September 2023 – Good Food Finance Network
3 posts published by GFFN Secretariat during September 2023| Good Food Finance Network
3 posts published by GFFN Secretariat during September 2023| Good Food Finance Network
3 posts published by GFFN Secretariat, Joseph Robertson, and Climate Civics International during March 2025| Good Food Finance Network
Deforestation puts investors with portfolio exposure to forest-linked commodities—such as cocoa, beef, soy and palm oil—at financial risk from regulatory, market, and reputation-related shifts. This is because deforestation poses systemic economic risks as the second-largest source of annual greenhouse gas emissions, a threat to ecological tipping points, and a diminisher of carbon sinks. Asset ownersContinue reading "Guidelines & Recommendations for Halting Deforestation"| Good Food Finance Network
In 2023, the United Nations General Assembly formally asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of states with regard to climate change, under international law. The request asked for legal findings on two core questions: On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the ICJ issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on theContinue reading "ICJ climate opinion has implications for food finance"| Good Food Finance Network
In its flagship Recipe for a Livable Planet report, the World Bank found that Agrifood is a bigger contributor to climate change than many think. It generates almost a third of GHG emissions, averaging around 16 gigatons annually. This is about one-sixth more than all of the world’s heat and electricity emissions. This has several far-reaching practicalContinue reading "Agrifood transformation can secure a livable climate & ocean future"| Good Food Finance Network
The COP30 round of UN Climate Change negotiations in Belém, Brazil, offers many opportunities for expanding investment into climate action and its everyday benefits. In many ways, Belém provides a …| Good Food Finance Network
Cities are increasingly important in the work of shaping human access to health and wellbeing. As more of the world’s population moves to cities, decisions that determine whether air and water are clean and safe, and how food is acquired and distributed in local economies, may determine how long people live and how free theyContinue reading "City food finance principles to build Climate Value"| Good Food Finance Network
By Hamid Hamirani, Senior Advisor FSF and Managing Principal EHA Advisory Innovative Collaborative Funding Model: De-Risking Investing in the Good Food Transformation The Innovative Collaborative Funding Model (ICFM) is designed to address food security, improve nutritional outcomes, support adoption of climate smart agricultural practices, and enhance sovereign fiscal resilience. A new paper outlines the model, along withContinue reading "Innovative Collaborative Funding Model de-risks inv...| Good Food Finance Network
Climate value must be built into all decisions on trade By Steve Valk As the world strives to meet the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep the increase in temperature from exceeding the 1.5°C threshold, international trade has the potential to be the driver of best-case outcomes for people and for theContinue reading "Make trade work for everyone"| Good Food Finance Network
Ahead of the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, CCI is calling for a significant increase in multilateral climate cooperation, in line with Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement. 32 years have passed since the community of nations formally agreed to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Since the Paris AgreementContinue reading "Cooperative innovation in energy, food, finance & trade can halt climate breakdown"| Good Food Finance Network
The report aims to inform, enable, and mobilize a broad spectrum of policymakers, private asset managers and owners, and corporate leaders through a journey that leads towards agrifood systems tran…| Good Food Finance Network
Bringing food to the heart of the finance agenda.| Good Food Finance Network
In May, the Good Food Finance Network launched the Integrated Data Systems Initiative, as a 5-year innovation sprint linked to AIM for Climate Summit. The goal is to transform the way data systems …| Good Food Finance Network
On Wednesday, April 12, the President of the General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi hosted a day-long Special Plenary Science Briefing for the General Assembly, in the Trusteeship Council Chamber at United …| Good Food Finance Network
To shift food-related finance to health-building, climate-smart and sustainable practices, investors and public sector decision-makers will need data. Decision-support data for finance that reduces…| Good Food Finance Network
Coordinated by Climate Civics International AMBITION STATEMENT The Integrated Data Systems Initiative aims to provide financial decision-makers in the public, private, and multilateral sectors with…| Good Food Finance Network
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, CCI convened Part 1 of the Good Food Finance Network’s Data Systems Integration Forum. This virtual discussion forum focused on work needed to activate…| Good Food Finance Network
The Integrated Data Systems Initiative is a five-year innovation sprint, organized by the Good Food Finance Network (GFFN) and recognized by the 2023 Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climat…| Good Food Finance Network
Published by the GFFN’s Metrics Catalyst Group, this brief outlines the crucial role of nature metrics in the world of finance, specifically for assessing the impacts and dependencies of food…| Good Food Finance Network
This research compiles compelling evidence of the fiscal burden on governments from unhealthy food systems. Inaction threatens stability through inflation, food insecurity, degraded land, and clima…| Good Food Finance Network
AMBITION STATEMENT The Good Food Finance Facility will be both a financial mechanism and a coordinating mechanism, to drive investable food systems transformation. It will be structured to facilita…| Good Food Finance Network
