InPlanet at The MISSION Food

In late October, our Business Developer Roos de Bruijn represented us during the interim event of THE MISSION Food. Roos reflected on this event, and we extend many thanks to our partners and friends at THE MISSION Food for their continued support.

On the 24th of October I represented InPlanet during the interim event of THE MISSION Food. The event was organised at METRO Dusseldorf and was meant as another moment where the participating Startups could meet corporate partners of the program in real life. The program included updates from all of the?startups on the progress made within the program and a series of roundtable?slots. The presentation was another opportunity to spread the word about Enhanced Rock Weathering and share our new brand and photography with the world, which was very well received I would say. During the roundtable I discussed scope 3 emissions with the participants, to better understand their targets and the measures they have currently implemented to reduce or remove these. The program also included a panel discussion on sustainable measures at Metro and a tour of their facilities.

Through the Mission Food, InPlanet is exploring?the topic of carbon insetting with a few corporate partners from the food sector. This means our main objective is to develop pilot projects that reduce the scope 3 emissions of those corporations. This can be realized by working?together with suppliers and farmers further down their value chain to remove carbon durably at the source. The food sector is known to cause more than 1/3 of global emissions, and there are sources that confirm that even 70% of these originate from the farm where food is produced. (Schulman, 2021)

Until now, we already had fruitful discussions?with some partners of the program with the focus of reducing the carbon footprint of certain product lines or combining Enhanced Rock Weathering with other regenerative agricultural practices used by farmers in the value chain. Hopefully, we can share more information soon!