Supply chain News and trends

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has ramped up its sustainability journey by pledging to eliminate deforestation and converting to native vegetation from its supply chain by the end of 2025.
An important enabler of the group’s biodiversity conservation and decarbonisation targets, the commitment is in continuity with initiatives like the creation of a dedicated Carbon Solutions Platform.

The merchant and processor of agricultural goods also recently introduced product-specific sustainability codes and policies to conserve forests and native vegetation for commodities considered to be higher risk in relation to deforestation – namely, palm oil, coffee and soy.

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Farmers are being inundated with opportunities and news surrounding climate-smart agriculture, and there are opportunities there. But there's also a challenge. The complexity of agriculture and its interaction with the climate makes measuring actions more challenging. One public-private program aimed at tackling this data challenge is AgMission.

"The ag community and industry sector are all working in the area, creating sustainability goals and working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," says Sally Rockey, executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). "They're working from company sourcing to new science in the area and other efforts. How can we bring the whole community together and accelerate what they're doing?"

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