Global Ag Companies Aim for Net-Zero Emissions

来源:Bunge

Ten of the world’s biggest global agricultural trading and processing companies have issued ajoint statement committingto a sectoral roadmap by COP27 for enhanced supply chain action consistent with a 1.5°C pathway.

The companies – ADM, Amaggi, Bunge, Cargill, Golden Agri-Resources, JBS, Louis Dreyfus Company, Olam, Wilmar and Viterra – manage large global trade volumes in key agricultural commodities, including more than half of both Brazilian soy exports and global palm oil trade.

The statement, which will be announced at the World Leaders’ Summit on Forests and Land Use at COP26, signals a commitment to take urgent collective action to include other key stakeholders in their supply chains. The goal is to identify solutions at scale to further progress on eliminating commodity-driven deforestation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that 23% of global GHG emissions are associated with land use, including 11% of global GHG emissions from deforestation and the conversion of natural ecosystems.

The commitment from these companies builds on the existing initiatives to define a pathway to meet the 1.5°C targets, working with other supply chain actors and governments. This collaboration will focus on how to scale up support and incentives for smallholders and farmers, increase traceability to indirect suppliers, and better track scope 3 emissions.

联合声明是在10月在美国气候特别总统约翰·克里（John Kerry）和英国商业，能源和工业战略部（BEIS）夸西·夸塔格（Kwasi Kwarteng）召集的圆桌会议上发表的，在热带森林联盟和世界的支持下可持续发展商业委员会。这些演员将继续进行COP27的持续合作。

Alongside the announcement from these 10 companies, a joint statement from 28 governments will be announced at COP26 via the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue Roadmap for Action. This joint statement calls for governments to increase sustainable agri-commodity trade while protecting forests and other critical ecosystems.

Recent evidence shows that there is no pathway to the 1.5°C targets set out in the Paris Agreement without halting forest loss and improving the livelihoods of producers. The joint statement signals a recognition of the critical role played by businesses working in agricultural commodities.