Compass Group, the world’s largest food services group which operates in 45 countries, employs around 550,000 people and serves over 5.5 billion meals a year, has announced a commitment to reach Net Zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its global operations and value chain by 2050.
A joint call to action by the Nutrition for Growth Summit’s Business Constituency Group comprised of WBCSD, The Consumer Goods Forum, International Food and Beverage Alliance, Food Industry Asia, and Nutrition Japan Public Private Platform, supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and the Access to Nutrition Initiative.
After a year and a half of intense work by so many, the first ever UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) took place on 23 September.
The Planetary Health Alliance, a global consortium hosted within the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the University of São Paulo have this week launched the São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health.
The series aims to raise awareness about the challenges, opportunities and lessons learned across the sector.
The Business Declaration for Food Systems Transformation, developed by the Private Sector Guiding Group (PSGG) that Peter Bakker, CEO and President of WBCSD, has convened and chairs, was launched during the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit that took place on 26-28 July in Rome. More than 220 executives have signed to accelerate business actions towards an equitable, net-zero […]
In the following series of articles entitled Voices from the Field, food producers address the greatest challenge facing food systems.
Nature can account for over 30% of the emissions reductions needed to align with the Paris Agreement between now and 2030; it supports our food systems, healthy communities, and biodiversity. The science is clear that the health of the planet is declining at rates never seen in human history and that it is putting our […]
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The IUCN World Conservation Congress, held both virtually and in Marseille, closed last week with strong messages on the urgent actions needed for collaboration to address the related crises of climate change, nature loss and equity.