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Lack of regulation and coherence could undermine “eco” labels
Consistency across labelling is needed before consumer power can drive food systems change, say Oxford University researchers. In the first systematic review of its kind, they found that, regardless of the claim...
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Acknowledge big farms, to hold them accountable
One per cent of the world’s largest farms operate over 70 per cent of global farmland, and nearly 40 per...
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Guterres: Food Systems Summit must address record acute hunger
Acute hunger is at a five-year high, affecting at least 155 million people in 55 countries - 20 million more...
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Quick fossil fuel wins in methane reduction to be implemented
A UN report has highlighted the extreme dangers of the greenhouse gas methane, as well as cost-effective measures to reduce...
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Corporates asked to play a key role in “ending hunger by 2030”
Businesses and in particular food businesses which have thrived in the Covid pandemic are being asked to support a fund to end world hunger by 2030. The ask is for US$5 billion from corporates...
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The late Prince Philip’s influence will be felt at COP26 this year
The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip’s environmental credentials are being remembered as his death yesterday, aged 99, is marked. His influence will be felt at this year’s UN COP26 summit in Glasgow through the myriad...
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EU subsidies for chocolate companies profiting from child slaves would be “outrageous”
European Union subsidies to the end child labour in Ivory Coast would be a waste of taxpayer funds, spent corruptly in the main, according to experts. The infrastructure to end forced child labour needed...
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Agrifood leaders must “re-invent capitalism” to stop climate change
Some of the world’s leading agrifood companies are behind a high-level call to re-invent capitalism and transform food systems. Rabobank, Olam, Nestlé, Unilever, Syngenta, BASF, Bayer and Yara, joined Chanel, Toyota, Shell and others...
Read moreDream big Food Systems Summit – we want a label rating everything that matters
Consumers want to know this stuff. Was primary forest destroyed to produce this product? Were indigenous people dispossessed or even killed to turn their land over to agriculture? Did modern day slaves produce it? Maybe the carbon footprint of an ultra-processed vegan burger rates really...
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