Syngenta Commits $2 Billion and Sets New Targets for Innovation to Tackle Climate Change
Syngenta has announced $2 billion will be spent over the next five years to help farmers prepare for and tackle the increasing threats posed by climate change, according to a company release at Business Wire.
The investment supports a new Syngenta sustainability goal of delivering at least two technological breakthroughs to market each year, to reduce agriculture’s contribution to climate change, harness its mitigation capacity, and help the food system stay within planetary boundaries.
Erik Fyrwald, Chief Executive Officer at Syngenta also announced that the investment in research and development for sustainable agriculture will be matched by a drive to reduce the carbon intensity of the company’s operations by at least 50% by 2030 to support the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Syngenta’s commitment has been validated and endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
“Agriculture is now at the front line of global efforts to tackle climate change,” said Fyrwald. “Syngenta is committed to accelerating our innovation to find better and ever safer solutions to address the shared challenge of climate change and biodiversity loss.”
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