This week: Alison Ward, CEO of CottonConnect, on challenges for smallholder farmers emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, and why they must develop financial and agricultural resilience, alongside continual access to new markets.
Plus: why poverty alleviation can cut deforestation; 100 economists urging an end to the carbon economy; challenges for plastic recycling from low oil prices; and, Unilever, Patagonia and Ikea voted sustainable business leaders (again), in the news digest.
Hosted by Ian Welsh
Deforestation commitments without implementation in palm oil
Weekly podcast: Why financial institutions have $2.7tn of exposure to deforestation
How the US will regain climate leadership
Weekly podcast: How to align palm oil value chains
Scaling-up finance for sustainable agriculture
How better visibility can help de-commoditise supply chains
Weekly podcast: 2020 targets missed, so what now for palm oil?
What action is necessary for resilient smallholder supply chains?
Can beef be sustainable?
Weekly podcast: Will a due diligence approach impact deforestation?
How to build a resilient production landscape
Weekly podcast: Why action on deforestation needs facts-based trust
Webinar – Innovation Accelerator: How to drive systemic change for smallholder farmer communities
Weekly podcast: How can investors unlock supply chain opportunities?
How to develop common language and trust for palm oil
Webinar – Real-world plastic and carton recycling solutions that work
Why are landscape approaches a good fit for palm oil?
Weekly podcast: Why there’s confusion about red meat’s sustainability
New ‘climate positive’ alternative for plastic sector
Weekly podcast: How Nestlé partners to create resilient landscapes in Peru
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