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The Agri-Tech Centres are thrilled to confirm the full line-up of speakers for their annual conference on 21 April – ‘Agri-Tech and Environmental Sustainability’.
WWF UK's Tanya Steele: 'A fifth of countries are on the verge of ecosystem collapse' Share VIDEO: Sneak preview of Steele's chat with James Murray ahead of BusinessGreen's Net Zero Nature summit this week "A fifth of countries around the world are effectively on the verge of ecosystem collapse," WWF UK's chief executive Tanya Steele tells BusinessGreen. The conservation NGO chief's comments offer a sneak preview of her fascinating recent chat with BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray about the sheer scale of the nature and net zero crises facing not just the planet, but the economy - a...
Last year the supermarket’s 70 biggest suppliers reported a 12% reduction in manufacturing emissions but, like other companies in the sector, it has faced a tougher task with smaller businesses in its chain. Tesco denies it is turning the screw on suppliers, but its head of environment, Anna Turrell, told a roundtable organised by Coca-Cola European Partners this week that reliable data from across the supply chain was vital. “The key focus for us is around collaboration and transparency,” she said. “There is no bigger issue we are facing than climate change and setting common goal...
Nestlé, Unilever, McDonald's, Walmart Inc., Tesco Plc and other consumer-goods companies demanded in a letter that the traders refuse to trade soy from deforested regions Some of the world’s largest food companies and grocers urged commodity suppliers including Archer-Daniels-Midland Co, Bunge Ltd, Cargill Inc and Louis Dreyfus Co. to stop trading soybeans associated with deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region, a savanna that is a hive of biodiversity and one of the country’s most important carbon sinks. Nestlé, Unilever, McDonald's, Walmart Inc., Tesco Plc and o...
luoman/iStock/Getty Images Food companies push suppliers ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus to ban soy from deforested regions of Brazil. Bloomberg | Dec 15, 2020 By Thomas Buckley and Agnieszka de Sousa Some of the world’s largest food companies and grocers urged commodity suppliers including Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., Bunge Ltd., Cargill Inc. and Louis Dreyfus Co. to stop trading soybeans associated with deforestation in the Cerrado region of Brazil, a hive of biodiversity and one of the country’s most important carbon sinks. Nestle SA, Unilever, McDonald...