Welfare Footprint Institute

The Welfare Footprint ProjectInstitute (previously(originally known as the Center for Welfare Metrics, and then as the Welfare Footprint Project) is "a research organization dedicated to quantifying animal welfare to inform practice, policy, investing and purchasing decisions. To this end, welfare impacts are quantified using a multidisciplinary research effortbiologically meaningful, relatable and comparable metric, applicable across contexts, environments and species: time in affective states (negative or positive) of different intensities. The institute brings together experts from multiple disciplines, rigorous analytical processes and transparency to quantifyinform decisions in any area involving the impactwelfare of animal products on the negative affective experiences of farmed animalsanimals".

Welfare Footprint ProjectInstitute. Official website.

consumption of animal productsAnimal welfare | farmedCost-effectiveness analysis | Farmed animal welfare | painPain and suffering

As of July 2022, the Welfare Footprint Project and its principal investigators have received over $980,000 in funding from Open Philanthropy.^[1][2][3]

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   Open Philanthropy (2018)(2022) Grants database: Center for Welfare Metrics, Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso — DALY Project, Open Philanthropy, May 3.

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   Open Philanthropy (2019) Cynthia Schuck & Wladimir Alonso — DALY Project (2019), Open Philanthropy, July 23.

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   Open Philanthropy (2020) Center for Welfare Metrics — Impacts of animal welfare reforms (2020), Open Philanthropy, March 17..

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As of MayJuly 2022, the Welfare Footprint Project and its principal investigators have received over $900,$980,000 in funding from Open Philanthropy.^[1][2][3]

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