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Food industry whistleblowers alert investors on climate risks

"A number of structural and cultural issues are preventing the severity of this challenge being fully accepted by industry."
Melodie Michel
Food industry whistleblowers alert investors on climate risks
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A group of food industry professionals in the UK have written an anonymous memo to alert investors of the commercial risks the sector faces as a result of climate change and urge them to demand greater action from CEOs and boards.

Stating that they work within ā€œsome of the UK’s biggest food producers, manufacturers and retailersā€ and acknowledging that the note puts them at ā€œpersonal riskā€, the group warns that the world has reached a moment of threat to food security ā€œlike none other we have seenā€.

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