This week: Andy Hoffman, professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, on why business has to evolve to embrace sustainability across functions and accept that profit is only one measure of success. Business may be the problem, he argues, but is also clearly the solution.
Plus: H&M and Ikea developing new low impact fibres from forests; Sainsbury’s to take back and recycle plastic films; palm oil’s SE Asian deforestation impact down 58% year on year in 2020 says Chain Reaction Research; and, AB InBev takes up $10.1bn sustainability-linked loan facility, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
Weekly podcast: Working on the ground within Indonesia’s palm oil sector
What does the route to sustainable landscapes and commodities look like?
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
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