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Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division says despite initial committment, JBS does not show it “has a plan” to achieve net zero by 2040.
A new Inmarsat report notes “improved environmental outcomes” including water conservation from leveraging satellite IoT tools for agriculture.
The financial services provider will support UK farmers with green loans and carbon audits.
Mars will “push the boundaries of what is possible through regenerative agriculture” to help it achieve its target, according to sustainability head Barry Parkin.
The fast food retailer will work with the Science Based Targets initiative to adjust its current emissions-reduction strategy across its business.
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The Hangzhou-based company behind the world’s biggest mobile payments app will also consider investing in carbon offsets in areas such as forest management.
Pre-seed funding will enable NZN to progress field trials for its biological alternative for farmers to synthetic nitrogen fertilizer.
With over 20,000 farmers across 13 countries, multinational brewing company AB InBev employs a range of tactics when it comes to boosting soil health.
At Davos in 2019, an acquaintance of mine had been cornered by a journalist into committing to net zero. It might just have got him out of COP26.
The country will double-down on agtech innovations in areas such as soil carbon sequestration and livestock feed to achieve the target.
Carbon Neutral aims to help brands with carbon accounting and offsetting by providing a third-party certification and consumer-facing label.
Blue Tree uses ultrafiltration coupled with adsorption to selectively remove disaccharides such as sucrose, lactose, and maltose from natural beverages such as juice, milk, and beer.
The firm will use the funds to scale up its production process, which it claims uses a fraction of the water and energy used by brands such as Quorn, with lower capital expenditure.
“But one thing I will say,” says Dr. David Kaplan, “I don’t think stir tank reactors that have been used in pharma are going to work here. They’re just too expensive.”
Overhauling the global food system could end undernutrition by 2050 and provide sufficient income to millions, says nonprofit.
At a time when many alt protein companies are struggling to raise funds, Infinite Roots (formerly Mushlabs) has netted $58m from investors including German food retail giant (REWE) and the holding company behind Haribo (HRH).
There’s a lot of talk, but rather less action on regenerative agriculture from some agrifood companies, says a new report from the FAIRR investor network.
Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado raised $700 million from the public markets.
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