One year into the “decade of action,” the Cool Farm Alliance is at an inflection point. As the world wakes up to our collective responsibility to deliver a net-zero emissions world, food and agriculture companies are leaning in with supply chain programs that depend on being able to quantify agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration, biodiversity and water conservation. … Read More
‘Nature Positive’ – buzz word or new hope for biodiversity restoration and sustainable food systems?
In the coming months, the world will watch as leaders come together to further discuss and define the future of climate and nature on Earth. While more and more organisations and leaders have started to use the term ‘Nature Positive’, the question arises whether this is just a new buzz word or holds hope for climate action, mitigating biodiversity loss … Read More
Welcome our New Members in August 2021
Our membership keeps growing. We are so proud to welcome this great range of new organisations to our Alliance. Learn more about their plans and ambitions for the future. Caravela Limited Climate change is one of the main challenges that coffee growers (and everyone) around the world face. Evidence of the effects of global warming can already be seen in … Read More
Interview: using geoFootprint to tackle challenges in the transition to sustainable agriculture
Quantis’ Xavier Bengoa and Cool Farm Alliance’s Simon Miller discuss why the two organizations joined forces to develop geoFootprint, the challenges it tackles in the agri-food sector and what the future holds for the collaboration. Q: What gave rise to geoFootprint? Xavier Bengoa: geoFootprint was born three years ago at Quantis after years of observations from working with the agricultural … Read More
Cool Farm is hiring – Science & Methods Manager + Administration & Finance Coordinator
As the world wakes up to our collective responsibility to deliver a net-zero emissions world, food and agriculture companies are leaning in with supply chain programs that depend on being able to quantify agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration, biodiversity and water conservation. This brings them to the Cool Farm Alliance. The Cool Farm Alliance (CFA) is a growing membership … Read More
Welcome our New Members in June and July 2021
Our membership keeps growing. We are very excited to welcome the diverse range of organisations that joined our community in June and July 2021. Find out more in the following post about their plans within the Cool Farm Alliance. Agrimetrics Agrimetrics is the agri-food sector’s Data Marketplace: a place to find, manage, share, and monetise food and farming data. We … Read More
Fairtrade becomes member of the Cool Farmer Alliance
Farmers are on the front line of climate change. For millions of farming communities worldwide, the impacts of changing weather patterns are a daily reality. Their crops are directly threatened by such developments and therefore putting their livelihoods at risk. Solutions to climate change are beyond complex, but it is clear switching towards more sustainable ways of production is an … Read More
Updating the Cool Farm Tool Calculation – CFT Version 1.0 Release Plan
Click here to go to the CHANGE LOG at the end for updates made to this page. Background The Cool Farm Tool first existed as a spreadsheet providing many of the GHG emission calculations that are present in the online tool today. Since the service was converted into a web application in 2013, most of the core calculation has not … Read More
Giulia Stellari from Unilever Appointed as New Chair of the CFA Executive Committee
After the resignation of Jan-Kees Vis who has played a leading role in our Alliance, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Giulia Stellari, Director, Sustainable Sourcing, Digital and Carbon Solutions at Unilever, as the new Chair of the Cool Farm Alliance Executive Committee. Giulia brings a wealth of experience, passion and energy to the Cool Farm Alliance and … Read More
regenagri and Cool Farm Alliance collaborate to drive progress and monetisation of regenerative agriculture
Global regenerative agriculture initiative, regenagri® has launched a new version of its digital hub, regenagri 2.0. The new version of the digital hub includes the capability to manage large groups of farms and offers new functionality to measure carbon and monetise good environmental practice. A key element of the new release is the integration of Cool Farm Alliance’s (CFA) Cool … Read More