Weekly podcast: Developing Veja’s sustainable supply chains, and important news from Innovation Forum
This week: François-Ghislain Morillion, co-founder of trainer brand Veja, on how the business has developed short and sustainable supply chains for materials in its shoes, including recycled polyester...
20 Mar 202013min
Why due diligence on human rights should be central to corporate purpose
Andrew Wallis CEO of charity Unseen talks with Ian Welsh about the key human rights risks that business can’t ignore, and the unintended consequences of changing low-paid worker migration rules. Walli...
20 Mar 202011min
Weekly podcast: Evidence-based approach to tackling plastic pollution
This week: Kristin Hughes, director of the Global Plastic Action Partnership, on how a holistic multistakeholder approach is necessary to deal with plastic pollution. She discusses why the partnership...
13 Mar 202026min
Forest 500 on the lack of corporate progress on deforestation
New Forest 500 report authors Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson, from Global Canopy, discuss with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh why the 2020 report argues there isn’t enough progress on deforestation fro...
12 Mar 202010min
Weekly podcast: Yum! Brands, Mondelēz and Nestlé on food sector action on climate change
This week: Yum! Brands’ Jon Hixon, Mondelēz International’s Christine McGrath and Nestlé’s Anna Turrell debate the action the food sector is taking to tackle the climate emergency, and make the necess...
5 Mar 202024min
How to boost soil health for greater productivity
Amy Yoder, CEO of agri-tech business Anuvia Plant Nutrients, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh on how from organic waste material can be turned into fertiliser that develops long term soil healt...
5 Mar 202011min
Webinar – The future of fashion: how action on climate change will transform the apparel industry
With targets looming and the ever-present reminders of the impact of climate change, 2020 is set to be a pivotal year in sustainability. Fashion, an industry with one of the largest carbon and water f...
3 Mar 20201h 4min
The role of business in tackling global climate challenges via deforestation
Nathalie Walker, director, tropical forests and agriculture, at the US’s National Wildlife Federation, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about why confronting domestic climate change risks in th...
27 Feb 202011min
