This week: Gerard Barron, CEO of deep sea mining exploration company The Metals Company, speaks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh on the challenges and environmental impacts of traditional extraction methods and what the future demand for critical metals and minerals is going to look like. They discuss the latest innovation in extracting vital resources from the sea floor with significantly less harmful impacts.
Plus: the Science Based Targets initiative updates progress on its Business Ambition for 1.5C programme; World Trade Organization finds fault in EU's move against palm oil biofuel; and, EU's corporate sustainability due diligence directive in revision with a greater focus on smaller suppliers' compliance, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
Greenpeace on the massive business-model changes required to prevent climate change
Ipsos on the intention-behaviour gap for consumer purchasing decisions
Weekly podcast: The Nature Conservancy on deforestation and land conversion, and Mullion Group on food sector stakeholder trust
Weekly podcast: how palm oil supply chains can become more forest-positive
Why current market mechanisms don’t reflect the true cost of food
Why Pepsico gathers 240 supplier data points
Syngenta on how to tackle global agriculture productivity challenges
Danone on why agriculture must shift to being regenerative, not just sustainable
Weekly podcast: IBM on use of AI in agriculture, and Quantis on science-based targets engagement
Why PEFC enables apparel sector deforestation-free viscose supply
How the PVC industry has addressed its sustainability challenges
Weekly podcast: Are gen-Z consumers really engaging with corporate sustainability issues?
ETI on what supply chain due diligence on labour issues looks like
How companies can really capture the ROI from sustainability innovation
Weekly podcast: PepsiCo on the benefits of precision agriculture
Hugo Boss on the case for pre-competitive collaboration in the apparel sector
De Bijenkorf on how retailers can create a buzz around apparel sustainability
Weekly podcast: Danone on what’s driving sustainability in agriculture
Why personal contact helps tackle food sector point-of-recruitment slavery risks
Veja on how to look for better suppliers
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