Two papers featuring B+LNZ contributions to beef research are published in a special edition of Animal Frontiers, an international scientific journal.
The October 2026 edition, Charting the Course: Advancing Sustainable Beef Through Research and Collaboration, brings together international perspectives on the role of beef in sustainable food systems, highlighting the importance of robust science and collaboration in informing future policy and industry discussions.
B+LNZ’s Principal Policy Advisor, Nicholas Jolly, and Director EU/UK, Macaulay Jones, co-authored Split-gas biogenic methane accounting: policy design, transparency, and international coordination, alongside Ruaraidh Petre from the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.
The paper highlights the limitations of current greenhouse gas accounting methods, as they do not accurately reflect the warming impact of biogenic methane. It supports the case for a split-gas approach that better distinguishes between short- and long-lived greenhouse gases. It also highlights the importance of international collaboration in progressing more transparent and scientifically informed climate policy.
New Zealand has world leading split-gas targets for greenhouse gases at a domestic level that recognise the different warming impact of short- and long-lived gases. However, this approach is not common internationally. An important part of B+LNZ’s advocacy is working with likeminded international partners to build the case for this approach.
Macaulay Jones will be travelling to COP31 in Türkiye in November, where B+LNZ is hosting a side event alongside the British Meat Processors Association, Harper Adams University and the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. More details will be available soon.
Beef in nutritious and sustainable diets
Also in the latest Animal Frontiers, Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc's Head of Nutrition, Julia Sekula, co-authored Beef in nutritious and sustainable diets alongside international colleagues from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and Cornell University.
The paper explores the contribution of beef to healthy, balanced diets, including its role in providing high-quality protein and essential nutrients such as iron, zinc and vitamin B12. It also considers the environmental and social dimensions of beef production, highlighting why nutrition, food security, sustainability and livelihoods need to be considered together when evaluating food systems.
Together, the papers reinforce the importance of considering the full picture when discussing beef production and consumption, recognising its nutritional and socio-economic contributions alongside the need to continually improve environmental outcomes.
The publications also reflect the value of international collaboration and the contribution New Zealand is making to global discussions on the future of sustainable beef production.