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Baltic Sustainability Awards. We got the price as best Generative farm and 3rd in Biodiversity. Farmers Like to harvest. The cherry on top, harvesting local and international acclaimed awards during 2024 became the award which embraced our full vision of a better and healthier future: Among the prizes which went to Farmer's Circle and Senatoriu Pasazas are: • The Best Organic Farm in Lithuania • One Red Michelin for Nineteen18 • Bib Gourmand for 14Horses • The Green Michelin for RedBrick The awards nicely add up to our vision described as a Triangle: • Resilience/Short Local Supply Chains • Health/Organic Produces Without Chemicals and Silly Codes • Sustainability/Responsibility in Our Doings Environmentally and Socially Somewhere hidden in this quite serious agenda, we should not forget that fun and serious, hammering well taste is equally important - without it, we will never succeed as a global family of humans.

We're excited to share with you the highlights of the launch of Uganda Breweries' 2024 Sustainability Report! The report, launched last month, reflects our commitment to building a more sustainable future — from responsible sourcing to environmental stewardship and community empowerment. Watch the video to see how we’re making a positive impact, step by step. Together, we’re brewing a better tomorrow! Suleiman Ngondi | Jackie Tahakanizibwa | Brenda Kobutungi | Sheila Sabune | Patricia Kadama, Exec. MBA, MCIPD | Andrew Itambo Kilonzo

🌱 Why Sustainability Matters to the Food Industry? 💥 The decline of natural habitats, from farming through to developing land, that is now posing significant risks to the food industry, affecting everything from resource availability and food quality, right the way through to supply chain issues. 🌟 However, it’s this loss of biodiversity and nature degradation which is presenting forward-thinking businesses with a wonderful opportunity to lead the path towards ecological restoration and long-term sustainability.   📍 Many businesses are aware that their operations are causing harm to the environment. 📍 They are looking for ways to offset that impact that aligns with their values.   📍 Implementing nature-based solutions mitigates these challenges while supporting profitability. Nature-based Solutions are just one of the ways that Seeds To Thrive are helping food industry businesses work with nature, not against it. 🌱 Find out more on this month’s blog ➡ https://shorturl.at/mEvIA

Baltic Sustainability Awards. We got the price as best Generative farm and 3rd in Biodiversity. Farmers Like to harvest. The cherry on top, harvesting local and international acclaimed awards during 2024 became the award which embraced our full vision of a better and healthier future: Among the prizes which went to Farmer's Circle and Senatoriu Pasazas are: • The Best Organic Farm in Lithuania • One Red Michelin for Nineteen18 • Bib Gourmand for 14Horses • The Green Michelin for RedBrick The awards nicely add up to our vision described as a Triangle: • Resilience/Short Local Supply Chains • Health/Organic Produces Without Chemicals and Silly Codes • Sustainability/Responsibility in Our Doings Environmentally and Socially Somewhere hidden in this quite serious agenda, we should not forget that fun and serious, hammering well taste is equally important - without it, we will never succeed as a global family of humans.

"Sustainability is addressed through the product, but especially through the organization behind the product." This was one of the key insights shared by the Director of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Latin America, Andrea Pradilla, during a recent conference where we explored the GRI aquaculture standard for sustainability reporting. Last week, it was an honor for the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) and Cámara Nacional de Acuacultura to welcome Pradilla and the GRI's Hub Regional Manager in Latin America, Lina Camargo. During the meeting, these experts addressed the importance of preparing sustainability reports to understand, showcase, and manage the positive and negative impacts of companies, while also advancing the efforts of the shrimp sector to contribute to sustainable development. Additionally, they shared insights into the trends shaping sustainability reporting regulations and essential keys for understanding how to report correctly in this field. From identifying the most relevant indicators to presenting information clearly and accessibly, attendees received valuable guidance to enhance their sustainability reports. A special thanks to Andrea, Lina, and the Con3xion | Consultores de Sostenibilidad, Comunicación y Reputación Corporativa team for sharing their knowledge and experience. We are confident that this conference will mark a turning point in the sustainability reporting practices of the industry. Let's continue moving forward together towards a more sustainable future!

How do we train the farmers of tomorrow to meet the demands of the future? This was one of the key concerns put forth by Musim Mas Group Director of Sustainability, Mr. Olivier Tichit, at the SIIA's 11th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources in May this year. Sharing his view as part of the panel “The Road Ahead for Resource Sector – Policy and Market Directions”, he said that farmers need to be empowered with the knowledge and skills to produce sustainability, in order for the palm oil sector to meet the demands of the future. This entails not only care for the environment, but also with improved yields. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gCJwevCp

Matras and Matras Foods - environmental sustainability UN Agenda 2030 As announced in the 2023 Sustainability Report, Matras and Matras Foods have started a series of initiatives aimed at implementing some of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) of the UN 2030 Agenda within their own reality in order to translate intentions into actions materialize and build a new corporate culture oriented towards sustainability. In particular, with reference to the objective Life on land (Objective 15) Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of the terrestrial ecosystem, combat desertification, halt land degradation, halt the loss of biological diversity a non-repayable loan has been launched for the livestock management of bees to support the production of natural honey in the area and the implementation of families. The project details are available at the link https://lnkd.in/dsr6xRUd

“What would you do if you couldn’t throw anything away?” I had the immense pleasure of co-creating and delivering a circular economy module for iAccelerate (University of Wollongong) with Nina Gbor, an absolute legend in the sustainability space, and that question drove some fascinating conversations. I loved the mix of circular start-ups, established businesses wanting to be more circular (with lots of aquaculture orgs thanks to FRDC - Fisheries Research and Development Corporation being partners for the program) and general start-ups who might not have thought of how to make their sourcing, production, distribution and consumption more circular - but they do now! What became obvious was that Australia has the will and the skill and can build the solutions we need to be more circular but it currently costs more to reuse, repair and recycle than to throw things away and that needs to change. Hopefully the work Tanya Plibersek and the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group are doing will tip the scales!

Sustainability has become a buzzword in marketing everything from food to clothing, from tourism to buildings. When it entered the common business lexicon, I heard two definitions applied more than others (though I heard many). The first was “Meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” a definition based on Our Common Future, a 1987 UN World Commission on Environment and Development report. The second was “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations,”

New paper out on the role of voluntary standards and potential trade-offs between sociology-economic and environmental sustainability in the cocoa sector. Thanks to Marlene Yu Lilin Wätzold to leading this research project!