Welfare Footprint Institute
WFI's mission is to advance the scientific quantification of animal welfare to improve policy, practice, and decision-making
The Welfare Footprint Institute is a research organization dedicated to an audacious but concrete goal: quantifying animal welfare impacts to inform practice, policy, investing and purchasing decisions.
We quantify welfare using a biologically meaningful, relatable and comparable metric: time in affective states (negative or positive) of different intensities?a metric applicable across farming systems, geographies and species.
We partner with all stakeholders across animal supply chains?academics, producers, policymakers, animal protection organizations, investors and certifiers?. maintaining scientific rigor and independence, and bringing transparency to animal welfare impacts through evidence-based measurement, peer review, and full disclosure of assumptions and uncertainties.
We act as a multiplier of impact, making animal welfare efforts more effective through objective measurement that all stakeholders can rely on.