PORTLAND, Ore. (Mayo 12, 2021)—Resource Innovation Institute (RII) has assembled a council of global business and environmental leaders to advise the non-profit on its efforts to serve the needs of agricultural producers facing climate risk and technology adoption. The new Strategic Advisory Council–composed of senior leaders from business, investment, government and philanthropic communities–will shape RII’s strategic plan, which will be announced this fall.
“Agriculture is changing. Many producers are shifting toward various forms of ‘indoor’ cultivation, which is driving a need to holistically quantify resource impacts and support farmers of all kinds,” said Derek Smith, Executive Director of Resource Innovation Institute. “Governments, utilities, investors and producers need data-driven solutions to identify the most efficient, productive and profitable cultivation approaches. Our role as a trusted non-profit organization with five years of expertise on these issues is to lead the measurement, adoption and celebration of the most efficient agricultural ideas. We are appreciative of the commitment of our Strategic Advisory Council to help guide our planning.”
RII recently began work on a three-year USDA Conservation Innovation Grant designed to advance a data-driven market transformation strategy that targets greater resource efficiency in emerging ‘controlled environment’ horticultural sectors, including greenhouses and vertical farms growing a range of crops, from microgreens to tomatoes to berries. RII is developing the strategy in partnership with the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
Since its founding as a non-profit organization in 2016, RII has established:[unordered_list style=”circle” animate=”no”]
- El mayor marco mundial de datos protegidos que contiene información normalizada y comparable sobre el comportamiento medioambiental de las instalaciones de cultivo.
- Un modelo de financiación multisectorial, que incluya a gobiernos, fundaciones, empresas de servicios públicos y líderes de la industria.
- Una red de expertos en la materia, que proporciona orientación técnica revisada por expertos sobre prácticas de cultivo eficientes en el uso de los recursos.
[/unordered_list]Ahora, con las asociaciones mundiales en desarrollo, RII está preparada para ser líder en el desarrollo de normas internacionales que guíen a los responsables de la toma de decisiones hacia un futuro agrícola resiliente.
El Consejo Consultivo Estratégico realiza aportaciones sobre cuestiones estratégicas clave, entre ellas:
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- Al servicio de los productores - Puesta a punto de un modelo de apoyo a los productores con servicios de evaluación comparativa de recursos, seguros en cuanto a datos y privacidad, para acelerar la eficiencia, la productividad y la rentabilidad.
- Alinear la financiación - Aprovechamiento de los fondos públicos, privados y filantrópicos para aumentar el rendimiento de las inversiones de impacto, desde la resistencia climática hasta la promoción de la equidad racial y social.
- Implicar a la cadena de valor - Establecimiento de mecanismos de mercado transparentes para proporcionar una valoración creíble de los activos, el reconocimiento del liderazgo y la educación de los consumidores.
[/unordered_list]The organizations represented by RII’s Strategic Advisory Council members include:
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- Soluciones en ciernes
- Capital de equilibrio
- Alianza para la Conservación de los Agricultores
- Quinta temporada
- Fluence de OSRAM
- Fundación Ford
- Grupo LegacyWorks
- Lomo Plateado
- Biociencias Greenwich
- Grodan
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- HortAmericas
- MAPAS
- Universidad McGill
- Socios de Poseidón
- Schneider Electric
- Empresa de financiación sostenible
- Tress Capital
- Consejo Empresarial Mundial de Desarrollo Sostenible
- Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza
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For a complete roster, see www.ResourceInnovation.org/AdvisoryCouncil.
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Emily Meshell at 318-564-8195 or emily@themaverickpr.com.
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Resource Innovation Institute is a non-profit organization committed to cultivating a better future for all of humanity. Our consortium of members brings perspectives from across the field—uniting architects and engineers, growers and operators, researchers and analysts. Together, we lead the measurement, adoption and celebration of the world’s most efficient agricultural ideas. Founded in 2016 to advise governments, utilities and industry leaders on the resource impacts of cannabis cultivation, an under-studied and resource-intensive market, we have since extended our research to other sectors in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture. To take on the challenges of our changing world, we believe that food, medicine and other vital crops demand data-driven insights, shared with integrity. By nurturing the human connections in our complex and dynamic industry, we can build radically restorative systems for people and planet. Visit our website at ResourceInnovation.org. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
