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: Can waste be converted into plastic?
How the 43 largest food sector companies tackle forced labour
Weekly podcast: What is necessary for a landscape approach to work for palm oil?
How to drive continual agri supply chain improvements
How greener marketing counters greenwash
Weekly podcast: How corporate forest policy impacts indigenous human rights
How commodities are going deforestation-free in Colombia
Weekly podcast: The path to 100% recycled plastic for Coca-Cola
Commodity trader impacts in ‘hour-glass’ supply chains
Weekly podcast: Pandemic impacts on food sector forced labour risks
What are the business-led solutions for smallholder communities?
Weekly podcast: The sustainable South American supply chains challenge
Why engaging growers is an opportunity not a burden
Webinar – Addressing gaps in sustainability: why fashion brands need more data
Weekly podcast: How traders can be the facilitators for brand sustainability goals
What drives children to work in agriculture?
Weekly podcast: Evolving buyer-grower supply chain relationships, and Fairtrade America on cocoa
Webinar – How to collect, collate and utilise on-farm data so the entire supply chain benefits
Why the world’s food supply chains remain resilient
Weekly podcast: Incentives for smallholders that help save forests
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