This week: Peter McAllister, executive director of the Ethical Trading Initiative, explores the complexities of human rights and ethical trade for business in a challenging global environment. He talks about changing costs pressures and evolving regulatory landscapes – including EU human rights due diligence legislation – and the patterns of stakeholder engagement that are emerging.
Plus: PVH pays Haiti garment workers $1m after supplier factory closure; US senators question SHEIN CEO about forced labour ties; Indonesia and Malaysia in talks with EU over new deforestation regulation; and, “forever chemicals” found in Arctic ice posing new risk to wildlife, in the news digest with Bea Stevenson.
And, an update on the upcoming future of climate action and how to tackle scope 3 GHGs virtual conference on 12th-14th June from Innovation Forum's Natasha Bodnar.
Host: Ian Welsh
Weekly podcast – How regenerative practices can shape the future of US cotton
Building nature positive agrifood systems
Farmer voices: deforestation solutions for smallholders
How remote sensing is fuelling nature-positive approaches
Monday briefing – UN HLPF renews focus on Covid-19 recovery
Weekly podcast – Nature-positive agriculture: a how-to guide
How agrifood stakeholders can support European farmers in the regenerative transition
The key to food sector resilience across the value chain
Monday briefing: How climate change impacts the right to food
Weekly podcast – How to spot a good carbon project
What does the route to a sustainable food and beverage sector look like?
Monday briefing: London Climate Action Week raises ambition in its fifth year
Weekly podcast – Remote sensing: The data that gets to grips with carbon impacts
The potential for regenerative cotton in Brazil
Monday briefing: Collaboration to drive progress on sustainable apparel and textiles
Weekly podcast – Cross-value-chain collaboration for food sector resilience
How digital traceability can drive circularity in the apparel sector
Weekly podcast – What does the future of food look like?
The power of recycled plastics and packaging
Monday briefing: World Environment Day collaboration to tackle plastic pollution
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