This week: Ben Aschenaki, delivery unit lead and rebuild facility lead from Regeneration talks with Ian Welsh talk about the potential of an agroforestry approach and forest coffee supply chain. They discuss the importance of encouraging farmers to steer away from monocultural practices through providing incentives, training, and linking smallholders to international markets.
Plus: US pledges funding to curb deforestation in the Amazon; key vote strengthens new EU corporate due diligence rules; EU strikes deal to set binding sustainable fuel targets for aviation; and, global EV sales to increase by 35% in 2023, in the news digest by Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson.
And, quick fire insights from the recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference in Amsterdam from European Commission's Malgorzata Golebiewska, Brittany Sage Brown from Kraft Heinz and CottonConnect's Alison Ward.
Host: Ian Welsh
Monday briefing: The ongoing transboundary climate risks and adaptation debate
Weekly podcast: How recycled yarns are a route to circularity for the apparel sector
Is ’verified deforestation-free’ the future for palm oil?
Weekly briefing: World Bank renews focus on tackling climate change
Weekly podcast – Oxfam goes behind the big agribusiness brands
Why the new UN High Seas treaty matters
Monday briefing: Climate change focus at World Health Day, and Canada’s carbon tax hike
Weekly podcast – On the road to responsible sourcing and ethical trade
Will climate denial conspiracy theories become a thing of the past?
Closing the loop: The role of recycled and recyclable materials in a circular economy
Monday briefing: Will the revised UK net-zero strategy deliver?
Weekly podcast – Why ten years of progress on deforestation is at risk
How due diligence regulation levels the playing field
Monday briefing: IPCC’s latest assessments and a watershed moment for the UN?
Weekly podcast – Sea change: what to expect from the UN oceans treaty
Can business deliver on the ‘how’ of decarbonisation?
Reality check: how is business tackling the big sustainability challenges?
The Carbon Debate: what reforms are necessary for voluntary carbon markets?
How to get to grips with ethical trade due diligence
Bayer on what good ethical trade legislation looks like
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