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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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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

And Tyson isn’t the only one banking on planet-friendly meat to keep consumers coming back to the butcher. Nestlé is paying ranchers for regenerative grazing practices that get sold as carbon credits. Walmart Canada stocks 2.5 million pounds of beef patties certified by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.

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The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy

GreenBiz

The early stages of the COVID-19 crisis have revealed the brittleness of many global supply chains, not limited to but illustrated by medical equipment availability issues, for example. Supply Chain. billion tonnes CO2e , corresponding to a 49 percent reduction in the projected 2050 total food system emissions.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. The strained food production system is begging for reform, argued Soubeiran. "It

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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. Rosalind Brewer is the first African-American and woman to steer the company’s Americas operations as well its global supply chain, product and store development. and globally by 2040. Company profile.

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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation

The World Bank estimates that there are 500 million smallholder farming households globally, comprising upward of 2 billion people. For many companies, it can be difficult to understand the best way to affect change for farmers in their supply chain. Understandably, not one of Afi’s children sees a future in farming.

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The textile companies creating material change

GreenBiz

Between now and 2030, we need to turn linear, exploitative consumption of natural resources into models that are regenerative, circular and inclusive. Between now and 2030, we need to turn linear, exploitative consumption of natural resources into models that are regenerative, circular and inclusive. Finding their superpower.