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Global Sustainable Farming Gets Boost as Bonsucro and Better Cotton Partner on Climate Resilience Initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Bonsucro, the global leader in promoting sustainable sugarcane, has announced a new partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to advance the Climate Resilience Platform (CRP) and extend its utility for sugarcane and cotton producers globally. This collaboration is delivered in close partnership with Better Cotton, as part of Bonsucro’s Climate Action Toolkit initiative. Developed initially by Pepsico, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the Climate Resilience Platform translates the latest climate science into actionable information…

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New Methane Action Tracker puts agricultural methane emissions under the spotlight

Stuart Mitchell

As COP30 opened, the Changing Markets Foundation unveiled the Methane Action Tracker, the first interactive platform to monitor and compare agricultural methane emissions across both companies and countries. Using maps, scorecards, and rankings, the tracker brings to life data from research and reports on the agricultural sector’s role in driving climate change, allowing users to see which nations, corporations, and sectors are taking credible steps to cut emissions, and which ones are lagging. As the first tool of its kind to show both agricultural methane emissions at the national level and the industrial or retail…

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Burges Salmon named Sustainable Business of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has been named Sustainable Business of the Year at the 2025 Bristol Legal Awards. Organised by the Bristol Law Society, the event recognises and celebrates excellence in the legal sector in the city and wider region. Burges Salmon was praised for its approach to environmental sustainability, with the firm delivering on its environmental ambitions through a combination of continued science-based carbon reduction targets, efficiency gains and investment in high-quality carbon offsetting projects, including a focus on biodiversity. Highlights include: reducing its carbon emissions by…

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Carbon EX Partners with Sylvera to Elevate Transparency and Quality in Japan’s Carbon Market

Stuart Mitchell

Carbon EX Inc. recently announced a strategic partnership with Sylvera Ltd., a leading independent carbon data platform. Through this partnership, Sylvera’s world-class carbon rating solution will be integrated into Carbon EX’s exchange platform, enabling Japanese corporations and institutional investors to trade high-quality carbon credits with unprecedented transparency. Background of the Partnership As the world’s fourth-largest economy, Japan is accelerating efforts toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Over 1,500 Japanese companies have already set Science Based Targets (SBTs), and the government is reinforcing mechanisms such as the J-Credit Scheme to support…

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GRI launches new tool for corporate climate action

Stuart Mitchell

A new resource has launched to help organizations align their climate reporting using the GRI Standards with the UN’s official approach to setting credible climate commitments, targets and transition plans. The Integrity Matters Checklist provides a framework for reporting on climate action by non-state actors – including businesses and investors – operationalizing UN guidance on alignment with science-based net zero pathways. This includes how organizations should report on efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, implement transition plans, and reduce investment in fossil fuels. The checklist reflects the recommendations in the UN High-Level…

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