Food and Farming
April 18, 2024
Agri-food industry needs $500bn a year to reverse environmental impacts, says UBS
UBS suggests that with the right investment, the food and farming industry could be transformed from an environmentally damaging sector into an environmentally positive one
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April 17, 2024
Organic and free-range meat has higher environmental impact, says WRI report
Meat and dairy produced using organic, grass-fed, pasture-raised and free-range methods generate higher emissions than conventional counterparts, research finds
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April 16, 2024
Why cash, not regulation, may hold key to halting deforestation
With some areas suffering record losses, it appears paying people not to cut down trees might be the best way to keep the world’s remaining...
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March 26, 2024
Agrifood sector must invest $205bn a year to halve global emissions
Agricultural emissions must fall by almost a third by 2030 to align with the Paris Agreement
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February 16, 2024
In Brief: JPMAM and SSGA exit CA100+; IEA to set up security programme for critical minerals
The latest ESG policy and regulatory news JPMorgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors have confirmed to the Financial Times that they are leaving...
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December 8, 2023
In Brief: Singapore launches taxonomy with transition category; Canada releases oil emissions cap regulation
The latest ESG policy and regulatory news
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December 8, 2023
COP28: Food is on the table, but only as a side dish
World leaders have signed a declaration to make the world’s food and farming systems more sustainable. Clever coalitions and clear metrics may help put meat on these bones without creating...
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December 4, 2023
COP28 Round-up: Climate coalitions, debt clauses and a new net zero policy task force
The latest news from the 2023 UN climate conference in Dubai
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November 15, 2023
Nestlé, Ferrero defend deforestation records
Proctor & Gamble is singled out by the Rainforest Action Network’s annual deforestation scorecard as the worst performer, while Nestlé and Ferrero suggest they are doing better than their respective...
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November 2, 2023
Policymakers and business urged to push plant-based products
New research sets out the climate and nature wins of replacing meat with whole foods and plant-based proteins, and calls on governments and food retailers to make these alternatives more available...
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October 25, 2023
Bayer accused of greenwashing over 'regenerative agriculture' claims
Spanish farmers are pushing back against the German chemical company’s insistence that the weed killer glyphosate — currently going through a tricky approval process in Brussels — has a role...
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