Global food industry leaders sign joint declaration to scale regenerative agriculture adoption across ingredient supply chains
A powerful coalition of 40 major global food and agriculture corporations has signed a landmark joint declaration to scale regenerative agriculture across their vast ingredient supply chains rapidly.
GLOBAL – Some of the world’s largest food and beverage companies are intensifying efforts to embed regenerative agriculture practices into their ingredient supply chains, marking a significant shift in how the industry approaches environmental sustainability, long-term raw material security, and climate commitments.
Coordinated through the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform), the unified agreement marks a decisive shift away from fragmented corporate sustainability projects toward a single, harmonized industrial framework.
The coalition brings together some of the world’s largest market players, including Nestlé, Mondelēz International, Carlsberg, ADM, Diageo, and FrieslandCampina, as well as major global ingredient processors such as Barry Callebaut and Döhler.
The joint initiative is driven through the SAI Platform’s newly optimized Regenerating Together Programme (RTP).
The initiative establishes standardized, outcome-based metrics to measure and verify systemic improvements in soil health, biodiversity, climate resilience, and water stewardship across global farming systems.
Historically, raw ingredient suppliers and independent farmers faced a confusing patchwork of conflicting sustainability demands from different corporate buyers.
By creating a unified framework of shared impact areas and indicators, the RTP allows multinational food companies to transition their complex global supply chains smoothly while leaving room for local agricultural adaptation.
The urgency behind this collective action is heightened by ongoing macroeconomic pressures affecting global farming infrastructure.
Volatile international shipping networks, geopolitical friction, and steep fertilizer pricing shocks have left food manufacturers highly exposed to input vulnerabilities.
Transitioning toward regenerative methods, which reduce reliance on expensive synthetic inputs by restoring natural ecosystem functionality, is increasingly viewed as a prerequisite for long-term commercial business resilience.
Furthermore, consumer data indicates that sustainability has evolved from a peripheral marketing preference to a core buying metric, with recent market insights showing that nearly nine out of ten global consumers actively evaluate environmental factors when selecting food and beverage products.
The formal public launch of the program’s next operational phase is scheduled to take place at the Regenerating Together Programme’s Annual Event in Saskatoon, Canada, in June 2026.
At the summit, suppliers, agricultural cooperatives, and brand owners will align on concrete, practical implementation strategies for key universal commodities, ranging from dairy and grains to speciality fruits and cocoa.
Industry leaders emphasize that because climate volatility and soil degradation pose systemic threats to global yield predictability, absolute cooperation across the competitive landscape remains the only viable path to protecting the future of global food security.
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