Tag: WWF

World Wildlife Fund Launches First-of-Its-Kind Wildlife-Driven Gift Card Offering

Stuart Mitchell

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, announces the launch of the WWFGifts Gift Card—a first-of-its-kind nonprofit gift card that blends the emotional impact of charitable giving with the joy of receiving a tangible gift that’s delivered right to your door. Now available in select Kroger stores nationwide, and online the WWFGifts Gift Card offers retailers a powerful new way to meet rising consumer demand for purpose-driven gifting. Each card purchased can be redeemed for a full donation to WWF, helping to fund critical conservation programs in nearly…

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Supermarkets playing with fire on future of food, says WWF

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s broken food system is causing environmental collapse and creating volatility in supply and price, according to a report by WWF released recently.     Drawing on data from 10 retailers (Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl GB, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose), 2025’s What’s in Store for the Planet report assesses the progress on environmental action of 90% of the UK grocery market and concludes that action on reducing environmental risks is stagnating.   It warns that without decisive action environmental impacts will escalate, threatening food security and…

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Future US Food Security is a $3.2 Billion Opportunity for Farmers in the Mid-Mississippi Delta

Stuart Mitchell

World Wildlife Fund effort to protect wildlife habitats from agricultural expansion takes root as the Delta Ag Alliance—a group of innovative farmers, startups, retailers, and investors working together to transition existing farmland from commodity row crops to specialty food crops. If just 3% of existing farmland in the mid-Mississippi Delta (eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, and northwestern Mississippi) could be converted from commodity crops to specialty food crops by 2034, it would result in an extra $3.2 billion in annual farmgate revenue across the region. According to a new report from…

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WWF and IKEA renew their 23-year partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Since 2002, WWF and Inter IKEA Group have partnered in projects focusing on forests, climate, cotton, and freshwater to protect key landscapes, enhance biodiversity, and empower communities. Today, the partnership announced the next phase until 2030, continuing its work within forests and freshwater while taking a wider stance on agriculture.   WWF and IKEA have worked together to promote responsible management and protection of natural resources through joint projects in 23 countries, across Europe, Asia and South America. The new phase of the partnership will run from 2025 to 2030 and…

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Lovejoy Prize Awarded at Climate Week NYC

Stuart Mitchell

The second Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize was awarded last night to an exceptional leader who has led innovative approaches to advance the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. The recipient of this year’s prize is Martín von Hildebrand, an ethnologist and anthropologist with 50 years of experience defending Indigenous peoples’ rights and advancing the conservation of the rainforest. He was celebrated during a ceremony held at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo during New York City’s annual Climate Week. The Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize was created to honor the legacy…

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