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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

Nestlé is paying ranchers for regenerative grazing practices that get sold as carbon credits. General Mills makes a regenerative-beef protein bar that it claims offsets 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions through regenerating soil practices.” Walmart Canada stocks 2.5 The practice of branding meat as climate-friendly isn’t new.

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Can we feed a growing planet while cutting agricultural emissions?

Corporate Knights

Between 1960 and 2015, the amount of food produced across the world more than tripled. While “regenerative agriculture” is a buzzword being adopted by politicians and food companies, the ideas behind them are deeply rooted in Indigenous farming methods that go back generations. You’re a killer.”. Mouths to feed.

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David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC

GreenBiz

Crane was instrumental in leading NRG into renewables and other clean energy sectors and was ousted in late 2015 after its stock tanked. Last week, former NRG Energy CEO David Crane joined the frenzy. . Disclosure: Crane is a former GreenBiz editor at large, and you can read his body of work here.)

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Working Towards a New Sustainability

Martin Brown

Much has changed since the idea for FutureRestorative was conceived back in 2015. We have new regenerative agendas, we are leaving a pandemic portal, we had Code Red for Humanity reports and we prepare for COP26. What have we achieved in 6 years? Interbeing.

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

One example of an organization with which BCG already works is Indigo Ag, the company behind the Terraton Initiative, an effort to draw down 1 trillion tons of atmospheric CO2 through regenerative agriculture and soil wellness initiatives. It has reduced its direct emissions by 70 percent since 2011, with a pledge to reach 90 percent by 2040.

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Mondel?z 2022 Snacking Made Right Report: More Sustainable Ingredients

3BL Media

Our goal for our European business is to have 100% of the wheat volume needed for our biscuit production grown under the strengthened Harmony Regenerative charter by 2030 1 while we continue to learn from our North American wheat sustainability programs. These practices will help reduce GHG emissions from Harmony wheat fields.

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Change the World: By Focusing on the Human Impact of the Climate Crisis, Companies Can Turn Risks Into Opportunities

3BL Media

Since its first publication in 2015, the Fortune Change the World list has honored dozens of companies that are tackling the threats to our planet through innovation, new business models, and unexpected partnerships. Such questioning can allow companies to redefine their business purpose—including the impacts on both profits and people (e.g.,