3BL Media

JULY 14, 2023

July 14, 2023, /3BL/ - Ten leading food and beverage, apparel, and agriculture companies are urging Congress to use the 2023 Farm Bill to modernize and expand the tools for farmers to access federal conservation programs and resources.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, another development I'm watching closely centers on how cloud services powered by Microsoft would help scale adoption of regenerative agriculture. Another deal that has my attention is one between the Google cloud team and Unilever's supply chain organization.

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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 20, 2023

InvestInOurPlanet – and your business – with an SME Climate Commitment: [link] pic.twitter.com/GEpKq10zrT — SME Climate Hub (@SMEClimateHub) April 17, 2023 Small business contributes more than half of the world’s GDP and employs almost three quarters of its workers. In India alone more than 110 million people work for SMEs.

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3BL Media

MARCH 13, 2024

Vanguard’s vision is to transform organic food and beverage materials into a force for good - decarbonizing the world, supporting regenerative agriculture, and powering the lives of all those that live on our planet. and support regenerative agriculture practices. The Alliance has grown to nearly 30 cross-industry members.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2023

Originally published in Dow's 2022 INtersections Progress Report As one of the largest materials science companies in the world, Dow depends on a steady supply of fresh water to create the products that are essential for everyday life and human progress.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The 14 companies, that have significant influence over the agri-commodity supply chain, are ADM, Amaggi, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO International, Golden Agri-Resources, JBS, Louis Dreyfus Company, Marfrig, Musim Mas, Olam Group, Olam Food Ingredients (ofi), Viterra and Wilmar International. The Agriculture Sector Roadmap to 1.5°C

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We have a responsibility to protect and uplift all those across our supply chain and operations.”. For example, we don’t want to design a regenerative agriculture strategy without having farmers at the table with us. The next edition of the SAC’s Annual Meeting will be held in Boston, USA, in October 2023.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Companies to meet with members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and other key lawmakers to discuss five priorities for a 2023 Farm Bill that can help address climate change and modernize the U.S. agriculture has widespread impacts and is critical to the supply chains of companies across the economy.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 30, 2024

As a result, the 2023 benchmark increased the number of such questions from ten to 20, asking companies to detail progress on issues such as the time farm animals spend in live transportation. A quarter of assessed companies recognised the need to reduce reliance on animal-sourced foods as a relevant business issue in 2023.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 26, 2024

In a new report focused on quantifying such risks in the apparel supply chain , sustainability-focused think tank Planet Tracker examined 29 top brands on their propensity to report their water impacts and dependencies, and to fix targets to reduce their water footprints. It’s clear that more companies need to step up.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

The annual National Farm Management Conference run by The Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM) will return this year to the QEII Centre in London on 7 November 2023. The conference title this year is ‘What is the farm for?

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

December 13, 2023 /3BL/ - Consumers in the United States can look forward this coming year to SUNRAYS® mandarins independently certified as Sustainably Grown® by SCS Global Services. As the global climate becomes ever more unstable and erratic, our industry has seen firsthand the impact this has had on our supply chain,” said Paap. “At

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Pure Strategies also helped create a regenerative plan for tea brand, TAZO, that includes transformational goals on fair trade, regenerative organic sourcing, climate, and others. This includes working with the National Retail Federation to advance climate strategies and develop its industry-level guide on climate.

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ESG Today

MARCH 7, 2024

Additional goals in place by the company at the time included achieving a 100% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, with an interim goal to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 70% by 2025 – which the company reached in 2023 – and a goal to reduce the average carbon footprint of its products by 2030.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In doing so, we’re transforming how we do business across our entire supply chain – from farmer’s field to shop shelf. For the past few years we have been on a path to reduce our carbon emissions and in 2021 we took a key step forward – committing to a goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions across our full value chain by 2050.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 12, 2023

Organic Valley is expanding its carbon insetting scheme to its full dairy supply chain in the US. The initiative helps farmers install solar panels, compost manure, and employ agroforestry and other regenerative farming practices, with the company paying the farmers $20 per ton for the carbon they sequester or reduce.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 4, 2024

Between January 2016 and March 2023, US banks contributed US$134 billion in loans and underwriting services to these companies, the report said. US banks financed and facilitated 63.1 Ninety-seven percent of the financing came from 15 creditors, including the ‘Big Three’ US banks: Bank of America (US$26.5 billion), Citigroup (US$23.8

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3BL Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

The company initiated or completed several renewable energy wind and solar projects and is on track to have an approved science-based target for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2023. grasslands. To ensure the company’s high standards for animal care are met, more than 2,300 audits were conducted.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

The report drew its thinking in part from other regenerative models including industrial symbiosis, biomimicry and cradle-to-cradle. For example, from a practical corporate supply chain perspective, and according to Austrian textile and fibres producer Lenzing : “the concept of the circular economy aims to keep raw materials in a closed loop.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While all sectors have good reason to start mitigating their impact on nature, today’s investors are most concerned about those with large, global supply chains. Regardless of your sector, investors will at a minimum want to know if you’ve screened your operations and supply chain for biodiversity loss, and what risks you’ve found.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The 2023 edition of the Circularity Gap Report , an annual study of circularity adoption worldwide by Circle Economy, states that the global economy increasingly relies on materials from virgin sources. But research shows our society is not taking enough of these steps.

