Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment- CCSI

Happening Now: Join @FondazioneBCFN’s, @ccsi.columbia, @scfablab.unisiena, and @UNSDSN’s to explore how the agri-food sector should be #FixingFoodNow to reach the #SDGs. Excited to hear from representatives from businesses, institutions, academia, and finance for a two-hour dialogue to discuss the necessary actions needed to Fix Food Now. Tune in: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OyKAgNnlBqJb

Tomorrow’s Fixing the Business of Food event, co-organized by @FondazioneBCFN will introduce new parameters to help agri-food companies track towards the @unitednations 2030 #SDGs. #FixingFoodNow Register here: http://bit.ly/FixFoodBizNow

How can we create a sustainable food system? How can we fix a broken food system? Fixing the Business of Food is a critical cross-sector dialogue to re-strategize food and agriculture systems hosted by @bcfn-foundation, @columbia-center-on-sustainable-investment, @unsdsn, and the Santa Chiara Lab University of Sienawill take place alongside the 75th session of the UN General Assembly on Sept 22 at 1:00 3:00 pm EST / 7:00 9:00 pm CEST. Register here: http://bit.ly/FixFoodBizNow #FixingFoodNow #UNGA #foodsystem #SDGs #sustainability #biodiversity #climateaction #food #health #nutrition #COVID19

Proud to support @FondazioneBCFN in their efforts to meet the @unitednations #SDGs with their Four Pillar Framework as a new self-assessment tool for the agri-food sector. Follow @FondazioneBCFN for more updates and join the conversation. Register here: http://bit.ly/FixFoodBizNow #FixingFoodNow

@FondazioneBCFN’s, @ccsi.columbia, @scfablab.unisiena & @UNSDSN are joining forces to organize a critical cross-sector dialogue to re-strategize food and agriculture systems. Fixing the Business of Food will take place alongside the 75th session of the UN General Assembly on Sept 22. Register here: http://bit.ly/FixFoodBizNow #FixingFoodNow #UNGA

Don't forget to register for the self-paced Massive Open Online Course on Natural Resources for Sustainable Development! The free MOOC on Natural Resources for Sustainable Development: The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas and Mining Governance is available from September 1. Developed by CCSI, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, the World Bank, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network the course has enrolled thousands of participants from all over the world. Watch the trailer at http://bit.ly/2UbZ13y, and enroll now!! https://www.edx.org//natural-resources-for-sustainable-dev

The coffee sector is amidst a crisis of #sustainability - but there are ways to help! To learn more and access videos, reports, and recommendations on the topic, check out our site now: http://ccsi.columbia.edu/work/projects/coffee/ (graphic by https://www.picturehumanrights.org)

60 million farmers make their living from coffee production, and because of the sustainability crisis within the coffee sector, most of them are below the global poverty line of US$1.90 a day. Learn how you can make a difference now: http://ccsi.columbia.edu//Coffee-Sustainability-Recommenda (graphic by https://www.picturehumanrights.org)

Many of us willingly pay high prices for our morning coffee, but farmers receive only a tiny fraction of the final price. To learn more, check out our video on sustainability in the coffee sector now: youtu.be/8EfqcvZ6JAA (graphic by https://www.picturehumanrights.org)

"Coffee drinkers around the world love their coffee. That is why we and many other coffee drinkers are deeply concerned by the sustainability crisis that has hit the coffee sector." Read more now in Professor Jeffrey Sachs's recent op-ed for Food Tank: https://tinyurl.com/sdea9t7

A decline in world coffee prices has squeezed coffee producers and thrown a tremendous number of them below the global extreme poverty line of $1.90 per day. Check out our full report on sustainability in the coffee sector to learn what can and should be done: http://ccsi.columbia.edu//Ensuring-Economic-Viability-and-

Coffee is the world’s favorite beverage with an estimated 400bill cups consumed per year - but this beloved drink is experiencing a sustainability crisis. To learn more about CCSI's work on achieving sustainable development in the coffee sector, check out our website! There you can access the full report, summary, briefing movie, and a set of recommendations to find out how you can get involved: http://ccsi.columbia.edu/work/projects/coffee/

Enroll now for the self-paced Massive Open Online Course on Natural Resources for Sustainable Development!! The free MOOC on Natural Resources for Sustainable Development: The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas and Mining Governance will be available on-demand starting today! This joint course was developed by CCSI, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, the World Bank, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and has enrolled thousands of participants from all over the world. Watch the trailer at http://bit.ly/2UbZ13y, and enroll now!! https://www.edx.org//natural-resources-for-sustainable-dev