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...Farming and forestry account for almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and a hefty chunk of the scope 3 emissions of food manufacturers and retailers originate on farms....
...Can voluntary markets overcome quality concerns? Will compliance markets do more to push business to decarbonise? Share your thoughts here....
...The row over a “Sunflowers” painting by Vincent van Gogh bought by a Japanese company at Christie’s London in 1987 for £25mn deepens....
...Mondelez has become the latest food company to step up its efforts to raise pay and reduce child labour in cocoa farming, as tensions flare between the African nations that produce much of the global crop...
...At some businesses, “eating your own dog food” is a metaphor....
...Old-school greenhouses, by contrast, do not “withstand harsh environments” too well, deputy general manager Li Ju-hai said, adding that they cannot produce the food quality that consumers demand....
...Retailers and food companies in the UK have followed, signing a similar manifesto in November....
...One example of this work is with America’s Food Fund, set up by Leonardo DiCaprio, Laurene Powell Jobs and Apple. The fund has raised more than $45m on the platform to support food poverty charities....
...Going forward, the federal government has ordered that only Euro-V standard fuels can be imported. Elsewhere, banks have announced policies to end financing for coal-powered plants....
...There’s a possibility that the quality of management will actually improve.” A possibility. But by no means a certainty....
...“We need to ensure that asset managers can deliver quality services at the right price. But some of the fees for mandates are basically insane and their quality can no longer be guaranteed....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...If the profusion of terms for people who have cut their meat or dairy intake is anything to go by, a change is afoot that is set to sweep through the global food industry as once-niche dietary movements...
...Switching to glass and metal often means higher greenhouse gas emissions because of their heavier weight....
...because of a shortage of dry ice, the solid form of CO2, used to chill its vans....
...The potential rewards are huge: Goldman Sachs estimates that sales of batteries to power cars will rise from less than $10bn today to $60bn by 2030, driven by a global push to reduce greenhouse gases....
...Since the 1990s, the rise of China’s seafood consumption has outpaced the global rate, according to the World Food Programme....
...The problem, he added, is that “those acquisitions have not been proven to be high quality”....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on October 24 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The 2008 global food crisis was a key motivator behind the Temasek Rice project. Rising oil prices and severe weather sent food prices soaring....
...In recent decades, as global trade and mass transit have bloomed, the great global reshuffling of flora and fauna has accelerated....
...(Financial Times) “Square has acquired curated food delivery service Caviar today, confirming earlier reports that the companies had been in serious talks....
...Renaissance right up to Rubens and Van Dyck....
...Nor has the quality of reserves been maintained....
...Dattaraj V. Salgaocar (V. M. Salgaocar Group) Harsh Pati Singhania (J.K. Organisation) Krishen Sud (Sivik Global Healthcare, Inc.)...
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