'Food and agriculture firms are facing a choice': How investing a fraction of revenues could eradicate half the food industry's emissions

Michael Holder
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New research claims investing just two per cent of food and agriculture sector revenues could almost wipe out company supply chain emissions

Investing just two per cent of the global food and agriculture sector's annual revenues in climate efforts could eradicate almost half of greenhouse gas emissions from across the food system by the end...

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