#food_&_agribusiness

How multinationals use #climate_change to impose an industrial agricultural model
▻http://multinationales.org/How-multinationals-use-climate-change-to-impose-an-industrial-agric

Governments are keeping an eye on the agricultural sector’s #greenhouse_gas emissions. A new concept is emerging: “climate-smart #agriculture,” with the objective of producing more, better. In the arena of climate negotiations, multinational corporations are getting set to promote “smart fertilizers” and plants genetically modified for heat tolerance. While industrial agriculture is about to win the battle with organic agriculture, researchers and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are (...)

#Investigations

/ #Yara, #Walmart, #Food_and_Agriculture, #Greenwashing, #food & Agribusiness, agriculture, food, greenhouse gas, climate change, #supply_chain, #GMOs, (...)

#Food_&_Agribusiness #influence
« ▻http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33889-green-capitalism-how-multinationals-use-climate-change-to-impose-an »
« ►https://www.grain.org/article/entries/5271-les-exxon-de-l-agriculture#sdfootnote38sym »
« ▻http://www.fao.org/gacsa/en »
« ►http://www.fao.org/3/a-ax295e.pdf »
« ►http://www.infogm.org/viet-nam-ogm-trois-mais-autorises-a-la-culture-en-2014#nb5 »
« ▻http://www.climatesmartagconcerns.info/english.html »
« ▻http://www.cirad.fr/en »
« ►http://www.midilibre.fr/2015/03/18/agriculture-et-climat-le-defi,1137526.php »
« ►https://cgspace.cgiar.org/rest/bitstreams/24750/retrieve »
« ►http://csa2015.cirad.fr »
« ►http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/environment-sustainability/sustainable-agriculture »
« ►http://www.corporateknights.com/channels/food-beverage/walmart-targets-climate-smart-suppliers-2-14298636 »

Synthetic Biology : Life reconstructed by engineers and multinationals
▻http://multinationales.org/Synthetic-Biology-Life

According to its proposents, synthetic biology would seem to be leading us into a brighter future, full of promises of better medicines, anti-pollution bacteria and synthetic fuels. But whilst it continues to attract investments from the largest global companies in the biotechnology, #Energy and agribusiness sectors, the use of lab-built DNA and of patented gene factories to produce life at industrial scale raises many questions. As the first fully computer-designed organisms are just (...)

#Investigations

/ Food & Agribusiness, Energy, #Pharma, #France, #United_States, #Michelin, #Total, #Sanofi, #Green_Economy, #Amyris, #new_technologies, #intellectual_property, #Environmental_Health, regulations and (...)

#Food_&_Agribusiness #regulations_and_norms
« ►http://www.genopole.fr/Bioparc-les-projets-structurants.html »
« ►http://www.sanofi.com/Images/32474_20130411_ARTEMISININE_fr.pdf »
« ►http://www.etcgroup.org »
« ►http://www.foe.org/news/archives/2012-03-global-coalition-calls-oversight-synthetic-biology »
« ►http://cache.media.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/file/Rapport_Biologie_de_synthese/58/5/L2_BIOLOGIE_DESYNTHeSE_version_finale_web2_202585.pdf »
« ►http://biobricks.org/about-foundation »
« ►https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank »
« ►http://www.issb.genopole.fr/Research/teams »
« ►http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2012/06/22/01008-20120622ARTFIG00775-faut-il-avoir-peur-de-la-biologie-synthetique.php »
« ►http://www.lapaillasse.org »
« ►http://www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-2/article/2009/09/04/biohackers-les-bricoleurs-d-adn_1235563_1004868.html »
« ►http://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Info/Index »
« ►http://2013.igem.org/Team:INSA_Toulouse »
« ►http://biologie-synthese.cnam.fr/historique »
« ►http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/rap-off/i4354.asp »
« ►http://wallpapersus.com/dna-nanotech-creative-design »
« ►http://www.piecesetmaindoeuvre.com/spip.php?page=resume&id_article=395 »
« ►http://total.com/fr/energies-savoir-faire/energies-renouvelables/biomasse/projets-realisations/amyris »
« ▻http://sciencescitoyennes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Fiche_FSC_Artémisinine.pdf »

Claiming victory against #Unilever, ’Fralibs’ will take over their factory in Gémenos
▻http://multinationales.org/Claiming-victory-against-Unilever

“This is a massive trade-union victory”, say the delighted ’Fralib’ workers. After occupying their tea-producing factory for three and a half years in Gémenos, Southern #France, the ’Fralibs’, as they are called after the name of their former company, finally came to an agreement with Unilever on the 25th May, 2014. This article was originally published in French►http://multinationales.org/Reprise-de-l-usine-de-Gemenos. Translation: Rebecca Ballard. “This agreement means we can start looking into (...)

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/ #Economic_Democracy, Unilever, France, Food & Agribusiness, #internal_democracy_within_firms, #social_economy, #employment, #workers'_protest, #corporate_social_responsibility, Confédération générale du travail (...)

#Food_&_Agribusiness #Confédération_générale_du_travail_CGT_

Behind the promises of ‘responsible’ chocolate: a bleak future for cocoa farmers and an unsustainable #food industry
▻http://multinationales.org/Behind-the-promises-of-responsible

Deforestation, #child_labour, underpaid farmers: in the countries where it’s grown, cocoa isn’t really synonymous with social well-being. Whilst chocolate giants such as #Mars, Mondelez or Nestle have never been doing so well, the cocoa industry is failing both socially and environmentally. The food multinationals are trying to react by announcing a shift towards ‘responsible’ cocoa, with a number of #fair_trade certifiers offering them customised labels. But for #Mars and others, these moves are (...)

#Investigations

/ #Food_and_Agriculture, #Greenwashing, Nestlé, #Mondelez_international, Mars, Mars, Food & Agribusiness, #Ghana, #Ivory_Coast, #agriculture, food, #supply_chain, fair trade, child labour, #certification, #commodities, #social_impact, environmental (...)

#Nestlé #Food_&_Agribusiness #environmental_impact
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The CEO of #Unilever receives a mega bonus for his contribution to “sustainable development”
▻http://multinationales.org/The-CEO-of-Unilever-receives-a

Known in France for his intransigence towards the Fralib workers, the Unilever CEO Paul Polman is also viewed by some as a visionary leader and a champion of sustainable development and responsible capitalism. This apparent contradiction reflects a rather narrow conception of #sustainability and corporate social responsibility. This article was originally published in French. Translation: Mathilde Balland. Who ever said that sustainable development was incompatible with profit? The boss of (...)

#News

/ #Greenwashing, Unilever, Food & Agribusiness, #executives, #tax_system, #tax_evasion, #financialisation, #social_impact, #environmental_impact, #marketing, sustainability, (...)

#Food_&_Agribusiness #salary
“►http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/04/29/why-unilever-patagonia-puma-lead-pack-say-sustainability-leaders”
“►http://france.attac.org/se-mobiliser/les-requins”
“►http://www.lesrequins.org/actions-du-15-mars/article/journee-du-15-mars”
“►http://www.flickr.com/photos/moneyblognewz/5408773200