Analysis

Why supply chain resilience starts with purchasing practices

This week: From tariffs to COVID-19, recent shocks have shown that resilient supply chains rely o...

Might zero-waste flexible packaging be possible?

Vidhu Nagpal and Alex Abbott from SmartSolve Industries talk with Ian Welsh about why recycling r...

Monday briefing – Sink or swim: collaboration to tackle scope 3 emissions

This week: Henkel’s vice president for sustainability, Ulla Hueppe, spoke with Ian Welsh at the r...

Insights from McDonald's: The role of quick service restaurants in scaling packaging sustainability

The conversation explored how McDonald's is approaching circularity, how regulations, infrastruct...

Could leather go deforestation free?

This week: WWF's senior director for beef and leather supply chains, Fernando Bellese, talks with...

Webinar recording: The climate-carbon conundrum for the soft commodities: what’s next for resilience?

Climate-related disruptions have stark financial implications for businesses. Last year alone, gl...

Reality check: the climate cost of commodities

Here are a few stories that caught our eye this week:‘For farmers, fail fast is fail forever,’ JB...

Where apparel workers face the heat: climate risks in a 1.5C+ world

During the summer of 2025, a historic heatwave swept across Scandinavia, with Sweden enduring ten...

From hard lessons to healthy soils: farmers helping farmers in Minnesota

Alex Udermann and Mark Gutierrez, farmers at the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, join Ian Welsh ...

INC5.2: Where do we go from here?

The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty commissioned modelling showing that a plastic...

Monday briefing – Bridging the gap: data, regulation and farmer livelihoods

This week: Nicole Cramer from the Rainforest Alliance talks with Ian Welsh about how data collect...

The true cost of your cup of coffee

This week: Etelle Higgonnet, founder of CoffeeWatch talks with Ian Welsh about the environmental ...

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Scope 3 and climate
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