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3 big trends headlining a tumultuous year in food

GreenBiz

When experts at CDP, a nonprofit that tracks sustainability commitments, surveyed 479 food and ag companies , only 75 reported having emissions commitments in line with the Paris Agreement. Around half of companies that source soy told CDP that they can track their purchases to the country of origin and no further.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.

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COP27: Five things companies need to know after this year’s UN climate summit

We Mean Business Coalition

Historic progress was made with countries agreeing to channel financial support to vulnerable communities that are already suffering devastating impacts from climate change. The deal struck in Sharm El Sheikh provided little towards changing that trend. Companies teaming up to send demand signals is also a growing trend.

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

government – the world’s largest purchaser – proposed that all federal contractors must set science-based targets and disclose their environmental impact through CDP, following in Norway’s recent footsteps. In a huge step forward for net zero economies and supply chains, the U.S.

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

GreenBiz

In mid-January, PepsiCo joined that club with a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent across its entire value chain by 2030 and to reach the elusive net-zero emissions status 10 years before it’s called for by the Paris Agreement. What can they do to mitigate climate change?

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From Wild West to Law of the Jungle

Chris Hall

New sheriffs have set up shop and are drawing up rules on both the supply and demand side of voluntary markets, which may eventually be reinforced by regulation introduced by policymakers in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. . “At Climate capital . Global mangrove forests sequester around 22.8

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Take Five: Biden’s Gear Shift

Chris Hall

The International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol might have taken issue with Nasser’s forecasts, but he was busy in Copenhagen , developing new tools to deliver on the Paris Agreement. Unpredictable rainfall is now a common feature across all continents of the physical risks of climate change, impacting industries beyond agriculture.