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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 Then scientists in the Netherlands, the U.K.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. And pressing companies to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains has long been an activist focus. The Regenerative Organic Alliance developed a standard to support farmers who promote soil health.

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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

GreenBiz

While agriculture investment is only a small subset of these numbers, there are signs that investments in "regenerative agriculture," practices that improve rather degrade than the earth, are also increasing rapidly. with regenerative agriculture criteria. billion worth of investment assets in the U.S. The capital landscape in the U.S.