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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Monday briefing: Finance, energy and just transition at COP28
Regenerative food systems in Africa: scaling solutions to empower smallholder farmers
Weekly podcast – Collaboration to drive progress in transforming the food and agriculture sector
COP28: the imperative for government and company action now, from Julia Butterfly Hill
From beans to brew: navigating EUDR’s effects on the coffee sector
Monday briefing: what to expect from COP28
Weekly podcast – The big picture: evolving private sector landscape-level action
Turning nature risk into resilience and how TNFD can help
Monday briefing: saving more than just your wallet on Black Friday
Weekly podcast – Reality check: the impact of EUDR and the US Inflation Reduction Act
Adopting landscape approaches: a how-to guide
Weekly briefing: What to expect at Asia-Pacific Climate Week
Weekly podcast – Live from the conference: the future of climate action and sustainable commodities
Sustainable plastics and packaging: innovations and challenges ahead
Monday briefing: how far are we from meeting the Paris Agreement goals?
Weekly podcast – Landscape collaboration to drive progress towards sustainable land use
Re-evaluating the cost of food
From nature risk to resilience: rethinking corporate sustainability
Human rights in the forest: How REDD+ projects strengthen human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities
How climate change is impacting women farmers
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