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Thai Union and Tesco pledge to clean up tuna supply chains as demand surges

Business Green

Thai Union has committed to implementing 100 per cent monitoring of its tuna supply chain by 2025, while Tesco pledged to make all its tuna MSC-certified by 2025. The firm said it is to work with conversation non-profit The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to implement 100 per cent 'on-the-water' monitoring of its vast tuna supply chain by 2025.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

AGreenLiving

The most dependent industries: construction, agriculture and food and beverage. Given that we have less than a decade to address the double whammy of climate change and biodiversity loss, and given that the technology to monitor and track, for example, deforestation or overfishing already exist, the slow pace of progress can be maddening.

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Sustainable Food Management Checklist: Getting Started Guide for the Office Cafeteria

Green Business Bureau

This lifecycle starts with the sourcing of natural resources via agriculture, to the distribution of ingredients to manufacture food items, and then the transportation of these food items across the globe for their consumption and disposal. Our food supply chain demands an extravagant amount of energy.

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

What does a meat company, in the business of raising and slaughtering animals for food, do when startups start developing disruptive technologies that cut out the need for animals? Tom Mastrobuoni: I started my career in public accounting in New York doing auditing and tax work for mostly family-owned, closely held businesses.

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Why Tyson Ventures is Investing in Sustainability and the Internet of Food

AFN Sustainable Protein

What does a meat company, in the business of raising and slaughtering animals for food, do when startups start developing disruptive technologies that cut out the need for animals? Tom Mastrobuoni: I started my career in public accounting in New York doing auditing and tax work for mostly family-owned, closely held businesses.

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Compelled to action: 5 sustainability trends impacting food retail

AGreenLiving

The food retail industry has remained behind in adapting to the realities of doing business in the era of climate change and rapidly changing consumer preferences. Food retail responded with accelerated innovation in parts of the business including online shopping and grocery delivery , the check-out process and product offerings.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.