Many of our jobs focus on specific objectives (increasing sales numbers, quantifying GHG emissions, or increasing farmer productivity in a certain supply chain), but there is a need for some of us to look at the system as a whole in order to tackle those problems outside of our daily challenges, and enable us to…
The brand panel set out to learn from companies addressing climate change and building resilient supply chains. How have they approached this? Are they able to make sustainability investments commercially relevant for both farmers and the business? What have they found? Two company examples provided fodder for discussion: Juliet Caulkins from Mars Petcare, who spoke about…
As we prepare for the Cool Farm Alliance’s 2016 Annual General Meeting, we are also looking back to reflect on several notable achievements marked in 2015. Specifically, the Alliance: Was announced winner of the hotly-contested ‘Practice with Science’ Award Added new software features including data aggregation and a more flexible fertilizer interface allowing users to…
Latin America’s McDonald’s franchise and the Syngenta Foundation share their initiative to scale local sourcing from smallholders across the entire LA region, and how they think about the business case for smallholder inclusion. Leonardo Lima from Arco Dorados and Carola Amezaga from Syngenta Foundation touched on what partnerships and co-investment are most promising to make these…