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We Mean Business Coalition

APRIL 4, 2023

Land and Nature at the Center While companies need to prioritize rapidly reducing emissions from their energy use, buildings and vehicle fleets, this action must take place in tandem with investing in nature-based solutions within and beyond the supply chain to cut emissions, remove carbon, and build resilient and biodiverse ecosystems.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

We have already disbursed US$111 million to farmers as part of this scheme, including through our new ‘GreenGalaxy’ programme that securitises agricultural receivables to fund small and medium farmers – enabling them to transition to regenerative agriculture by raising yields on cleared lands, while avoiding deforestation.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 11, 2022

All members aim to start climate-related disclosures for the NMPPs in Q1 2023, including the measurement and disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, using the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures as the initial minimum framework and reporting, in the category of metrics and targets.

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Sustainable Round Table

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Dignity First leadership is grounded in cognitive and behavioral science, is Net Positive and Regenerative, and is about simplicity in an increasingly chaotic age. We look forward to gathering our Member-Clients again in January for our 2023 Research Nomination, and later at our Q1 Symposium in March 2023.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

August 14, 2023 /3BL/ - The Ray , a nonprofit organization advancing net-zero transportation and energy infrastructure in partnership with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), Troup County, Georgia and Skydio , the leading U.S. to pursue a zero environmental footprint.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Rockefeller Foundation pledged US$11 million in grants to ten organisations scaling indigenous and regenerative agriculture practices globally. . TNFD’s framework will then be finalised in September 2023. .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

As Ananas Anam grows, so do its social and sustainability efforts as it further builds a Philippines-based supply chain and promotes local culture and resilience. . Loliware has sought out "the most sustainable farms in the blue ocean economy" and partnered with Greenwave , a regenerative seaweed farming nonprofit. Pull Quote.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We look for leadership from India to take this conversation forward in its presidency of the G20 in 2023. Natasha Santos, vice president and head of global stakeholder affairs and strategic partnerships at Bayer spoke of the 200 million hectares now covered by farmers in their supply chain using regenerative practices.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These include healthy diets, regenerative agriculture, developing a circular economy, or preserving and enhancing rural livelihoods. These emissions mainly arise through agricultural activities, deforestation, land degradation, and emissions from the food supply chain. To stay below 1.5°C

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3BL Media

APRIL 4, 2024

The emphasis on regenerative resources, material circulation and eliminating waste at the core of this economic model requires changing the way products are consumed and, ultimately, the way businesses operate. In its fiscal year 2023 (September 2022 – August 2023), IKEA U.S. In fiscal year 2023, IKEA U.S.

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B the Change

MARCH 23, 2023

B Corps Show and Share Regenerative and Inclusive Innovations at Natural Products Expo West 2023 In the natural products sector known for innovation and exploration, Certified B Corporations are showing how they go beyond the status quo and work to create a more inclusive and regenerative economy.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Elsewhere, the Science Based Target Network (SBTN) released an update on their pilot project which aims to support 17 global organisations, including Nestle and AB InBev to develop science-based targets for nature, both directly for their operations and upstream in supply chains.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 17, 2023

And this year’s Global Supply Chains Report from CDP has shown which companies took the necessary action on supply chain emissions in 2022. The report notes that engagement from members of CDP’s Supply Chain program is driving action globally. million homes.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 31, 2023

Nestlé, Cargill and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are working together to scale the adoption of regenerative farming practices in the meat sector. The post Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: March 31, 2023 appeared first on We Mean Business Coalition.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 5, 2023

Land & Nature VF Corp — the company behind brands including Timberland, The North Face and Vans — has seen growing successes for its regenerative cotton farming initiatives in Haiti. The company has committed to adopt regenerative agriculture across its entire potato supply chain by 2030.

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B the Change

OCTOBER 27, 2022

That’s why Cooperative Coffees started an impact fund in 2015 to address supply chain barriers and fund carbon capture and climate justice projects at origin. Is your business looking for ideas on making a positive environmental impact?

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