Our membership keeps growing and we are happy to welcome a diverse and international set of small- and large scale organisations to our Alliance. Learn more about their plans and ambitions for the CFA. +++ Farmforce At Farmforce, food’s first mile is our passion. Our SaaS solutions provide organisations with the confidence to secure sustainable sourcing, improve farmer quality of … Read More
Chatham House Climate Risk Assessment sends stark warning to global leaders in Glasgow
As global leaders gather in Glasgow for annual conference of parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Chatham House publishes its Climate change risk assessment 2021. The assessment’s message could not be more alarming, with food and agriculture being in the centre of concerns. The assessment finds that, if emissions follow the trajectory set by the world’s current … Read More
CFA Members Unilever, Nestle and Danone are Leading Efforts to Transform the Global Food System
The World Benchmarking Alliance’s first-ever Food and Agriculture Benchmark published in September 2021 measured and ranked 350 of the world’s most influential food and agriculture companies on their contributions to transforming our global food system. Together, they account for more than half of the world’s food and agriculture revenue and directly employ over 23 million people. The benchmark – which … Read More
Cool Farm Alliance – Public Annual Report 2021
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
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