This week: Jessie Cato from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre talks about the latest tracker following the forced labour risks in the supply chains of the minerals necessary to transition global energy supply to renewables. Lithium, cobalt, copper, nickel are among the elements required for solar panels, batteries and wind turbines, and have significant supply chain human rights challenges.
Plus: Chatham House and UNEP report says food supply is responsible for 86% extinction risks; WWF’s plan for dairy to get to net zero; PepsiCo joint venture with Beyond Meat; UK renewables supply beat fossil fuels in 2020; and GM to be zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
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Weekly podcast – Can more focus on human rights be the Qatar World Cup’s legacy?
Climate risk and adaptation: How to prepare farmers for the effects of climate change
Monitoring soil health for sustainable and resilient farming
Why we need to address plastic production before tackling pollution
West Africa’s waste collection challenges
What does the future of plastics and packaging look like?
Weekly podcast – COP27 outcomes: Why the role of business is more important than ever
Leadership for landscapes and forests: integrating actions and stakeholders
Weekly podcast – Why traceability matters: blockchain solutions for sustainable chemistry
How Cargill is working to deliver on its cocoa promises
COPwatch: Has time run out for 1.5C?
Weekly podcast – Information is power: how to test soil health and drive agricultural sustainability
Bottom-up collaboration to improve landscape and livelihoods
Weekly podcast: Incentives to improve inadequate waste infrastructure in west Africa
Optimised guidelines to reduce deforestation and land conversion impacts
Weekly podcast: What does landscape approach delivery actually look like?
Packaging decarbonisation: what are the incentives to drive success?
Remote-sensing innovations for net-zero and nature-positive supply chains
Weekly podcast: Why brands need to commit to farmer incomes
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