Former UN climate chief joins board at Impossible Foods
We begin with Impossible Foods - which has waved goodbye to a couple of key execs this month (VP sales Dana Worth, and CFO David Lee), but attracted a high-profile name to its board of directors: former UN climate chief and key Paris Agreement architect Christiana Figueres.
In a Q&A on the firm's website, Figueres explains: "There is a huge overlap between human and planetary health. A plant based diet is good for both. We need to move beyond the climate community, and speak to people other than climate junkies about the detrimental planetary and human health effects of meat.
"Impossible Foods is a company that understands both of these arguments and is pushing the envelope on how we can change eating habits without necessarily having to change taste buds. If we have to change taste buds, we’re facing an uphill battle. Instead, Impossible Foods is accepting our taste buds as they are and providing nutritious and more responsible alternatives."