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💉💊 #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) poses a systemic risk to public health and the global economy, with 73% of global antimicrobial sales used in livestock. By 2050, annual livestock production losses due to #AMR could equal the food consumption needs of two billion people and lead to a staggering cumulative GDP loss of US$953 billion. 🍔🐔 FAIRR's Restaurant Antibiotics engagement focuses on 12 of the largest North American Quick Service Restaurant Chains aiming to support the adoption and implementation of robust company-wide policies, focused on reducing the use of medically important antibiotics over time in alignment with guidelines from the World Health Organization.  Despite the urgency of the issue, Phase 1 of the engagement revealed that only 4 out of 12 companies had set forward-looking, time-bound targets for reducing antibiotic use or implementing antibiotic policies, which are critical for tracking progress and maintaining accountability. 🔗 Learn more and sign on to Phase 2: https://lnkd.in/e5vqAdDc

🎣 Why should investors care about seafood traceability? 🌊 What are the main barriers and how can they be overcome? Last week at the Blue Food Innovation Summit, Laure Boissat, FAIRR’s Manager, Research & Engagements - Oceans, joined a panel alongside Helen Packer, Ocean Benchmark Engagement Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance, and Huw Thomas, Executive Director of the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST). In our latest video, Helen and Huw reflect on the panel discussion, covering: 🔹 Why seafood traceability is becoming a material issue for investors 🔹 The practical and systemic challenges still holding the sector back 🔹 How GDST is supporting investors with tools and frameworks to improve visibility across seafood supply chains 🎥 Watch the snippets below or head to our website for the full interviews: https://lnkd.in/e_z2_z7m A big thank you to the Blue Food Innovation Summit for facilitating a platform for these important conversations: https://lnkd.in/d2AvC4SA

🌳 The UN FAO estimates that 10 million hectares of forest are cut down each year. As new regulations emerge and awareness of the associated risks grows, the financial materiality of deforestation is becoming clearer across the economy. FAIRR’s latest research briefing provides investors with an accessible overview of: ✅ The key drivers of deforestation ✅ Evolving policies and regulations ✅ Best practices for mitigating deforestation risks in supply chains Key takeaways include: 🔹 Significantly reducing the deforestation exposure of global agricultural supply chains, and eliminating the risks to companies and investors, will require an enabling environment.   🔹Policymakers are key to this, as are the nascent efforts of international financial markets to recognise the value of natural capital contained within forests.  🔹Investors can use available tools and datasets to consider their exposure to deforestation across the entire value chain for sectors that depend on high-risk agricultural inputs. Read the full briefing to explore how investors can navigate these risks: https://lnkd.in/ekug2jrK

📢 Reminder for FAIRR investor members: key engagements open for sign-on! 🐠 Seafood Traceability engagement – Engaging with seven of the largest global seafood companies to encourage the adoption of full-chain, digital, and interoperable traceability. Robust traceability is essential for mitigating environmental and social risks, yet Phase 1 found that only two of the seven assessed companies have comprehensive commitments at the group level. This engagement is conducted in collaboration with Planet Tracker, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), World Benchmarking Alliance, and WWF US. 🔗 Learn more and sign on to Phase 2: https://lnkd.in/ezvbBcPs 💊 Restaurant Antibiotics engagement – Aiming to support the adoption and implementation of robust company-wide antibiotic policies in the animal protein supply chains of 12 of the largest North American Quick-Service Restaurants Chains. Phase 1 of the engagement found that only 30% of the companies’ material proteins were covered by a publicly available antibiotic policy, underscoring the need for further action. 🔗 Learn more and sign on to Phase 2: https://lnkd.in/e34Wi5R7

