We invest to improve quality of life
Health, safety, wellbeing, education: what does quality of life include?
Quality of life can be defined as the alignment between resources the environment can provide and the needs of the local population. It is a concept that includes health, but there is more to it. It also includes factors such as:
- natural environment (climate, biodiversity);
- quality of life in towns and cities (cleanliness, health, comfort);
- food (feeding everybody);
- social inclusion and solidarity (reducing inequalities).
There are tools for measuring quality of life, such as the Human Development Index. This is used to estimate perceptions of wellbeing in terms of wealth (materiel and immaterial), life expectancy at birth, and educational level.
Life expectancy at birth varies considerably by country.
What actions do we take to improve quality of life?
Health
Food
Malnutrition is an increasing concern. There is an urgent need to identify new sources of protein that are more sustainable and less harmful to the planet, for feeding people as well as raising animals.
Working for farmers and the agrifood industry, we use insects to transform food by-products and farm waste into protein, which is then used as animal feed. This process is called bioconversion.