19 companies commit to support alternative farming practices, protect biodiversity
At the UN Climate Action Summit last week, 19 food manufacturers, ingredient companies and others launched the One Planet Business for Biodiversity coalition with an ambitious shared goal of scaling up regenerative agriculture to protect soil health; using products that boost cultivated biodiversity and the resilience of food and agriculture systems; and eliminate deforestation while also protecting high value ecosystems. The founding companies include Danone, Balbo Group, Barry Callebaut, DSM, Firmenich, Google, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Kellogg Company, Kering, Livelihoods Funds, L’Oreal, Loblaw Companies Limited, Mars, Migros Ticaret, McCain Foods, Nestlé, Symrise, Unilever and Yara.