assessment results at the Austrian World Summit in Vienna

4. June 2025/by Corsus

The Austrian World Summit (AWS), organised by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s climate initiative, took place in Vienna on 3 June 2025. At a press conference held as part of the summit, Dr Ulrike Eberle presented the results of a life cycle assessment carried out by corsus on behalf of SUN AG.

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.

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.

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.