The agri-food industry: separating the wheat from the chaff?
The Carbon4 Finance team is back with a new sector publication!
The agri-food industry: separating the wheat from the chaff?
The agri-food industry became highly industrialised over the last century, with the advent of petrochemicals, nitrogen fertilisers and ultra-processed foods. Today, this industry is responsible for around a quarter of global GHG emissions and is the biggest emitter of gases other than CO2 such as methane (CH4 ) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
The deforestation is one of the main sources of CO2 emissions, directly linked to three consumer products: beef, soya and palm oil. Transforming the agro-industry to meet the challenges of climate change requires investment in research and an upgrading of the entire sector, as well as an adaptation of the global food regime.
This is the aim of this new publication. In this study, 152 companies in the agri-food industry were analysed using the Carbon Impact Analytics (CIA) methodology. These companies represent more than three-quarters of the sector's total market capitalisation.
These analyses make it possible to assess the performance of the various players in terms of transition and to evaluate the alignment of their transition strategies with different climate scenarios.
To coincide with the release of this publication the week of November 4, a webinar will be held on November 6 at 2pm to present our study. We look forward to seeing you there.
