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
Weekly podcast: Why business needs to accelerate climate adaptation, now
Textile Exchange on COP26 apparel sector policy impacts
Apparel’s supply chain data standardisation challenge
Webinar – Incentives that work: how to implement supply chains natural climate solutions
Is apparel upcycling the quickest route to carbon neutrality?
Weekly podcast: Can forests solve apparel’s microplastics problem?
How producers can demonstrate the value of resilient practices
Weekly podcast: Landscape level challenges for cocoa and coffee in Peru
Will gene editing’s potential be realised in agriculture?
Weekly podcast: Unintended risks tackling deforestation, and what a good supply chain tool looks like
Ford’s route to electrifying commercial vehicles
Weekly podcast: The road to COP26, and apparel’s upcycling opportunities
How to operationalise your approach to deforestation
Real rural resilience: How to connect smallholder farmers directly to global markets
Weekly podcast: How the right data can help producers access carbon credits
Shining a spotlight: food sector still lacks progress on the ground
Beefing up approaches to cattle methane emissions
Weekly podcast – Route to net zero: why vehicle electrification is the vital spark
Palm oil: it’s all about viable producer communities
Weekly podcast – Deforestation risks: much more than just putting out fires
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