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- 831736 description "The City of Ghent won silver at the international SDG Innovation Award for its half-and-half meals in schools and childcare centres" news.
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- 831736 dateModified "2025-12-19T11:20:06+00:00" news.
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- 831736 headline "Silver at the international SDG Innovation Award" news.
- 831736 articleBody " <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--full"> <p><span lang="EN-GB">The </span><a href="https://sdg-innovation.com/en/" data-entity-type="external"><span lang="EN-GB">SDG Innovation Award</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> recognises projects worldwide that make an exemplary contribution to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The award aims to highlight pioneers and inspire others to accelerate sustainable development. In the “Cities, Municipalities & Districts” category, the City of Ghent received the silver award for our half-and-half meals in schools, nurseries and after-school care centres. The award ceremony took place on 6 December 2025 in Munich. </span></p><h2><span lang="EN-GB">Impact of half-and-half meals </span></h2><p><span lang="EN-GB">Why was Ghent awarded? We submitted our half-and-half meals: an innovative approach in which plant-based ingredients play a much greater role. The results speak for themselves:</span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">• <strong>–38% CO₂ footprint</strong> since 2018</span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">• High scalability: the concept can easily be adopted by other cities</span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">• Strong impact on health, climate and education</span></p> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--full"> <h2><span lang="EN-GB">Strong stakeholder model</span></h2><p><span lang="EN-GB">This project is only possible thanks to a strong stakeholder model: our caterer Culinor Food Group nv, colleagues from various city departments (health and care, environment and climate, childcare, education, etc.), international partners such as Cool Food Pledge (WRI) and the EU SchoolFood4Change project... and, of course, the children themselves. </span></p><h2><span lang="EN-GB">280 entries</span></h2><p><span lang="EN-GB">The award is organised by the </span><a href="https://senat-deutschland.de/" data-entity-type="external"><span lang="EN-GB">Senat der Wirtschaft Deutschland</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> and </span><a href="https://www.unido.org/" data-entity-type="external"><span lang="EN-GB">UNIDO</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation). This year, there were 280 entries from <strong>38 countries</strong> across <strong>five continents</strong>. This makes our recognition even more meaningful. In addition to Ghent, cities such as Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Incheon, Seocho-gu and Zichuan District were also nominated. </span></p> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--full cta-block image-none link"> <div class="cta-block__content"> <div class="feature-block secondary"> <h2>Know more about the meals in Ghent schools?</h2> <a href="https://stad.gent/nl/groen-milieu/klimaat/duurzaam-eten/gezonde-schoolmaaltijden-op-school-en-de-kinderopvang" class="button button-secondary">Click here</a> </div> </div> </div> " news.
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