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Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture

GreenBiz

Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture. But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization — AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia — reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture. Heather Clancy. Thu, 12/17/2020 - 01:30.

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VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag

GreenBiz

VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag. For example, back in May, Timberland announced that it planned to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches, which have 600,000 acres that have been transitioned to regenerative practices.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

Remember 2019? German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. And pressing companies to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains has long been an activist focus. It was a very long year. But it was much, much longer than that. Neither do I.

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How to ensure circular fashion is good for people and the environment

GreenBiz

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the fashion industry into disarray, leaving supply chain workers without wages and causing major global brands to file for bankruptcy. A strong signal of the circular fashion opportunity: Resale grew 25 times faster than the overall retail apparel market in 2019. Supply Chain.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company touts advancing responsibility for sourcing raw ingredients, such as cobalt, within its supply chain. The next frontier is "connected chemistry," extending the internet of things to "the internet of natural resources," Beck said in 2019. and globally by 2040. Rosalind 'Roz' Brewer, COO and Group President, Starbucks.

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How Yum! Brands Is Making Its Supply Chain More Sustainable

3BL Media

Improving supply chain resilience helps mitigate these risks, benefiting our consumers, suppliers and franchisees.” beef supply chain; they also generate many important ecosystem services, including helping with carbon storage, supporting water retention and providing habitats for fish and wildlife. In 2021, Yum!

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9 While I understand the complexity of these supply chains and how difficult it will be to fully transition to a more sustainable food system, we are losing critical time in endless debates that are not focusing on action. . The world seems to be less nourished than ever before. To reach a 1.5