27 Feb 20 | Weekly podcast
Why human rights risks remain a $150bn problem
This week: Andrew Wallis from Unseen on the key human rights risks that business can’t ignore, an...
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The supply chain human rights risks to watch for from Covid-19 impacts
This week: Phil Bloomer, executive director of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, discusses with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh some key impacts for companies as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomer describes how it’s the suppliers of big brands – in, for example, the apparel sector – who will ultimately suffer as orders are cancelled and workers laid off, or exploited. More ...
03 Apr 20
26 Feb 20 | Podcast
Why better satellite data is the key to effective deforestation action
Airbus’s head of sales, agriculture and forest solutions, Patrick Houdry, and Earthworm Foundatio...
20 Feb 20 | Weekly podcast
Interventions that can really lift agriculture supplier communities out of poverty
This week: Yuca Waarts from Wageningen University on living income challenges for smallholder far...
19 Feb 20 | Webinar
Webinar – The future of ethical trade: what are the human rights risks that brands must address?
Recent years have seen calls for major changes in human rights due diligence and reporting gather...
18 Feb 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Implementing living wage policies: how Patagonia creates meaningful change on-the-ground
Over the past decade, various apparel brands have made major commitments to deliver living wages ...
13 Feb 20 | Weekly podcast
The big brands that still 'do nothing' on deforestation, and Patagonia on living wages
This week: Forest 500 report authors Sarah Rogerson and Emma Thomson, from Global Canopy, outline...
12 Feb 20 | Podcast
Why plastic is a victim of its own success
Jo Griffiths, global food community director for the British Standards Institute – BSI, speaks wi...
06 Feb 20 | Webinar
Webinar – Reducing climate impacts in agriculture: How are leading food brands taking action?
In order to limit global temperatures to 1.5C, greenhouse gas emissions must fall 45% from 2010 l...
06 Feb 20 | Weekly podcast
Future of fertiliser?
This week: Amy Yoder, CEO of agri-tech business Anuvia Plant Nutrients, on innovation in fertilis...
05 Feb 20 | Podcast
Technology that enables traceability from farm to fork
Dawn Jutla, founder and co-CEO of blockchain technology developers Peer Ledger, talks with Innova...
30 Jan 20 | Weekly podcast
The global links between business, tropical deforestation and the climate crisis
This week: Nathalie Walker, director, tropical forests and agriculture at the US’s National Wildl...
29 Jan 20 | Podcast
Are innovative plastic bottles the future for wine?
Santiago Navarro, founder and CEO of Garçon Wines, talks with Ian Welsh about innovation in wine ...