By directing capital toward projects that reduce agrochemical and plastic use, banks can mitigate environmental and financial risks while strengthening the resilience of agrifood value chains. Such investments also generate tangible environmental and social benefits, aligning risk management with long-term value creation.
This document provides a practical framework for banks to reduce pollution in the agriculture sector, with a focus on chemicals and plastics. Given agriculture’s dependence on healthy ecosystems, financial institutions have both a responsibility and a strategic interest in supporting more sustainable production practices.
The resource was co-developed with the Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) Programme, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which supports the alignment of sustainable finance with agrifood value chains.