Agri-food’s transition from a liability for sustainability into an asset
There are solutions to agriculture’s negative externalities, where investors and capital markets can help
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THE agri-food industry is central to our daily lives and nutrition, but it also generates up to 30 per cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions, making it second only to fossil fuels as a human-made driver of climate change.
It also has a strong impact on natural capital.
At least 90 per cent of global deforestation is attributed to the agri-food industry, and it accounts for 70 per cent of global freshwater consumption.
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