This week: Anurag Gupta, managing director of Usha Yarns, talks with Ian Welsh about products the company is developing from pre-consumer recycled cotton combined with PET plastic. They discuss the potential for sustainable fibres becoming mainstream, the importance of increasing the value of waste and developing products that don’t require virgin material use.
Plus: further reflections from the recent responsible sourcing and ethical trade forum from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Ruth Thomas and eBay’s Chris Gale. They highlight the importance of access to finance for rural SMEs can aid development and the need for migrant worker empowerment programmes.
And, the era of clean power potentially imminent says new Global Electricity Review from thinktank Ember; the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market launches core market principles; US senators investigate big brands on migrant child labour; UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans Etihad ads for greenwashing, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
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Driving change in fashion: circularity, design innovation and regulation
Weekly briefing: Managing food waste across the supply chain
Weekly podcast – Farmer voice: how brands and buyers can help smallholders and secure supply
Dyeing for change: decarbonising the textiles supply chain
Monday briefing: What to look for at Climate and SDG weeks
Weekly podcast – What good corporate data measurement looks like
Collaboration to drive progress on decarbonising apparel supply chains
The chemical recycling debate: is there a place for chemical recycling in a net zero and circular world?
Monday briefing: temperature check on progress towards achieving SDGs
Weekly podcast – Effective carbon market solutions: how Cambodia is tackling deforestation
How to develop resilient food value chains
What does the future for circular textiles look like?
Monday briefing: charting a greener future during Zero Waste Week
Weekly podcast – Case study: how collaboration can deliver sustainability for the US pork sector
The regenerative future for cotton
Weekly podcast – Collaboration and finance innovation for apparel and textiles
What does a successful regenerative agriculture strategy look like?
Monday briefing: innovative solutions at World Water Week
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