Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, a multistakeholder initiative coordinated by the World Economic Forum, talks with Ian Welsh about the partnership’s work over the past 12 months coordinating government and brand approaches and desire to do something effective.
Hughes explains why the partnership is focusing efforts in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa developing waste collection and recycling infrastructure, and paths to a circular economy approach.
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SourceUp: connecting landscapes with their markets and buyers
Why companies must continue to source from ‘high-risk’ countries
Weekly podcast: Is business moving to a ‘just in case’ approach to supply chains?
Cocoa child labour – how cash transfer schemes can help
Nestlé’s plan to tackle cocoa child labour
Weekly podcast: How to identify human rights risks in production landscapes
How the apparel sector can cut 45% emissions by 2030
Weekly podcast: due diligence opportunities from new EU directive
Effective landscape approaches unpacked – ISEAL’s practical step-by-step guidance
The unintended consequences of due diligence for palm oil
Weekly podcast: Why supply chain due diligence needs better data
What does ‘transformational change’ mean in practice for commodity landscapes?
Is a standardised approach to soil carbon measurement possible?
Rimba Collective’s innovative forest conservation at scale
Weekly podcast: What effective collective landscape approach action looks like
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
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