Confronting Climate Change: Workshop Dates

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Confronting Climate Change will be hosting a series of technical Industry Benchmark and Train the Trainer workshops throughout the country over the next few months.

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Confronting Climate Change – Latest News

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The Confronting Climate Change Initiative (CCC) has completed the 2014 fruit and wine industry carbon emissions benchmark reports. The development of industry benchmarks for the carbon-emissions of each major commodity have been a significant milestone for the CCC project. Against these benchmarks, individual businesses can “sense-check” and evaluate their own results. In this way the collective profile of industries can be developed and their performance tracked over time. Benchmarking, however, relies heavily on credible industry-level reporting as well as supporting the identification of opportunities for improvement and best-practice at business-level.

 

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Fruit for the Future

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From the Chingford Fruit October Publication – South African consultancy Blue North specialises in transforming agricultural supply chains, using its sound knowledge base and proven expertise to deliver practical, long-lasting improvements at ground level

 

Volatile prices, unpredictable weather patterns and surging demand from emerging economies are combining to threaten food security across the globe, putting farmers under more pressure than ever before. Never has the need to ensure sustainable long-term food production been so crucial.

 

Similarly, retailers selling the end product are coming under increasing pressure from consumers to source sustainably and reliably. They are being challenged on issues such as carbon footprint and ethical trading; and it’s clear that if they can’t provide the answers, their businesses will suffer as a result.

 

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