This week: Andy Hoffman, professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, on why business has to evolve to embrace sustainability across functions and accept that profit is only one measure of success. Business may be the problem, he argues, but is also clearly the solution.
Plus: H&M and Ikea developing new low impact fibres from forests; Sainsbury’s to take back and recycle plastic films; palm oil’s SE Asian deforestation impact down 58% year on year in 2020 says Chain Reaction Research; and, AB InBev takes up $10.1bn sustainability-linked loan facility, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
How to get to grips with ethical trade due diligence
Bayer on what good ethical trade legislation looks like
Towards clarity and consensus: How apparel brands can measure their biodiversity impacts for a nature-positive future
How cocoa-free chocolate can be a win-win opportunity
Weekly podcast – Effective business and government collaboration on decarbonisation
Clarity and collaboration to protect migrant workers
Weekly podcast: Sourcing challenges in a global value chains perfect storm
What genuine collaboration in delivering a living wage looks like
Weekly podcast – Can the future of chocolate be cocoa-free?
Collaboration to drive progress on farmer-focused food resilience
Weekly podcast – The urgent need for better migrant worker protection
Are there reasons to be cheerful about business progress on human rights?
Weekly podcast – How the apparel sector can deliver on living wage commitments
What the EU’s deforestation-free rules will mean for business
Weekly podcast – How to build food sector supply resilience
Sustainable supply chains: Key trends for 2023
Collaboration to drive progress on deforestation for Indonesian palm oil
Weekly podcast: What business might get right on ethical trade in 2023
Human rights beyond the Qatar World Cup
Weekly podcast: What to expect from the EU’s deforestation-linked products ban
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