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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

Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now. This year, the non-profit CDP, which runs the world’s environmental disclosure system, included new questions to assess firms’ approaches to biodiversity. There are, however, positive signs.

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

We Mean Business Coalition

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. Companies teaming up to send demand signals is also a growing trend. C-aligned science-based targets.

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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. It has, I think, sharpened the focus on the need to move urgently.

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World's Leading Consumer Goods Companies Put Transparency and Transformation at Forefront of Latest Deforestation Report

3BL Media

Ramon Laguarta, CEO, PepsiCo, and CGF Board Member, said, “Our PepsiCo Positive (pep+) transformation is working to accelerate our efforts to make the food system more sustainable, regenerative and inclusive. C targets set out in the Paris Agreement without halting forest loss.

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Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: June 2, 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

Net Zero Economy / Finance Yesterday, the European Parliament voted for groundbreaking new rules that will make it mandatory for companies to create and implement climate transition action plans aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.