Deforestation free soy initiative delivers 42,000 tonnes in first year

clock • 3 min read
Aerial shot of a farm in Brazil | Credit: iStock
Image:

Aerial shot of a farm in Brazil | Credit: iStock

Responsible Commodities Facility's deforestation free soy programme delivers first wave of sustainable certified soy into supply chain from Brazilian farms

A responsible commodities programme backed by Tesco, Sainsbury's, and Waitrose which offers financial incentives to farmers who commit to embracing sustainable approaches to soy cultivation has announced...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Author spotlight

Amber Rolt

View profile
More from Amber Rolt

Study: Regenerative agriculture pilot delivers financial and environmental gains

Green Jobs: Gen Z want to join the sustainability workforce, but awareness of career opportunities remains low

More on Supply chain

'World first': AstraZeneca granted UK license for 'near-zero' emission inhaler medicine
Supply chain

'World first': AstraZeneca granted UK license for 'near-zero' emission inhaler medicine

Pharmaceuticals giant claims its respiratory medicine can be used in a new climate friendly inhaler that promises 'near-zero global warming potential'

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 12 May 2025 • 4 min read
'We urgently need a reset': Are miners of transition minerals doing enough to tackle 'surge' in human rights allegations?
Supply chain

'We urgently need a reset': Are miners of transition minerals doing enough to tackle 'surge' in human rights allegations?

New report warns human rights and environmental abuses linked to mining for minerals critical to the switch to clean energy are threatening to undermine the net zero transition

Amber Rolt
clock 07 May 2025 • 6 min read
Kingspan inks collaboration deal with green steel producer Hydnum Steel
Supply chain

Kingspan inks collaboration deal with green steel producer Hydnum Steel

Memorandum of Understanding aimed at securing supply of green steel from pioneering project in Spain to help decarbonise Kingspan's building and insulation products

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 06 May 2025 • 2 min read