Tag: Agriculture and Food

Transforming Menus, Transforming Diets: The Power of Procurement for Health and Sustainability 

In the face of growing health and sustainability challenges, transforming our food systems has never been more urgent. Food service procurement – the process of sourcing food for institutions such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, and restaurants – plays a crucial role in shaping the diets of billions worldwide. By embedding nutrition considerations into procurement decision-making, […]

Building an Inclusive Procurement Strategy: Best Practices for Advancing Nutrition through Food Service Procurement 

Transforming food systems to support both human and planetary health requires action across every stage of the value chain. Food service procurement plays a pivotal role in shaping food environments – offering a major opportunity to improve nutrition while aligning with sustainability goals. Businesses that integrate nutrition into their procurement strategies can help bridge the […]

From Pledge to Progress: Business Leadership on Nutrition & the Importance of Collaboration

There is good news to share: WBCSD member companies that made Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit commitments in 2021 are well on track to deliver on the majority of their pledges, contributing to healthier and more sustainable food systems. This is the outcome of a preliminary inventory, ahead of the High-Level Private Sector Event that […]

Accelerating Food and Nutrition Security through Food Fortification: A private sector playbook 

Food fuels our bodies and connects us to culture, livelihoods, and the environment. However, today’s food systems contribute to pressing global challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising diet-related diseases. Humanity’s food consumption drives one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and three-quarters of biodiversity loss, while unhealthy diets are a leading cause of non-communicable […]

WBCSD launches a playbook to accelerate food and nutrition security through food fortification 

Food is the foundation of health and is essential for culture, productivity and human potential. Yet in today’s food systems, over 3 billion individuals cannot afford a healthy diet, and over 2 billion suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, often without realizing it. This “hidden hunger” occurs when diets lack essential vitamins and minerals, and leads to […]

Sowing change: EU Policy Opportunities to Scale Regenerative Agriculture

OP2B, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Carlsberg Group conducted a policy analysis resulting in a clear roadmap to overcoming barriers and accelerating the transition to regenerative agriculture across the EU through six actionable opportunities for EU policymakers. By working together, businesses, policymakers, and farmers can create a resilient food system that benefits people, the planet, […]

São Paulo Roundtable on Financing Deforestation- and Conversion-free Soy Production

07 November 2024, value chain actors representing soy supply chain companies (including input companies, agribusinesses, manufacturers, retailers and consumer goods companies), financial institutions and expert NGOs convened at a roundtable in Sao Paulo. During this session, participants discussed a multi-stakeholder financial strategy for deforestation- and conversion-free DCF soy production in the Brazilian Cerrado.   This 2-page […]

Maximizing financial and environmental returns: A collaborative strategy for Brazilian soy production

The Brazilian Cerrado, one of the most biodiverse biomes on earth, has been transformed into a hotspot for industrial agriculture, accounting for 60% of Brazil’s agricultural production and 54% of Brazilian soy yields. This expansion does not come without a cost – it has driven deforestation and conversion of more than half of the Cerrado’s […]