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On the near-term horizon: Artificial intelligence, nature and biodiversity risks, and a muting of ambitious public climate goals.
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Manufacturers and retailers have the keys to unlocking a food system that regenerates rather than degrades nature, via circular design. The Big Food Redesign Challenge shows them how.
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The new European Union deforestation regulations are a hot topic for food companies, but key facts remain poorly understood.
by Theresa Lieb
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In an increasingly complex nature reporting landscape, GRI raises the bar and aims to complement other frameworks.
by Theresa Lieb
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Global negotiating processes must shift to achieve more meaningful climate results.
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The growing market for rubber is a major and overlooked cause of deforestation, and the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.
by Fred Pearce
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Limiting land conversion is a notoriously difficult challenge that requires alignment between companies, governments, farmers and other stakeholders.
by Theresa Lieb
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These three topics were top of mind in 2023 for sustainable food professionals — and will move the field forward in the year ahead.
by Theresa Lieb
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New research into Verra’s REDD+ methodology found cherry-picking and overcrediting.
by Jesse Klein
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A CDP report shows few companies are engaging their entire supply chains on strategies to reduce or eliminate tree cutting, with North American companies at most risk.
by Jesse Klein
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Avoided deforestation credits represent a reality that doesn’t exist. Removing them from net-zero strategies, while still funding them under a different scheme, can avoid this problem.
by Jesse Klein
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A recent landmark law agreed upon by EU member states is set to ban imports of goods linked to deforestation.
by Tom Howarth
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Three ways that a bioeconomy model could become a reality in Brazil, including regeneration, local communities and more.
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Sponsored: As the global community meets at COP15 a few weeks after COP27, we have the opportunity to address the climate and biodiversity crises together.
by Benj Sykes
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Sponsored: We all depend on healthy forests — and so does our economy. Here are key lessons from a company aiming to counteract deforestation for their products.
by James McCall
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A progress report on promises around national emission-reductions targets, adaptation finance, methane emissions, deforestation and phasing out coal.
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The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) asked food, agriculture and land-use companies to commit to ending deforestation by 2025.
by Amber Rolt
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There is continued confusion over guidance on the role protecting forests should play on a company’s road to net zero.
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Sponsored: The timing is prime for businesses to take on greater funding and collaborative leadership roles for biodiversity conservation, but more is needed to scale up private support.
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Nature loss and climate change are two sides of the same coin, and companies must begin to disclose material nature-related risks and opportunities.
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With climate change increasingly threatening food systems, building agricultural resilience means restoring endangered crop and food varieties.
by Dan Saladino
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Companies have been promising on deforestation for years but the results are still discouraging. How will businesses really step up?
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The Action for Sustainability Derivatives initiative brings together top palm oil buyers to map their supply chains and look for sustainability issues downstream.
by Jesse Klein
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Sponsored: The new Sustainable Forestry Initiative 2022 standards will ensure healthy forests that lead to benefits such as avoiding deforestation and fighting climate change.
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Agricultural waste has an energy potential that can compete with other biomass and ease the pressure on tree cutting in tropical rainforests.