Agribusiness

Regenerative agriculture is a holistic farming approach that aims to improve soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote ecological resilience while also producing food. The basic principle of  regenerative agriculture is to work with the natural systems rather than against them.​ It is an effective way of reducing greenhouse gases by turning soil into carbon sinks and removing CO2…

Extreme weather events are rapidly increasing worldwide. Argentina has been dealing with the worst drought in 130 years over the last years. Millions of hectares are degraded: no grass, no water, no bugs, no life, thus no production and no carbon sequestration. This partially has to do with the conventional way of farming and grazing…

The Situation The Billington Group is a diverse family-run business in the food and agriculture sector. They also own several much loved consumer-facing brands such as ‘Very Lazy’ and ‘Glorious Soup’. We worked with The Billington Group to lay the foundations for a powerful purpose platform, with a clear expression of who they are and…

The Situation Anthesis has been a trusted advisor to Tesco for over eight years, supporting the company to reach its ambitious food waste and net zero targets. This has included developing and managing its Tesco Supplier Network (TSN) platform. A recent report by Tesco and WWF exploring on-farm food loss found that more than three million tonnes…

The Situation Anthesis has been a trusted advisor to Tesco for over seven years and has been supporting the company by embedding its sustainability goals within its supply chain as part of the Tesco Supplier Network platform. As an industry leader, Tesco was eager to identify novel levers that could be deployed to help incentivise…

The Situation Together with our partners at Second Harvest and Enviro-Stewards, we set out to prevent and reduce food loss and waste at Nature’s Touch’s production facilities in Abbotsford and Montreal, Canada as part of the Walmart Foundation funded Food Loss & Waste Implementation Program. Solutions Food Waste Impact Our Solutions We identified and helped…

The Situation Nespresso is a major global coffee brand and the pioneer of the portioned coffee sector. In 2002, Nespresso faced the challenge of how to integrate sustainability into its coffee supply chain, ensuring traceability and social, economic and environmental sustainability in farming communities. GoodBrand, part of the Anthesis Group, supported the company in the…

The Situation In 2021, Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) convened key stakeholders from across the food and consumer goods industry to tackle a shared challenge — how to make packaging systems more sustainable whilst ensuring the benefits of packaging are maintained. As a result, the ambition was created: to halve the environmental impact of all…

The Situation The meat industry has been facing increasing challenges over the last several years. The industry has seen a vacancy rate of 20%, 16.2% higher than the vacancy rate of the food and beverage industry as a whole. There continues to be supply chain disruptions from the pandemic. The war on Ukraine has caused geo-political…

The Situation Anthesis has delivered research to underpin the WWF’s latest food waste report, ‘Hidden Waste: The Scale and Impact of Food Waste in Primary Production’. The report uncovers the scale of edible food going to waste on UK farms and actions that the UK food system can take to support farmers in reducing waste….