Carbon

The Canadian frozen foods multinational has a 2030 target to implement regenerative agriculture across 100% of its potato acreage.

Taking into account emissions from transportation, post-harvest production, on-farm activity and inputs, the company says its rice will still be carbon neutral.

The non-profit’s joint report with the Accountability Framework initiative shows that only 2.8% of 675 surveyed companies target sourcing 100% no-deforestation commodities.

Across private markets different bodies and groups are striving to harmonize ESG data gathering and reporting: it is a worthy and devilishly difficult task.

GreenCollar CEO James Schultz speaks of the need to safeguard integrity: 'One carbon credit worth $100 is a hell of a lot better than 10 credits worth nothing.'

London Stock Exchange-listed Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company has acquired 429 ha of afforestation assets in Scotland since March.

Toronto’s Area One Farms founder and CEO Joelle Faulkner talks through the fundamentals of regenerative ag and Canada’s transition challenges, such as a lack of suitable crop insurance.

The Japanese trust bank made its first timberland investment last year amid a trend that has now led to New Forests being acquired by Mitsui & co and Nomura.

The program has a goal of restoring 2m hectares of land across six African countries and will support 2m smallholder farmers by 2026.

One of the world’s largest forestry asset managers is now a Japanese company, a sign of timber’s growing attractiveness to LPs from the region.