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Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture

GreenBiz

Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture. But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization — AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia — reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture. Heather Clancy. Thu, 12/17/2020 - 01:30.

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America is hungrier than ever for sustainable food systems. Can we build them?  

GreenBiz

Stories of small farms pivoting their operations on a dime were easy to find in the early months of the pandemic: these farmers worked overtime to meet customer demand, added services such as online ordering and home delivery, and jumped into action to prop up community food banks struggling to serve an influx of the newly unemployed.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: The Path to Circularity Being the Norm

3BL Media

This idea is at the heart of Henkel's sustainability strategy and why in 2017 we became the first major global consumer goods company to work with Plastic Bank,” said Jillaine Dellis, Vice President - Sustainability, Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Laundry & Home Care, North America. Partnership drives long-term value. “We

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These circular cities want to send landfills to the trash bin of history

Corporate Knights

The World Bank expects that as their populations and economies grow, low-income countries will assert waste dominance, tripling their current levels of production by 2050. On top of that is the climate case: the 4.9 million tonnes of CO2 emissions and 4.9 million tonnes of waste that such measures would spare.

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The Cisco Foundation: Investing in Africa’s Clean Energy Transition

3BL Media

Solar mini grids have been at the forefront of this sustainable transformation, with, according to the World Bank, an increase from about 500 installations in 2010 to more than 3,000 in sub-Saharan Africa today, and with plans for a further 9,000. per day, as defined by the World Bank.

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A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good

Stanford Social Innovation

Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021. For remaining working capital, new commercial banks, including Forebright Bank and Walden Mutual Bank, offer competitive rates on individual deposits and originate loans to “green” solutions-based companies and food producers committed to regenerative practices.

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The ESG Interview: Profits that Don’t Cost the Earth

Chris Hall

Generating returns from regenerative agriculture is positive for the planet but entails a different risk profile for investors, says Paul McMahon, Managing Partner at SLM Partners. Paul McMahon, Managing Partner at SLM Partners, says: “We use investment capital to scale up more regenerative farming and forestry systems.