Food supply chains are coming under heavy stress due to the conflict in Ukraine building on an already high inflation environment. This has pushed food security to the top of national agendas, alongside energy. This blog explores whether this will result in a food supply chain decoupling and a shift towards shorter supply chains and ‘friendly’ jurisdictions (‘friend-shoring’).

Toxic Footprints aims to show how investors are exposed to petrochemical facilities and their toxic releases in the Gulf of Mexico, USA.

This report reveals the effects of toxic pollutants on local communities in the Gulf of Mexico and reveals the facilities responsible for their emission as well as the financial institutions funding the industry.

Just as sustainability standard setters are consolidating into the more powerful International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), an influential participant, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), has recommended improved disclosures for plastics risks and opportunities.

By engaging with food retailers on greater seafood supply chain transparency and traceability and more sustainable sourcing, financial institutions can therefore reduce risks and improve returns.

Food and politics remain closely connected. Non-democratic countries are more likely to impose food export restrictions while the leading nature dependent exporters are resisting trade controls.

Planet Tracker has developed a dashboard that maps the trade of key renewable agricultural exports to their sources by political systems. Most exposed to disruption from non-democratic states are cotton, fish and cereals, in descending order. Meat could be vulnerable if feedstock supplies were impacted.

Textile and apparel companies could be missing out on billions of dollars in net profit enhancement from a lack of supply chain traceability.

EUR 678 billion of investor capital at risk from EU plastic industry’s business-as-usual model

This report from CDP and Planet Tracker details how water risks are already leading to stranded assets across key industrial sectors and shows how financial institutions are exposed to these risks. It looks at four case studies across the coal, electric utilities, metals & mining, and oil & gas sectors.