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Greater trade cooperation between Brazil and China could help to 'turn the tide' when it comes to tackling global deforestation, a study by Stockholm Environment Institute's Trase project has claimed.

Trade relationship between Brazil and China could ‘turn the tide’ for deforestation

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Greater trade cooperation between Brazil and China could help to ‘turn the tide’ when it comes to tackling global deforestation,…

Agronomics’ Jim Mellon on how to create a more sustainable future for food production

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The global food system faces structural pressures that make current agricultural models unsustainable, and “no longer financially viable as our…

Standard Chartered has agreed a $435 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with agribusiness COFCO International, which has been designed to support responsible agriculture supply chains in South America.

Standard Chartered announces sustainability-linked credit facility with COFCO International

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Standard Chartered has agreed a $435 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with agribusiness COFCO International, which has been designed to…

LEAF CEO David Webster on the scaling potential of regenerative agriculture

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Founded in 1991 by David Richardson and Caroline Drummond, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is an organisation established to promote…

Every day, billions of products, from the eggs we eat to the leather in our shoes, depend on animals raised far from public view. What happens to these animals before they reach the shelf can create major risks for the brands that sell them.

The animal welfare risk hiding in global supply chains

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Op-ed by Daniel Philemon, risk evangelist at Aravo. Every day, billions of products, from the eggs we eat to the…

A new study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has identified the food commodities that are doing the most damage when it comes to deforestation, with staple crops such as maize, rice and cassava together responsible for around 11% of global agriculture-driven deforestation.

Study identifies the food commodities driving deforestation globally

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A new study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has identified the food commodities that are doing…

Kynetec’s Rob Fetter on supporting resilience investments with actionable data

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Operating in more than 80 countries and processing more than 10 billion data points annually, Kynetec is a provider of…

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