WBCSD and partners join forces to launch the 美食财经网

的 美食财经网 will bring together an international group of 金融 leaders committed to accelerating the mobilization of 金融 for 健康ier, 更可持续的, 以及包容性的粮食系统.

日内瓦，2021年9月21日—As the world prepares for the landmark UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) on 23 September 2021, the 世界商业 council 可持续 发展 (WBCSD) has partnered with EAT, FAIRR, 未来的粮食系统, and UNEP to convene a first-of-its-kind 金融 network. 的 美食财经网 brings together financial institutions across the public, 私人 and multilateral sectors, from all regions of the world, to raise ambition and drive action on food systems transformation.

C-suite leaders from financial institutions in the public, 私人, and multilateral sectors – including 荷兰合作银行, 摩根大通, S2G合资企业, AMERRA, 世界银行, 农发基金, and others – yesterday gat在这里d for a high-level roundtable to mark its launch. 的 Network will support the outcomes of the Finance Lever of UNFSS, through a process of collaborative multisectoral innovation.

Finance has a critical role in driving the transition towards 健康ier and 更可持续的, 公平的粮食系统. 目前，粮食系统 directly contribute to 30% of the world’s anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, threaten 86% of at-risk species, deny 3 billion people affordable access to regular, 安全, 有营养的食物, and leave 690 million people chronically hungry. 

However, food systems also offer promising economic opportunities. 如果分配正确, public and 私人 sector investments in 可持续粮食系统 could cultivate an 估计4美元.5 trillion per year in sustainable business opportunities by 2030. If food 金融 continues as business-as-usual though, t在这里 is a risk of widespread destabilization of not just food systems, but the financial system itself. 代表近 half of global GDP (around $44 trillion) are directly dependent on nature, and are now threatened by food systems in unprecedented ways. 另外, 营养不良的代价, in terms of lost national productivity and economic growth, 范围从 占全球GDP的2%到11%. 

的 investments needed to transform food and land use systems are estimated at USD $300-350 billion a year until 2030. While these figures sound large, funding committed to combatting covid-19  in the first six months of 2020 alone 超过21美元.7万亿年, over sixty times this amount.  更重要的是, these figures are dwarfed by the enormous business opportunities in sustainable, 健康的, 公平的粮食投资, and the societal value that these investments can unleash.

彼得不赞美, WBCSD总裁兼首席执行官, 他说:“通过共同努力, the 美食财经网 will bring 可持续粮食系统 to the heart of the 金融 agenda, supporting the transition to 更可持续的 practices and accelerating the global transformation towards an equitable, net-zero and nature-positive food system that can nourish all people.”

Convening a Leaders’ Group and working with technical expert Catalyst Groups, the Network is a go-to platform for collaborative innovation toward financing food systems transformation needed to meet global sustainability, 健康, 以及气候方面的当务之急. 成员 will work together to develop the critical innovations to help mainstream 可持续粮食系统 金融. 

About 的 美食财经网

的 美食财经网 is convened by EAT Foundation, FAIRR, 未来的粮食系统, UN Environment Programme and the 世界商业 委员会 可持续 发展. 的 Network works in close collaboration with 世界银行, 荷兰合作银行, S2G合资企业, 联合国环境规划署FI, 革命制度党, 全球环境基金, JRT, 以及其他支持伙伴. It will build on and take forward the 金融 outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit, and is currently working to develop a multi-year Action Agenda to develop, 部署, and mainstream 金融 for 健康的, 可持续粮食系统, providing a single go-to platform for 金融 leaders to engage on food systems transformation.

For more Information please contact: secretariat@goodfood.金融

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WBCSD is leading the 私人 sector engagement in preparing for the UN Food Systems Summit to accelerate the transformation to equitable, net-zero and nature-positive food systems. 了解更多 在这里.