Fully realising the potential of agri-businesses in food and non-food crops to become stewards of natural resources and vibrant farming communities is essential to companies’ longterm value. Their customers and investors are increasing their scrutiny of the impact that agribusinesses have on natural capital — such as
deforestation and biodiversity loss — and social issues, such as human rights and decent work, land tenure security and gender empowerment.

Overall, the social, environmental and governance issues that companies must think about and respond to have continued to grow in recent years. In this report, Earth Security Group provides agri-businesses with a practical framework to implement the 10 Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a means to align their growth strategies with a universal impact framework for sustainable agriculture.