ESG Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced today two new investments in sustainable agriculture-focused startups, including regenerative farming AI and robotics solution company Greenfield Robotics, and low emissions fertilizer producer Nitricity. The investments were made through Chipotle’s $50 million venture fund, CULTIVATE NEXT.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag. For example, back in May, Timberland announced that it planned to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches, which have 600,000 acres that have been transitioned to regenerative practices.

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3BL Media

JULY 1, 2022

Hormel Foods recently became a major sponsor of an up to 50,000-acre regenerative-agriculture pilot project to be located throughout central and southeast Minnesota. Assistance from Hormel Foods and other participants will help provide financial incentives for farmers to participate in the project and adopt regenerative agriculture practices.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 7, 2022

But engineers at Stanford University are developing a solar cell that can also generate power at night. If those pilot initiatives prove effective, the company plans to expand these efforts across its entire global dairy supply chain – which produces more than 50% of the company’s total carbon emissions. .

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ESG Today

JANUARY 19, 2023

Global food and beverage company Danone announced a new sustainability commitment to tackle a major source of its greenhouse gas footprint, with an action plan to achieve a 30% absolute reduction in methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 2030. This step change requires a collective effort.

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3BL Media

APRIL 18, 2024

The new Scope 3 opportunity for food and beverage companies The partnership with Indigo Ag grew out of Bunge’s realization that grain processors can drive the pace of food systems decarbonization by leveraging their pivotal role in the supply chain. “We We were getting many different requests, but they all wanted the same outcome.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2023

That’s why we’re focusing on not just a sustainable future, but a regenerative one. It is in our shared interest to help humans and nature navigate a changing climate by investing in regenerative technologies, workforces, and nature itself. But we can’t have any kind of future if we don’t have a healthy planet.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues. division in 2019 signed the beer industry’s largest power purchase agreement to date) and support for farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices. Clancy: You already referenced supply chains. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/19/2020 - 02:37.

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3BL Media

MAY 18, 2022

DESCRIPTION: WASHINGTON, DC, AMSTERDAM, NL, May 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ — Five international organizations with a shared vision to enable the rapid and just transition towards a regenerative and equitable economy are announcing the launch of the Circular City Coalition. . link] @PYXERAGlobal.

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3BL Media

JULY 13, 2022

Since June 2020, Olam has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, a global sustainable investment index series developed by FTSE Russell, following a rigorous assessment of Olam’s supply chain activities, impact on the environment and governance transparency.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

Over the past year, agricultural commodities giant Cargill stepped up its global sustainability initiatives substantially, with a series of programs created to support its science-based target of reducing supply chain emissions by 30 percent by 2030. . Regenerative Agriculture. Farmers] come to us with a program. Pull Quote.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2022

We developed an initial biodiversity strategy aligned with recommendations from the Science-Based Targets for Nature and the Accountability Framework. Our goal is to achieve 95% traceability and mapping of our raw materials by 2025, and we are working to identify all low-, medium- and high-risk impacts to biodiversity across our supply chain.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The crisis also has multiplied the insecurity of some workers and left some precious material supply chains, such as cashmere and exotic skins, even more vulnerable. . At the moment, luxury brands are still struggling to develop the business cases and financially support all of these actors.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As an ingredients and recipe partner, we help develop food that’s healthier for people and healthier for the planet. For us, making a positive difference in the world includes protecting human rights and operating our supply chains responsibly.” GREG METSCHKE, VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL PURCHASING. About Griffith Foods.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Our goal for our European business is to have 100% of the wheat volume needed for our biscuit production grown under the strengthened Harmony Regenerative charter by 2030 1 while we continue to learn from our North American wheat sustainability programs. These practices will help reduce GHG emissions from Harmony wheat fields.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Achieving this milestone includes providing documentation of the company's carbon accounting, aligning to new standards, continuing to transform its business operations and supply chains, and transparently reporting progress. million trees and mapped ~246,000 farms across Cocoa Life communities (as of 2022).

