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
Accountability Framework: Fast-tracking rubber sector sustainability progress
Weekly podcast: How to make a landscape approach work for the entire value chain
Forest 500: little corporate progress on deforestation
The rise and rise of tree-based cellulosic textile fibres
Weekly podcast: How to avoid supply chain data overload
Why carbon offsetting must be more than just moving the deckchairs
Weekly podcast: Rubber supply chain innovation hits the road
Where landscape approaches are being applied successfully now
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Better Cotton’s 2030 impact-delivery strategy
Innovation for more sustainable shopping baskets
Rent, resale and beyond: The circular business models transforming apparel
Landscape and forest restoration: what works in practice?
Weekly podcast: The big climate challenges for apparel and textiles
Weekly podcast: How carbon finance can preserve forests and livelihoods
What do farmers want from brands and buyers?
Deforestation: is there too much focus on palm oil?
Weekly podcast: Palm oil’s business-led $1bn forest restoration initiative
Climate change and human health: Education to empower consumers and communities
Weekly podcast: How verified standards drive carbon market growth
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