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Food Processors: How Sustainability Investments Can Boost Revenues, Profits
Published on Jun 24, 2025, 3:00 PM WSJPRO Six strategies can help food companies produce ROI from sustainability initiatives An analysis...
Serena Valentino
Jun 27, 20254 min read
The surprising ways food packaging is exposing us to microplastics
June 24, 2025 at 4:07 p.m. The Washington Post By Shannon Osaka New research shows that microplastics from paint and food processing...
Serena Valentino
Jun 25, 20253 min read
War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies
By Somini Sengupta June 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET Staples including wheat, beef and coffee are all being affected by the lack of rainfall....
Serena Valentino
Jun 21, 20254 min read
Why Brazil’s soy farmers love Trump and his tariffs on China: Brazil accounted for more than 70% of soy exports to China last year and Trump’s trade war could allow it to solidify its market dominance
By Terrence McCoy May 6, 2025 The Washington Post Soy and corn are stored in silos in the countryside of Mato Grosso state, Brazil, in...
Serena Valentino
May 9, 20255 min read
Farmers’ Favorite Weedkiller Nears Its End, Bayer Warns. German company cites mounting costs from Roundup cancer litigation
By Patrick Thomas April 14, 2025 9:00 am ET A farmer spreads pesticide on a field. Photo: jim watson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images...
Serena Valentino
Apr 21, 20254 min read
China Is Finding Ways to Replace American Farmers
By Kevin Draper and Jack Nicas China has long relied on the U.S. for soybeans. But with new steep tariffs, it is likely to look even...
Serena Valentino
Apr 21, 20255 min read
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 12, 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
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