14 Dec 17 | Podcast
Changing human rights legal risks and what to do about them
The legal landscapes for businesses regarding human rights are in flux. In this podcast, Michael ...
14 Dec 17 | Opinion
Business opportunities to come from UN plastics ban?
Dovetailing the finale to the BBC’s Blue Planet 2 series, which featured a rallying cry for viewe...
08 Dec 17 | Podcast
How blockchain can help tackle deforestation
In this podcast Jessica Verhagen, vice-president, business development and strategy, Ecosphere+, ...
08 Dec 17 | Opinion
Logging, land grabs and deforestation’s social impacts
A new investigation by Greenpeace has highlighted a frequently overlooked element of the deforest...
01 Dec 17 | Opinion
Game-changing cocoa framework a model for other commodities?
One of the more interesting, and potentially game changing, announcements to emerge at the COP23 ...
30 Nov 17 | Podcast
Mighty Earth – how to decouple agriculture and deforestation
Glenn Hurowitz, CEO of Mighty Earth, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the NGO’s work...
23 Nov 17 | Opinion
Progress in Bonn, but the job is not done
Conflicting headlines predictably emerged as the UN climate change meeting drew to a close. Howev...
23 Nov 17 | Podcast
Ikea: make innovative use of material the market norm
In this podcast with Ian Welsh, Caroline Reid, project manager strategic sustainable development,...
23 Nov 17 | Podcast
Tackling deforestation: use existing data better
Emerging technology can help companies monitor their supply chains and track deforestation commit...
16 Nov 17 | Podcast
Why companies can do well by doing good
Global Witness CEO Gillian Caldwell outlines to Ian Welsh some of her top global trends on busine...
16 Nov 17 | Podcast
What legislative tools can tackle ocean plastic?
Business responds well to clarity, simplicity and consistency, and these three things are not hal...
03 Nov 17 | Opinion
Activists mobilising to curb Brazil’s grassland destruction
Despite a blip between 2015 and 2016, when the deforestation rate jumped 16% and 29% respectively...