NRF pushes food industry toward ‘net zero’ for a sustainable future

Dan went on to say that NRF’s priority mission is to identify areas in the company’s supply chain that can be further improved to achieve net zero goal. One of the most challenging projects is to convince suppliers to stop using chemical insecticides and to urge farmers to refrain from burning leftover crops.

Crops burning is responsible for over 20 million tonnes of greenhouse gases per year, or about 10% of Thailand’s total emissions, he added.

“In the past decade, NRF has also launched several initiatives to help local farmers, including buying produce at 20-30% higher than market prices, providing training, and investing in large-scale operators to help them further expand their enterprises,” Dan said.

“We also piloted a program in Chiang Rai province to turn the leftover crop into biomass instead of burning them, generating…