Convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
AMBITION STATEMENT
The High-Ambition Group aims to lead change towards more sustainable food systems through setting and publicly committing to ambitious targets, putting a roadmap for implementation into place, and pioneering sustainable finance solutions.
The High-Ambition Group (HAG) is a leadership initiative composed of public and private financial institutions, including global environmental funds, banks, asset managers, fin-techs and agri-businesses.
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The High-Ambition Group
Is working to show how institutions can practically:
- Improve the assessment and management of material social & environmental risks,
- Reduce material environmental and social impacts and increase the positive impacts of investment/lending portfolios and operations, and
- Increase financial flows towards more sustainable food systems.
Current High-Ambition Group Members:
Impact areas where current High-Ambition Group team members are setting targets towards:
Environmental [Climate & Nature]:
- Land use change (deforestation)
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Water use efficiency, management
- Reduction/Avoidance of food loss and waste
- Pollution and nutrient efficiency management
- Reduction of negative impacts on biodiversity
- Sustainable production and food processing
- Resource efficiency & circular economy approaches & technologies (sustainable operations, traceability)
Socio-Economic:
- Food Security (e.g., increasing food production, yield/productivity improvements)
- Jobs, living wages, livelihoods
- Nutrition (healthy foods)
- Human rights and labour conditions
- Gender equality
- Capacity building, technical assistance, training, R&D
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