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Honeybees are the Buzz at Ford’s Rouge Complex
As the honeybee population in the U.S. continues its three-decade-long decline, Ford employee Mary Mason has taken up the task of caring for tens of thousands of bees right outside the Ford Rouge Complex. That’s right, the complex, home to thousand... View More
Cargill Partnering to Tackle Child, Forced Labour in Cocoa Supply Chain
On 21 September, Alliance 8.7 was launched during the UN General Assembly to end forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour. The aim is to galvanize political support and strengthen multi-stakeholder action on Sustainable Devel... View More
SAN, Rainforest Alliance Update Certification with Focus on Climate-Smart Ag, Curbing Deforestation
The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) and the Rainforest Alliance announced today a newly revised certification standard, which encompasses existing best practices and recent innovations in sustainable agriculture. Built around the guiding princi... View More
A Bridge to Economic Transformation: 10 Lessons in Sustainable Banking from New Resource Bank
We’re undergoing a transition to a new economy - one where business is not only focused on returns to shareholders, but also one that understands and prioritizes the complex ecosystem between business, the environment, employees, and the greater co... View More
SDG 2: New Agri-Business Alliance Aims to Tackle Global Food Security by 2030
Today, 37 leading agri-business companies have today launched the Global Agri-Business Alliance (GAA) in Singapore. Their aim is to collectively tackle the major environmental and social challenges facing agricultural supply chains and rural communit... View More
Dow Helps Address Sustainability Challenges
New York-listed Dow Chemical Company is working closely with six non-profit organizations in Cebu to help address pressing local challenges. Through the company's Leadership in Action (LIA), 40 DOW employees have formed teams to work on six important... View More
How Framing Sustainability as Strength Can Help Win Male Audiences
Are traditional gender norms of “manliness” slowing the advancement of the sustainable economy? Turns out, they might, according to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research. But while prior research attributes this gender gap in sustainab... View More
William McDonough + Partners, GXN Unveil Vision for 'Silicon Valley' of Agriculture in Denmark
William McDonough + Partners and GXN — an internal division of Danish architectural practice 3XN that works with applied architectural research in green materials and building technologies — have partnered to develop a master plan for the Agro Fo... View More
Ag, Food Giants Partner with NGOs to Support Midwest Farmers, Strengthen Conservation
For the first time ever, leading food and agriculture supply chain companies and conservation organizations have formed an “end-to-end” partnership to support farmers in the improvement of soil health and water quality. ... View More
PepsiCo Exceeds Global Water Stewardship Goals
PepsiCo, Inc. today announced continued progress against the company's strategy to help protect and conserve global water supplies and provide people access to clean, safe water to communities around the world. In 2015, PepsiCo reduced its operationa... View More
Food Supply Chain Ethics Increasingly Important to UK Consumers, Studies Find
Two surveys of consumers in the United Kingdom (UK) have highlighted their growing demand for food supply chain ethics. Research from Globescan showed that the vast majority of shoppers believe that food companies and the government are responsible f... View More
Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support around 5,500 smallholders in Indonesia
Joint press release August 18, 2016 Supporting a sustainable palm oil industry Henkel, BASF and Solidaridad support around 5,500 smallholders in Indonesia When renewable raw materials such as palm oil and palm kernel oil are used, the ... View More
How BASF, Henkel Are Supporting Smallholders to Secure Supply of Sustainable Palm Oil
In recent years, palm oil has arguably become one of the world’s most ubiquitous and contentious raw materials in the consumer goods industry. When conventionally produced palm oil and palm kernel oil are used, there are significant economic, envir... View More
If You Build It, They Will Come: Behind the Scenes of Kashi's Certified Transitional Initiative
As communications partners, we at Edelman are often asked by clients to help them bring their sustainability stories to life. But despite decades of progress on environmental initiatives, many companies still face challenges building CSR programming ... View More
RSPO Recertifies IOI Group, But NGOs Have Yet to See ‘Real Action on the Ground’
Less than five months after the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended Malaysian palm oil producer IOI Group’s certification, that suspension has been lifted – much to the dismay of NGO campaigners. While the RSPO’s Complaints Pane... View More
Wall-Mounted, Modular Gardening Innovation Wins Student Living Product Prize
A water- and space-efficient gardening system has been announced as the inaugural winner of the student Living Product Prize, a new initiative of the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge. The AquaCity Garden is a modular hydroponic system designed to g... View More
Dow and Rio 2016 Delivering an Unprecedented Carbon Legacy in Brazil
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are making history by leaving a significant legacy of low-carbon technologies in Latin America while set to balance 2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2e). The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee and The Dow Chemical Company ... View More
Unilever's U CAN Initiative Helps Make Ice Cream and Sustainability a Delicious Combination
The next time you reach for your favorite ice cream bar, you could be making a choice to support sustainability efforts globally. Helping Canadians make a positive impact on the planet by actively choosing more sustainable brands and products is the ... View More
ICT4Ag: How Tech Is Helping to Empower Smallholder Farmers
Sustainability is the new key driver to innovation these days and ICTs play quite a pivotal and influential role in enhancing and boosting productivity of agricultural value chains that are responsible to uplift the process, smallholder farms in part... View More
Trending: Bayer, DuPont Back $15M Ag-Tech Fund; Ag-Tech Used by Walmart Raises $7M Series A
Information and communications technology (ICT) is expected to play an influential role in the future of agriculture. News this month provides some insight into just how significant it could be: Bayer and DuPont have joined what Reuters is calling an... View More
