The Sustainable Food Policy Alliance (SFPA) believes that food has the potential to be a driving force for social and environmental progress. Food companies like ours, the farmers who grow our ingredients, and consumers who buy our products sit at the cross section of communities most impacted by climate change, which poses an existential threat […]
Category: Net Zero
References to Effectively scaling successful decarbonisation strategies
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Regenerative Wine
Regenerative farming is a topic that’s becoming more and more interesting to me the more I read about it. Not only because I’ve chosen Nestlé for my on-going project (quite similar to the Danone case study for much of its operations) but also in my personal life, living near my French in-laws who are winegrowers […]
9 Lessons for Net-0
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Plan, Target, Report
https://www.weforum.org/first-movers-coalition While all businesses and sectors need to develop distinct decarbonisation initiatives, there are common features that contribute to the success of most decarbonisation strategies. Effective planning and transparency with stakeholders, together with measurable targets, is essential for creating a comprehensive and well-devised initiative that can be implemented by all the relevant parties. By embedding […]
Start at the beginning
When devising a decarbonisation strategy, businesses need to set clear and ambitious targets. It is essential that these targets are based on climate science and aligned with the wider global time frame of reducing global emissions by 2050 (Science Based Targets, n.d.). Clear targets allow the business to track its progress towards a net zero […]