Month: June 2025

Premier Foods invests in low carbon fertiliser trial in support of more sustainable agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

Premier Foods, one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, has unveiled an investment in developing low carbon wheat as part of its on-going sustainability efforts. The firm, home to iconic brands such as Mr Kipling, Batchelors and McDougalls, is partnering with wheat supplier Bartholomews to back an agriculture trial on 165 acres of arable land in southern England. The trial is particularly focused on the use of low carbon fertiliser, which is created using renewable energy. It’s designed to provide a more controlled release of nutrients and is coupled with…

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Schroders publishes first Group Nature Report

Stuart Mitchell

Schroders, a global leader in active investment management, today announces the publication of its first Group Nature Report, underscoring the firm’s commitment to actively navigating nature risks and meeting clients’ investment expectations in this space.  The report follows the recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Disclosures (TNFD) issued in 2023. It aims to identify potential nature-related risks and opportunities and how Schroders is responding to them. The TNFD was launched in 2021, receiving global endorsements from the G7, G20 and then UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Mark…

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Suntory and TOWING Launch Pilot Test on the Feasibility of High-Performance Biochar

Stuart Mitchell

Suntory Group and TOWING Co., Ltd., a green AgriTech startup, have launched a joint pilot program to explore the potential of high-performance biochar*1 produced from manufacturing byproducts in Suntory Group’s supply chain. This pilot program has two key objectives: 1) to upcycle manufacturing byproducts, and 2) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by suppressing the use of chemical fertilizers through the use of high-performance biochar. 1. Achieve Upcycling by Using Manufacturing Byproducts as Ingredients to Create High-Performance BiocharAgricultural waste, such as food loss and crop residues, is said to account…

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New Habitat for Humanity report links housing improvements in informal settlements to important benefits for women’s health

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of the 2025 Group of Seven (G7) Summit, a groundbreaking new report from Habitat for Humanity International reveals that improving housing conditions in informal settlements has the power to enhance women’s health outcomes. The report, “Informal Settlement Improvements and Women’s Health”, provides evidence that millions of illnesses and instances of violence, and thousands of avoidable deaths, could be prevented within the first year of investing in adequate housing and slum upgrading. With over 1.1 billion people living in informal settlements globally today, and women disproportionately affected by unsafe living…

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Integrity Council approves Adipic Acid and further clean cookstove methodology versions

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market recently announced that the following methodologies and methodology versions meet its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), provided that certain conditions are met:  Gold Standard – Reduced Emissions from Cooking and Heating – Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption (TPDDTEC) version 2-3.1 (with conditions that require alignment with version 4)  Climate Action Reserve – U.S Adipic Acid Production Protocol (with a condition on leakage)  Climate Action Reserve – China Adipic Acid Production Protocol (no conditions required)  The Integrity Council also announced that the…

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