The three F’s of COP28 - Part 3: Food
Companies need supportive policies to achieve their regenerative agriculture pledges: will their prayers be answered at COP28?
As global sustainability and policy stakeholders head to Dubai next week for COP28, Chief Sustainability Officers should pay particular attention to three main themes: fossil fuels phase-down, climate finance and food systems.
The movement to make global food systems more sustainable is gathering pace: just yesterday, Cargill announced its commitment to end deforestation and land conversion in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay by 2025. The pledge extends to its direct and indirect suppliers of corn, wheat, cotton – and most importantly, soy, the second largest driver of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