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the fashion industry into disarray, leaving supply chain workers without wages and causing major global brands to file for bankruptcy. Our current work aims to explore and develop responses to these impacts in collaboration with fashion companies and broader industry stakeholders. Supply Chain.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“We are proud to play our role in a sustainable future, and we know that a successful energy transition depends on strong technology partnerships anchored in co-innovation and development with leaders in the energy sector.” . Another deal that has my attention is one between the Google cloud team and Unilever's supply chain organization.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The approach prioritises the sourcing of deforestation and conversion-free goods in members’ own supply chains, supporting suppliers to do the same, and working to transform commodity production landscapes into forest positive areas. Through storing carbon, forests are essential to fighting the climate emergency.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

Why global engagement is essential to sustainable supply chains. Moving to a regenerative food supply. Pioneering companies, NGOs and policymakers will discuss tracking technologies, regenerative agriculture projects and new collaborations that could make food systems more sustainable. Heather Clancy. EDT May 14.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

ADM also subjects itself to significant regulatory risk by failing to measure and manage pesticide use in its agricultural supply chains,” the resolution noted, adding that investors are concerned they are not able to fully reflect this material risk in their investment decisions. . Of the total 16.5

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3BL Media

JULY 6, 2023

Originally published by Sustainable Brands By DAVID DARR One of the most complicated issues with greenhouse gas accounting in our nation’s food and beverage supply chains is Scope 3 emissions and the potential solutions. To achieve this, the company developed a timeline aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°

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3BL Media

MARCH 8, 2024

These family farms are largely multi-generational operations and are some of the earliest adopters of regenerative agriculture practices that are key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and sustaining the land and natural resources for the future. According to DFA’s 2022 Sustainability Report , this is equivalent to taking 3.4

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Tropical Forest Alliance hosted by the World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, has convened 14 agriculture commodity companies in facilitating the evolution of the roadmap. WBCSD is supporting companies along the supply chain to accelerate actions consistent with a 1.5°C

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Biodiversity Benchmark , developed in partnership with The Biodiversity Consultancy and Conservation International and supported by Sappi, will enable companies to understand their impacts and dependencies on nature in their materials sourcing strategies, chart a pathway to delivering positive biodiversity outcomes, and benchmark their progress.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Business leaders will need to develop a keen understanding of how these interrelated forces, especially the climate crisis, affect the lives of workers, customers, and society at large. In 2021, more than 2 million farmers associated with Better Cotton produced 20% of the global cotton supply.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced today the launch of a pilot program to provide weather insurance to smallholder farmers in its Nescafé brand’s supply chain. According to Nestlé, the new program forms an integral part of its Nescafé Plan 2030.

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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. Developing key partnerships to address community freshwater needs.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The waste supplied by brewery partners not only helps to produce renewable natural gas, but the byproducts of the anaerobic digestion process including high-quality bedding for farm animals and a nearly odorless liquid fertilizer for the farm help sustain the farm and support regenerative agriculture.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While I understand the complexity of these supply chains and how difficult it will be to fully transition to a more sustainable food system, we are losing critical time in endless debates that are not focusing on action. . I think the first element is how slow we are moving in the right direction. A great example is accounting.

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ESG Today

APRIL 11, 2023

Battery materials developer Allotrope Energy has raised $6.7 The technology can also avoid the use of materials such as cobalt, nickel and rare earth metals, which can face challenges such as supply chain shortages and increasing cost. The announcement marks the fund’s first investment.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The early stages of the COVID-19 crisis have revealed the brittleness of many global supply chains, not limited to but illustrated by medical equipment availability issues, for example. billion tonnes CO2e , corresponding to a 49 percent reduction in the projected 2050 total food system emissions. mph across the city.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 4, 2024

In previous roles, Davison helped develop agricultural policy at New Zealand Parliament and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). This was followed by an avian flu outbreak in September with economic costs surpassing US$2.5 billion. C targets.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

About Vanguard Renewables Vanguard Renewables, based in Weston, Massachusetts, is a national leader in developing food and dairy waste-to-renewable energy projects. This project churns up a host of benefits for the farm, the community, the cooperative, and the planet. Vanguard Renewables is a portfolio company of BlackRock Real Assets.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2021

It tracks the apparel, footwear and home textile sector’s progress toward more sustainable materials sourcing, as well as alignment with global efforts such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the transition to a circular economy. . This year, we’re launching the Insights Report, Leaderboard and Dashboard all together.

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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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