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
Click here to register for the ESG through the supply chain webinar (21st April 11am CET) and click here to join the regenerative agriculture webinar with Nestlé (27th April 3pm CET).
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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
Weekly podcast – Regenerative farming: building resilience in modern agriculture
The key to a truly responsible palm oil sourcing supply chain
Weekly podcast – Unlocking circularity: the use of technology in apparel supply chains
Webinar – Resilient agriculture: value-chain collaboration for a climate-smart food system
Lifting the curtains: ethical trade and human rights corporate regulation
Monday briefing: from COP15 and COP27 commitments to action
Weekly podcast – Collaboration to drive progress in recycled products and packaging
The growing potential of agroforestry for coffee supply chains
Webinar – The future of meat debate: what are the best options for human and planetary health?
Monday briefing: G7 and G20 to discuss climate change and energy transition
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