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As Sustainability Work Accelerates, ADM Issues First Annual Report on Regenerative Agriculture

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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ADM (NYSE:ADM), a global leader in sustainable agriculture supply chains, today issued its inaugural annual Regenerative Agriculture Report .

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  • ADM (NYSE:ADM), a global leader in sustainable agriculture supply chains, today issued its inaugural annual Regenerative Agriculture Report .
  • “This work is critical to our company and to our planet.
  • And just last week, ADM announced the launch of its regenerative agriculture program in Brazil, which is targeting 300,000 acres by 2027.
  • ADM will also be featuring regenerative agriculture on the COP Presidency Stage on December 4.

New ADM Report Highlights Power, Urgency of Regenerative Agriculture for Consumers and CPGs

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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Earlier this year, ADM research showed that sustainability sourcing claims – and particularly sourcing claims regarding regenerative agriculture – positively impacted consumer purchase decisions.

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  • Earlier this year, ADM research showed that sustainability sourcing claims – and particularly sourcing claims regarding regenerative agriculture – positively impacted consumer purchase decisions.
  • The focus and opportunities are significant: Industry-wide, revenue from regenerative agriculture is expected to grow from $8.70 billion in 2022 to $32.29 billion by 2032.
  • Notably, after learning more about regenerative agriculture, 73% of consumers agreed they would be more likely to trust retailers and brands that implement regenerative agriculture programs, and 72% agreed that they would be more likely to purchase from them.
  • ADM has set a target to engage 4 million regenerative agriculture acres globally by 2025.

ADM Grows North American Regenerative Agriculture Program, Launches Significant Expansion Initiative

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in sustainable agriculture supply chains, is launching a significant expansion of its re:generations™ regenerative agriculture program, ensuring more North American producers can earn additional income while making a positive impact on the environment and their soil’s health.

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  • ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in sustainable agriculture supply chains, is launching a significant expansion of its re:generations™ regenerative agriculture program, ensuring more North American producers can earn additional income while making a positive impact on the environment and their soil’s health.
  • We know producers have always been stewards of the land, and that this is their lifeblood.
  • We’re excited to continue to invest to expand our unique array of re:generations™ benefits to bring even more of them into the program.
  • ADM is incentivizing multiple practices and performance outcomes spanning crops including corn, soybeans, peanuts and wheat.

PepsiCo Debuts New Customer Sustainability Platform Designed To Deliver Critical Solutions Most Needed by Customers

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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PURCHASE, N.Y., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PepsiCo announced pep+ Partners for Tomorrow, a new platform that delivers solutions that aim to support its customers in achieving their sustainability goals. With the launch of Partners for Tomorrow, PepsiCo is proud to continue to assist and support customers as they look for custom solutions to achieve their own sustainability goals. The initial launch will focus on U.S. customers with plans to expand the program to key global markets by 2024.

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  • PURCHASE, N.Y., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PepsiCo announced pep+ Partners for Tomorrow, a new platform that delivers solutions that aim to support its customers in achieving their sustainability goals.
  • With the launch of Partners for Tomorrow, PepsiCo is proud to continue to assist and support customers as they look for custom solutions to achieve their own sustainability goals.
  • The initial launch will focus on U.S. customers with plans to expand the program to key global markets by 2024.
  • Partners for Tomorrow will bring PepsiCo's comprehensive customer sustainability offerings under a single platform to deliver the critical solutions most needed by the company's partners and will work directly with them to implement the initiatives.

PepsiCo Announces $216 Million Investment in Long-term Partnerships with Three Major Farmer-facing Organizations to Support Regenerative Agriculture Transformation on More than Three Million Acres of U.S. Farmland

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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PURCHASE, N.Y., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo today announces a $216 million multi-year investment in long-term, strategic partnership agreements with three of the most well-respected farmer-facing organizations – Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI), Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF), and the IL Corn Growers Association (ICGA) – to drive adoption of regenerative agriculture practices across the United States. The combined impact of these three strategic partnerships is expected to support the accelerated uptake of regenerative practices on more than three million acres and deliver approximately three million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and removals by 2030.