Dr Zitouni Ould-Dada, Senior Advisor at FAIRR, will be speaking at Innovation Zero 2025 - the UK’s largest net-zero congress. 🌱🔬 Join us for the panel “Cultivating Capital: Unlocking Opportunities in Food & AgTech” in the Nature, Land & Sea Forum. 📅 29 April 2025 | 🕓 15:45-16:30 BST | 📍 Olympia London Moderated by Dr Ould-Dada, this session will explore how first-of-a-kind (FOAK) technologies are reshaping food and agriculture, the barriers holding back innovation, and the critical role of finance in scaling solutions for a more resilient and sustainable agrifood system. Panel speakers: 🔸 Andy Griffiths, Global Head of Transformational Partnerships, Diageo 🔸 .Chris Lyons, Innovation Lead – Agriculture, Innovate UK 🔸 Amanda Schaible, Senior Associate, Synthesis Capital 🔗Register to attend: https://lnkd.in/eeVriSPQ

Intensive animal agriculture is pushing our planet to its limits. Whilst tech-based interventions like feed additives and precision farming offer some benefits, nature-based solutions provide the most resilient and lasting path forward. In a recent guest article for AgFunder, Sajeev Mohankumar. PhD explores FAIRR’s latest analysis, which finds that six nature-based solutions can deliver net-positive returns within five years, provide greater environmental benefits than tech solutions, and minimise trade-offs like antimicrobial resistance risks. 💡 Despite their advantages, nature-based interventions receive $30 million less in public investment globally than tech-based alternatives. Investors, policymakers, and agribusinesses have a critical opportunity to address this gap and support the scaling of these solutions. 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/dkukfDjt

🌱 Did you know that global soy production has surged by over 90% in the last 20 years? To meet rising demand, agricultural land used for soy has expanded, with yields increasing by 150% since 1961. But this growth comes at a cost: ⚠️ Soy-driven deforestation destroys vital habitats and disrupts ecosystems. ⚠️ Land clearing impacts water cycling, accelerates soil erosion, and contributes to climate change—ultimately threatening agricultural productivity. ⚠️ The soy industry relies on pesticides and thus harms biodiversity, poses health risks to workers, and leads to pollution, increasing regulatory and reputational risks for investors. FAIRR’s latest Research Briefing includes four commodity spotlights examining the trade flows, deforestation drivers, impacts, and traceability best practices linked to cattle, shrimp, soy, and palm oil supply chains. 🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e7eHbSzT

Join FAIRR at Global AgInvesting 2025! 📍 The New York Hilton Midtown 📅 22-24 April Sajeev Mohankumar. PhD, FAIRR’s Senior Technical Specialist, will speak on a panel on the 'Opportunities for Transforming the Value Chain with Regenerative Agriculture'. The event will feature a range of educational sessions, expert panels, case studies, and keynotes, focusing on the critical issues and emerging opportunities in agricultural investment. FAIRR looks forward to engaging with other experts on emerging opportunities in sustainable investments and the future of farmland assets. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/ezmRjhpM As part of the FAIRR community, you can access a 10% discount on paid delegate passes using the code: FAIRR10. #GlobalAgInvesting

We are pleased to welcome our newest investor members in the last month! The FAIRR Initiative continues to work with its members, raising awareness of the most material sustainability risks and opportunities in the global food sector. A full list of our members can be found on our website at: https://lnkd.in/efT2cUDh Roc Partners Groupe VYV

LAUNCH: FAIRR's new research briefing empowers investors to assess their #deforestation risk exposure and highlights the links between agriculture, economic trade, and protein supply chains in relation to deforestation. Natural ecosystems are the backbone of the global economy, with 55% of global GDP (around US$58 trillion) moderately or highly relying on nature's resources. The financial materiality of deforestation-related risks on individual companies and their shareholders and lenders can vary. The physical and transition risks from land degradation and soil erosion may lead to reduced productivity, insecure supply chains, and higher costs—ultimately impacting profitability and increasing lending costs and default risks. The research briefing offers investors: ✅A clear overview of deforestation and its drivers; ✅Insight into policies and regulations addressing deforestation; ✅Best practices to mitigate risks in supply chains for investors and portfolio companies. 🔗Access the findings here: https://lnkd.in/e8sfCxWJ