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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

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As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. It's hard to do that when you have huge [price] volatility.".

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: March 10, 2023

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Net Zero Economy In Canada this week, the financial industry regulator published a set of guidelines for banks, insurance companies and other regulated firms that will help them assess and disclose climate risks. US-based manufacturer Bank Australia – Australian banks Ficosa International, S.A.

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AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues

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division in 2019 signed the beer industry’s largest power purchase agreement to date) and support for farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices. They couldn't go and open a bank account. Most of this lies in Scope 3, and logistics is a piece of that. Regenerative Agriculture. They couldn't get crop insurance.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: May 5, 2023

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A new report from the Asian Development Bank has found that the benefits of transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas emissions for countries in developing Asia would outweigh the costs fivefold, if effective policies are implemented.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

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The same week that PepsiCo announced its new ambition, the company’s foundation extended the terms of its 14-year-long relationship with the Inter-American Development Bank — with initiatives including a fund meant to promote the inclusion of women in regenerative, sustainable agricultural models in Latin America.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: March 17, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week include the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act and the Canadian logistics company embarking on a $1 billion vehicle fleet electrification. Interested in joining We Mean Business Coalition at Ceres Global in NYC next week? The country added 2.5 GW in 2022, up from 1.3 GW now installed.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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The second is a commitment to sourcing 100 percent of the natural materials Timberland uses from regenerative agriculture, such as leather for boots. As COVID came to dominate 2020, she helped donate more than 600,000 meals and 100,000 pounds of packaging to food banks. Deonna Anderson. Vartan Badalian, 28. LinkedIn . Holly Secon.

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