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  • "As the climate crisis continues to escalate, the threat to our food system increases as well," said Jim Andrew, Chief Sustainability Officer, PepsiCo.
  • Through these partnerships, by 2030, PepsiCo will work with PFI to reach approximately 1.5 million acres; SWOF to reach nearly 1 million acres; and the ICGA to reach approximately 600,000 acres.
  • Based on progress to date, these collaborative efforts are expected to deliver more than 500,000 regenerative acres by the end of 2023.
  • We're excited to continue partnering with PepsiCo and look forward to working together to create a more diversified and resilient agriculture."

Apex Clean Energy Awards $1.2 Million to Conservation Efforts in Kansas, Iowa, and Texas

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Thursday, January 26, 2023
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Apex Clean Energy today announced the recipients of its 2022 Conservation Grant Program, totaling $1.2 million in funding for conservation projects near the company’s commercialized renewable energy sites.

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  • Apex Clean Energy today announced the recipients of its 2022 Conservation Grant Program, totaling $1.2 million in funding for conservation projects near the company’s commercialized renewable energy sites.
  • “Apex’s Conservation Grant Program advances sustainability beyond our core business, maximizing the positive impact of renewable energy while fostering an ecological balance in and around the communities where our projects operate,” said Mark Goodwin, Apex Clean Energy president and CEO.
  • In northeastern Texas, The Conservation Fund ($450,000) will acquire 450 acres of old-growth bottomland forest and associated habitat for preservation.
  • In Huntsville, Texas, Bat Conservation International ($200,000) will work alongside Texas Parks and Wildlife and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to restore or relocate a colony of nearly one million Mexican free-tailed bats from a critical historic bat roost.

ADM and Partners Awarded Field to Market’s Collaboration of the Year Award for Regenerative Agriculture Project

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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ADM (NYSE: ADM) and its partners, Keurig Dr Pepper, PepsiCo, and Practical Farmers of Iowa, have won the Field to Market: Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture 2022 Collaboration of the Year Award for their regenerative agriculture project supporting Nebraska farmers.

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  • ADM (NYSE: ADM) and its partners, Keurig Dr Pepper, PepsiCo, and Practical Farmers of Iowa, have won the Field to Market: Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture 2022 Collaboration of the Year Award for their regenerative agriculture project supporting Nebraska farmers.
  • The award, one of Field to Markets Sustainability Leadership Awards , recognizes an outstanding collaboration and cross-sector partnership in advancing continuous improvement in sustainable agriculture at the field and landscape level.
  • Since the start of the project in 2021, farmers participating in the project have planted more than the partnerships goal of 15,000 acres of cover crops.
  • In total, ADM has initiated 18 Field to Market projects that span across 13 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces, focused on corn, soy, and wheat production.

NFWF Announces $2.6 Million in Grants to Accelerate Adoption of Cover Crops in Six Midwestern States

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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Awarded under NFWFs Midwest Cover Crop Initiative , these five grants will support implementation of this beneficial agricultural practice on 500,000 acres.

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  • Awarded under NFWFs Midwest Cover Crop Initiative , these five grants will support implementation of this beneficial agricultural practice on 500,000 acres.
  • NFWF administers the Midwest Cover Crop Initiative to support large-scale, voluntary adoption of cover crops in corn, soybean and wheat systems across the Midwest.
  • Cover crops are a winwin for farmers and conservation, said Jeff Trandahl, executive director and CEO of NFWF.
  • We are pleased to be a partner with NFWF to help accelerate the adoption of cover crops on private working lands in the Midwest, said NRCS Chief Terry Cosby.

Corteva Agriscience to Host Virtual Roundtable on Cover Crop Termination Strategies

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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Many farmers are seeking affordable alternatives to successfully terminate their cover crops and avoid additional risk on their operations.

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  • Many farmers are seeking affordable alternatives to successfully terminate their cover crops and avoid additional risk on their operations.
  • Corteva's virtual roundtable is a timely event to help farmers tackle cover crop termination with confidence this year.
  • Corteva's panel of experts will review the timing and strategies around smart cover crop termination methods and explore alternative solutions to help farmers get the most out of their herbicide applications.
  • Corteva Agriscience became an independent public company on June 1, 2019 and was previously the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont.