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Making Regenerative Agriculture Profitable for US Farmers
BCG By Jack Bugas , Helena Conant , Sonya Hoo , Francesco Bellino , Shalini Unnikrishnan , and Matt Westerlund Key Takeaways...
Serena Valentino
Mar 11, 20255 min read


How Fungi Move Among Us: Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient.
By Alan Burdick March 1, 2025 Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital...
Serena Valentino
Mar 3, 20253 min read


Don’t Call It ESG, Call It Resilience
By Yusuf Khan Feb. 28, 2025 5:30 am ET | WSJ Pro ‘Resilience’ is the new catch-all term for investments aimed at mitigating the effects...
Serena Valentino
Mar 1, 20254 min read


Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets
February 6, 2023 | Article A joint study from McKinsey and NielsenIQ examines sales growth for products that claim to be environmentally...
Serena Valentino
Feb 1, 202513 min read


4 Ways CFOs Can Use Sustainability Data to Attract Investors by taking steps to shore up sustainability data, finance leaders may gain an early foothold with potential backers
— Michael Bondar Published on Dec 20, 2024, 3:00 PM WSJPRO Rising demand for sustainability data from investors has created an...
Serena Valentino
Jan 2, 20255 min read


America’s Farm Recession Is Here. One Early Response Is Sending Billions to Farmers.
By Patrick Thomas Dec. 21, 2024 8:00 am ET The Wall Street Journal A cornfield and storage bins are seen at a farm near Carrington, N.D. ...
Serena Valentino
Jan 2, 20255 min read


The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago.
By Hiroko Tabuchi Updated Jan. 2, 2025, 9:01 a.m. ET The New York Times The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that...
Serena Valentino
Jan 2, 20255 min read


Carbon Credit Companies Vie to Outlast a Two-Year Slump
By Henry Kronk | Dec. 18, 2024 9:05 am ET | WSJ Pro A patch of regenerating woodlands in Binga, Zimbabwe, part of the Kariba Redd+...
Serena Valentino
Dec 19, 20245 min read


Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food
By Michael Grunwald | Dec. 13, 2024 | New York Times Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times; source photographs by wwing,...
Serena Valentino
Dec 17, 20247 min read


Sustainability Leaders Describe How Decarbonizing Drives Revenues, Savings
by Aaron Dalton, freelance writer, Executive Perspectives in the Wall Street Journal Published on Dec 3, 2024, 3:00 PM Executives at a...
Serena Valentino
Dec 11, 20246 min read


Disclosure Isn’t Just About Saving the Planet, It’s a Business Necessity Now, Says CDP Chief
By Yusuf Khan | Nov. 18, 2024 7:01 am ET Sherry Madera, in Baku for COP29, says more companies are reporting on climate than ever,...
Serena Valentino
Nov 21, 20245 min read


U.N. Negotiators Take Key Step to Global Carbon Deal. Nine years after the Paris Agreement, countries are finally agreeing on international trading rules for credits.
By Yusuf Khan | Nov. 12, 2024 11:03 am ET | WSJ Pro BAKU, Azerbaijan—Global carbon markets gained a win Monday, after negotiators at...
Serena Valentino
Nov 20, 20243 min read


Serena Valentino
Nov 20, 20240 min read


The World Is Looking for a Financial Model to Solve Climate Change. It Doesn’t Have to Look Too Far.
By Yusuf Khan | Nov. 15, 2024 12:04 pm ET | | WSJ Pro Delegates at COP29 see the private sector as key to finding $2.4 trillion...
Serena Valentino
Nov 17, 20244 min read


Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage
nature Open access Published: 24 May 2023 Abstract Soils store more carbon than other terrestrial ecosystems 1 , 2 . How soil organic...
Serena Valentino
Oct 21, 20244 min read


Microbes key to sequestering carbon in soil
By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle | May 24, 2023 Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon...
Serena Valentino
Oct 21, 20243 min read


General Mills Stands for People and Planet in 2024 Global Responsibility Report
Apr 18, 2024 News Release Company shares decarbonization strategies in first Climate Transition Action Plan, sets no deforestation...
Serena Valentino
Oct 1, 20245 min read


Leading Economists and Policymakers Push for Higher Integrity in Carbon Markets
By H. Claire Brown and Yusuf Khan | Sept. 25, 2024 5:30 am ET | WSJ Pro Mark Carney, Michael Bloomberg and other economists and...
Serena Valentino
Sep 26, 20245 min read


The Whole Truth About Whole Grains
March 20, 2024 By Chris Mitchell , Malte Clausen , Ema Tanovic , and Zoë Karl-Waithaka Key Takeaways World-wide consumption of...
Serena Valentino
Sep 23, 20246 min read


Why ‘chaos wheat’ may be the future of bread
Column by Michael J. Coren | September 17, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT It’s time to look beyond all-purpose flour. Farms were once a riot of...
Serena Valentino
Sep 23, 20247 min read
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