原文：https://vegnews.com/2019/12/more-than-half-of-the-world-s-largest-food-companies-are-working-to-advance-plant-based-options
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MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST FOOD COMPANIES ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE PLANT-BASED OPTIONS
全世界过半数的最大型食品公司正在努力推广植物性食品
A new report finds that retailers, restaurants, and food manufacturers—including those primarily making meat and dairy products—are actively working toward a plant-based shift in the global food system.
一份新的报告发现，零售店、餐馆和食品制造商──包括主要生产肉类和奶制品的厂家──正在积极推进全球食品体系的植物性转变（plant-based shift）。
by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA
作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA
DECEMBER 3, 2019
2019年12月3日
A majority of the largest companies in the world are working to advance plant-based protein in the Western diet, according to new report “The Future of Food” compiled by nonprofit Forum for the Future. The report analyzed the business activities of 132 of the world’s largest food companies to determine if they are working toward the Protein Challenge 2040—an international collaboration between NGOs and businesses to solve the dilemma of feeding the growing population while mitigating environmental damage caused by food production.
根据非营利组织“未来论坛”（Forum for the Future）编制的“食品的未来”（The Future of Food）新报告，世界上大部分的最大型（食品）公司正在努力为西方饮食（Western diet）推广植物性蛋白食品。该报告分析了全球132家最大型食品公司的业务活动，以确定这些公司的工作方向是否与“2040年蛋白质挑战”（Protein Challenge 2040）联盟的目标保持一致──该联盟是非政府组织与企业之间的国际合作组织，志在破解不断增长的人口的粮食保障难题，同时缓解食品生产对环境造成的破坏。
Researchers found that 41 percent of meat and dairy producers (such as Smithfield, JBS, and Nestlé) are actively increasing the availability of plant-based protein either in their own product lines or through acquisitions and investments. The majority of food and ingredient manufacturers (79 percent), retailers (52 percent), and food service providers and restaurants (61 percent) are all adding plant-based meals to menus and portfolios, focusing on setting sales-based targets of plant-based foods, and making public commitments to expand their plant-based offerings.
研究人员发现，41%的肉类和奶制品生产商（如史密斯菲尔德、JBS和雀巢）正通过发展自有产品系列或者收购和投资方式，积极加大植物性蛋白产品的供应。大部分的食品和原料制造商（79%）、零售店（52%）以及餐饮服务供应商和餐馆（61%）都在不断地向产品组合和菜单增添植物性餐食品种，注重设立基于销售的植物性食品目标，并公开承诺扩大各自的植物性产品范围。
“We can be sure that the future of food will look very different and business as usual is not an option,” the report states. “Food businesses need to urgently future-proof themselves and their supply chains by moving beyond the current surge of product innovations to deliver integrated protein strategies that cover the production as well as consumption of protein and actively drive better outcomes for sustainability and nutrition.”
“我们可以肯定，食品的未来将发生翻天覆地的变化，因循守旧是行不通的，”该报告宣称。“唯有努力超越当前层出不穷的产品创新，实施涵盖蛋白质生产及消费并积极提升可持续性和营养效果的综合蛋白质战略（integrated protein strategies），食品企业自身及其供应链方能化解惨遭时代淘汰的燃眉之急。”
To further tip the scales, the report outlines five key points companies must address to fully transform the food system: developing an integrated protein strategy; making public, time-bound commitments to change; embedding a sustainability ethos across their business models from top down; collaborating with companies already working toward sustainability goals; and engaging policymakers and institutions to become better advocates to fight the climate crisis.
为了更好地全面改革食品体系，该报告列出了各公司必须着重的五大要点：制定实施综合的蛋白质战略；公开作出有时限的变革承诺；（领导层）自上而下将可持续性理念（sustainability ethos）融入公司业务模式；与努力实现可持续性目标的其他公司开展合作；吸引决策者和机构积极参与其中，从而更好地倡导人们应对气候危机。
