Killing the Zombie Argument: A Different Food System is Possible
The body of TCA case studies grows each year. These studies have demonstrated food systems’ hidden costs to people and nature,…
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NEWS & INSIGHTS
Strengthening Alliances: how can we work together to mainstream True Cost Accounting?
Since the historic Rio Declaration in 1992, successive leaders have signed onto ambitious emissions reduction and environmental goals. Global targets have…
You can’t have a free lunch and send the bill to Mother Nature: TCA in Finance and Investment
This January, over 140 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates signed an open letter for “planet friendly ‘moonshot’ efforts” to avert…
True Cost Accounting Evaluations: the nuts and bolts of mainstreaming TCA
“We have reached a now or never moment for upscaling TCA.” In 2018, the TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework established a common architecture…
Voices from the Field: True Cost Accounting and the Private Sector
“It’s a critical time to double down on some of the methods, tools and processes by which we can help businesses…
Scaling Up True Cost Accounting in the Face of Polycrisis: Global Policy and Action
2024 is a significant year for many reasons. High numbers of regional and national elections have contributed to a constantly shifting…
Measuring What Matters – How True Cost Accounting Can Convey the Full Value of Farmers Markets
This article is adapted from remarks delivered by TCA Accelerator Director Jenn Yates at the World Farmers Market Coalition (WFMC) General Assembly on…
Our Food is Driving Climate Change – Now Countries Must Live Up to Their COP28 Promises
For the first time, leaders at COP28 officially recognized the huge impact the food on our plates has on the world…
Opinion: Scaling True Cost Accounting Can Transform Our Food Systems
Op-Ed in Devex by Alexander Mueller (TMG Think Tank) and Jenn Yates (TCA Accelerator) discusses FAO’s 2023 State of Food And…
Media Advisory: New UN report shows how true cost accounting can transform our food systems – and lives – for the better
The United Nations’ State of Food and Agriculture report shows that global agriculture and food systems cause hidden environmental, social and…
True Cost Accounting: A Lens for Shifting Food System Perspectives and Practices
By Dr. Harpinder Sandhu, Federation University Australia. Food systems transformation requires us to understand the full-scale impacts and dependencies of current…
Tabling Food at COP Offers Win-Win for Climate, Nutrition and Farmers
By Jenn Yates, TCA Accelerator Director. Following COP 27, Jenn Yates shares her highlights from the session she moderated on the…