Jenn Yates, Author at True Cost Accounting Accelerator

Our Food is Driving Climate Change – Now Countries Must Live Up to Their COP28 Promises

TCABy Jenn Yates December 22, 2023

For the first time, leaders at COP28 officially recognized the huge impact the food on our plates has on the world around us. It’s time global leaders took action to maximize the benefits of our food system for people and planet. Adele Jones and Jenn Yates set out the role True Cost Accounting can play in realizing this promise.

Opinion: Scaling True Cost Accounting Can Transform Our Food Systems

TCABy Jenn Yates November 22, 2023

Op-Ed in Devex by Alexander Mueller (TMG Think Tank) and Jenn Yates (TCA Accelerator) discusses FAO’s 2023 State of Food And Agriculture report and the need for true cost accounting to transform global food systems and maximize value for people and the planet.

Media Advisory: New UN report shows how true cost accounting can transform our food systems – and lives – for the better

TCABy Jenn Yates November 6, 2023

The United Nations’ State of Food and Agriculture report shows that global agriculture and food systems cause hidden environmental, social and health costs amounting to at least $10 trillion each year – nearly 10% of global GDP.