Tag: the FAIRR Coller Initiative

Food Sector Making “More Promises Than Progress” On Regenerative Agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

A ground-breaking study of 79 global agri-food firms has found that 50 (63%) publicly refer to the potential of regenerative agriculture as a solution to the climate and biodiversity crises. However, of these 50 companies, 64% (32/50) including Chipotle, Domino’s and Bunge have not put in place any formal quantitative company-wide targets to achieve those ambitions. Only 4 of these 50 (8%) companies have set financial targets to support farmers in their supply chain to incentivise the uptake of regenerative agriculture, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and JBS. Sodexo’s Good Eating Company will…

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New Investor Collaboration Will Engage the Seafood Sector on Key Nature Risks and Impacts

Stuart Mitchell

A coalition of five conservation and biodiversity-focused organizations has launched an initiative that will leverage the power of investors to engage seafood companies on critical nature and biodiversity related impacts and risks. The group announced the effort during a discussion held at The Economist World Ocean Summit today. With the goal to eliminate overfishing, illegality and habitat conversion from seafood value chains, this new initiative will convene a group of like-minded investors to conduct targeted engagement with key seafood companies. WWF, the FAIRR Coller Initiative, UNEP FI’s Sustainable Blue Economy…

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