Super fund turns to food sustainability
The sustainability of food supply chains has become increasingly important in determining where a $75 billion superannuation fund directs its investments.
Source: www.financialstandard.com.au
The sustainability of food supply chains has become increasingly important in determining where a $75 billion superannuation fund directs its investments.
Source: www.financialstandard.com.au
At the dawn of 2020, the number of hungry and malnourished people around the world was on the rise due to an increase in violent conflicts and climate change impacts. Today, over 800 million people face chronic undernourishment and over 100 million people need lifesaving food assistance.
Football can bring joy or frustration to supporters… but also a lot of waste. UK football teams have decided to introduce reusable cups in stadiums, as part of a joint initiative by the Premier League and British TV channel Sky News.
“There is rice in the fields and fish in the water,” is an old saying that speaks to the natural abundance of Thailand as the land of milk and honey with fresh, affordable food aplenty. Most Thais are experts when it comes to naming freshwater fish, which is an easily accessible source of quality protein. There is, however, one particular fish that has become a common household name but its exact origin is unknown to the younger Thais. The mouthbrooder — a name it received from cradling its hatchlings in its mouth until the younglings come of age — is also known to scientists as Oreochromis niloticus or Tilapia nilotica, a cichlid fish native to the northern half of Africa and some parts of the Middle East. Colloquially named Nile tilapia in English from its natural habitat and pla nil in Thai from an abbreviation of its scientific name, this hardy fish whose versatility as a herbivore with omnivorous tendencies and trimester hatching cycles is ideally suited for any freshwater source. The story of this fish began in earnest with a school of 50 mouthbrooders raised in a palace pond whose offspring would one day go on to feed millions of people.
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Reliability matters: Achieving affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 On the first UN International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, we recognize that achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) – affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 – needs to go beyond just distribution of clean cooking solutions. Focusing on the reliability of clean cooking solutions might be a key missing factor in clean energy progress.
At Twinings, we’re concerned about the use of plastics and are taking action to improve the sustainability of our products and reduce their impact on the environment.