This week: Karen Steer, manager at the Rainforest Alliance, and lead for the Accountability Framework, Stefano Savi, director of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber, Philippe de Groot, head of agronomy at SOCFIN, and Ana Arce, senior manager for corporate sustainability governance at Bridgestone Americas, discuss the challenges for sustainable rubber supply chains, and the technology and collaborative solutions being developed to help.
Also, hear from Anna Turrell, head of environment, Tesco, and Sarah Wakefield, head of food transformation, WWF, talking with Toby Webb about the Tesco and WWF Sustainability Innovation Fund for late-stage agricultural sector innovators. Click here for more information.
And, Innovation Forum’s Hanna Halmari gives an update on the upcoming sustainable apparel and textiles conference.
Plus: BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered and UBS join Carbonplace offsets technology platform; Coca-Cola to boost returnable and refillable containers use to 25%; new research pointing to soy-linked deforestation in Brazil; and, new Barclays report shows how UK retailers are ending supplier relationships because of ESG risks, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
Weekly podcast – How business can account for food loss to drive food security
Climate transitions: how Brazilian soy can adapt to meet future demands
Monday briefing – From field to future: engaging smallholder farmers to deliver sustainable food systems
Weekly podcast — The circular future for plastic and packaging
What will drive the regenerative revolution in transforming agriculture?
Uniting farmers, ranchers and stakeholders across the agricultural value chain
How can technology and data help us build more sustainable agricultural supply chains?
Weekly briefing – On the road to sustainable, resilient, regenerative food systems
Weekly podcast – How business can benefit from engaging in landscape approaches
Have we become too carbon-focused?
Ensuring quality food and business: how to navigate incoming legislation
Monday briefing – Sustainable food for thought: next steps towards regenerative transition
Weekly podcast – Brazil's soy sector amid climate transitions, and US farmer voices
What certification can do for apparel brands and consumers
Financial risks and opportunities in the age of global climate action: a Brazilian agribusiness case study
Monday briefing – human rights and fast fashion risks in the apparel sector
Weekly podcast – Reality check: food sector regulation and the regen agri transition
Trend watch: what the apparel sector needs to know
Securing sustainable crop nutrition: the role of fertilizers in regenerative agriculture
Weekly podcast – How to move from carbon to nature-based disclosure
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