This week: Matt Hamilton, senior advisor for inclusive value chains at Oxfam America, highlights the key insights from Oxfam's latest behind the brands report benchmarking the activities of the world’s biggest agribusinesses, including on empowering women, land rights, transparency and accountability. He shares its findings and provides recommendations for global agribusiness, downstream companies and investors.
Plus: EY research questions credibility of corporate net zero strategies; EU’s draft energy directive pushes 2030 renewable energy target to 42.5%; Aldi's ambitious target for all LEAF-certified UK fresh produce; and, continuing accusations of “waste colonialism” with the US shipping post-consumer plastic to Mexico, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
For Oxfam's new report, click here.
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
Building resilience through regenerative cotton in India
Closing the value gap: how to build a fairer food economy
Monday briefing – Bringing end-to-end circular shopping experience to life
Weekly podcast – Certified sustainable fashion: the benefits of certification standards
How climate change is shaping the future of the Brazilian cattle sector
Monday briefing – Collaboration to discuss the future of the apparel sector
Weekly podcast – The fabric of regulatory change in the apparel sector
Growing awareness of EUDR's implications for palm oil
Weekly briefing – The future of the soy and cattle sectors in Brazil
Weekly podcast – Climate impacts on Brazil’s cattle sector, and combating price pressures for growers
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