Unilever’s tea business a test of private equity’s conscience
A Financial Times feature says that almost 15 years after an attack on a tea plantation in Kericho, Kenya, many ...
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Unilever tea bidders had rights concerns
The Financial Times reports that two of the three final bidders for Unilever’s tea division balked at taking on the ...
Study finds over two thirds of food systems leaders are men
A new report confirms that global food systems are directed inordinately by men, adding that eight out of 10 UK ...
UN: almost 90 per cent of food subsidies are harmful
Agricultural subsidies must be reformed to reduce the health and environmental damage they lead to, according to a new UN ...
7,000 children under five will die from hunger every day
The impact of Covid will kill an extra 258 children a day from malnutrition, according to a report in Nature ...
Intensive farming and climate change are reducing food security
The 2020 Global Food Security Index, compiled by The Economist, finds global food security is continuing to deteriorate across the world, ...
For Women’s Day: My journey with chocolate
The most valuable chocolate in the world has become a central part of my resumé. Meeting people along this journey ...
The furthest behind “in every context will always be women”
Pat Mc Mahon earned his stripes in the field for more than a decade before combining advocacy with his role ...
Women represent the leadership needed for a well-nourished world
One of the most unsettling things I have read about the impact of Covid-19 – and there are many – ...
“State-sponsored human trafficking”: farming claim
Human-rights lawyers are warning that abuse claims by Moroccans picking fruit in Spain for UK supermarkets could amount to “state-sponsored ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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