This week: Bex Hall, head of consulting at Sedex, talks with Ian Welsh about the development of a more sustainable apparel and fashion sector. They discuss the current trends within the sector and what to look out for in 2024.
Plus: 2023's temperatures likely to have exceeded any of the period of the past 100,000 years, say EU scientists; UK companies recognise the need for decarbonisation; the UN predicts relatively low global growth of 2.4% in 2024; and, what to expect for business and human rights in 2024, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
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Why economic empowerment is the route to farmer community resilience
Weekly podcast: Stop deforestation to halt pandemics
COPwatch9: did you really expect more?
The emerging role of business in building systemic resilience
COPwatch8: all eyes on Glasgow as COP deadline looms
COPwatch7: draft agreement made in Scotland, but not from girders
COPwatch6: Obama’s the star, but is it too late?
COPwatch5: how to empower indigenous people to save the forests
COPwatch4: it’s not easy going green
The climate health issues where business can make a difference
How to ensure climate change is the focus of business standards
COPwatch3: show me the money!
COPwatch2: $19bn deal to fight deforestation, and real movement on methane
COPwatch: let’s keep 1.5 alive!
Weekly podcast: Successful forests action project in Kenya, and impact of new EU label for apparel sector
The rise and rise of the voluntary carbon markets
Regenerative agriculture’s $70bn potential for Africa
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