Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum

Eduardo Rojas-Briales, forestry professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and a board member of PEFC, talks with Ian Welsh about the potential for the forestry sector providing sustainable fibre for the apparel sector and others. They also debate the role of properly managed forests in biodiversity preservation and tackling climate change.

 

PEFC was a sponsor of Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference.

This week: Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of St Andrews, talks with Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb. Their discussion includes the potential impacts of COP26 on agriculture and food supply systems, and why the food sector needs to become between five and 10 times more efficient.

Plus: brand and retailer coalition calls for stronger EU anti-deforestation regulation; consumer concern on climate and biodiversity increasing, says Economist Intelligence Unit and WWF report; Pirelli launch FSC-certified tyres; paper-based bottles from Absolut, Carlsberg and Diageo; the rise of green steel; and, ExxonMobil and Chevron mugged by shareholder activists, in the news digest.

Host: Ian Welsh    

Please note that Innovation Forum’s future of food event, referred to in the podcast, is from 15^th-17^th June. Click here for details.

This week: Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of the Carbon Trust and from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change, talks about what business should hope for from COP26. Strong policy measures are necessary for the acceleration to net zero, but companies need to be ready to adapt to changes that will come even within a 1.5C pathway. Baroness Brown was speaking at Innovation Forum’s Future of Climate Action conference.

Plus: Pina Gervassi, FSC’s climate director, discusses how visibility and transparency in supply chains can deliver on climate and deforestation targets. She gives insight into how rubber suppliers, for the apparel sector and others, are working hard to lower impacts. And she outlines how businesses – for example in the wine sector – can access value from ecosystem services.

Host: Ian Welsh

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At Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference, Textile Exchange COO Claire Bergkamp talked with Ian Welsh about what she hopes will be the positive impacts from the upcoming COP26 meeting for the apparel sector. They talk about some of the key potential policy changes that might emerge and what business leaders should be doing to prepare for them.  

Textile Exchange was a sponsor of the sustainable apparel and textiles event.

Antje Fehling, brand services manager for Europe at Bluesign talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the difficulties in data alignment in apparel sector supply chains. Their discission includes insight into how brands can work towards minimising social and environmental risks, identifying knowledge gaps, and the importance of engaging with suppliers as long-term partners.  

Bluesign was a sponsor of Innovation Forum's recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference.

To reach net zero by 2050, companies must deliver on tough scope 3 climate targets through innovation, circular systems and natural climate solutions. This webinar explores what this means in practice within the food industry. We delve into the role that natural climate solutions play in company climate strategies to 2050, exploring the challenges and opportunities of such intervention in companies’ supply chains.

Our panel considers the barriers to implementing NCS in company supply chains, including unclear accounting rules, lack of strong incentives and the need for a shift in mindset, as well as potential solutions. They also examine the internal and external incentives needed for companies to embrace NCS approaches in the landscapes they source from, and analyse current natural landscape conservation and restoration projects and how they’re chosen given the scale for action needed today.

Panel:

• Emily Kunen, climate delivery leader, forests, Nestlé
• Jon Dettling, global director – services and innovation, Quantis
• Gary Paoli, co-founder, Lestari Capital

Hosted by Toby Webb, Innovation Forum

This webinar is supported by Nestlé. For more info about Nestlé’s forest positive strategy, click here

Steven Bethell, founder of Bank & Vogue and Beyond Retro, talks with Ian Welsh about the massive potential for what can happen to all the apparel items that are donated to charities that can’t be re-sold. Bethell outlines how repurposing can maximise the value in what has traditionally been regarded as “waste” and argues the case for “innovative solutions to the crisis of stuff”.  

Bank & Vogue was a sponsor of Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference.

This week: Eduardo Rojas-Briales, forestry professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and a board member of PEFC, on the potential for forests to provide sustainable regenerative fibre for the apparel sector at scale, and why this could be a solution to be the microplastics pollution problem.

Plus: International Energy Agency calls for immediate end to fossil fuel development; Shell shareholders revolt backing tougher fossil fuel targets; 94% of Brazilian logging illegal says WWF; big soy companies accused of having deforestation in supply chains; big plastic companies keep growing capacity; and, Lidl’s carbon-neutral cheese, in the news digest.

Host: Ian Welsh

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Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow, outlines to Ian Welsh the benefits for farmers who can transparently prove to their customers and other stakeholders the changes and innovations they implement, such as regenerative agriculture and other improvements – including accessing carbon markets. For buyers and brands, transparency brings greater certainty while working towards long-term sustainability targets.  

Regrow was a sponsor of the recent Future of Food USA conference.

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This week: Representatives from Rainforest Alliance, agriculture commodities trader Ecom and finance provider Norandino discuss the implementation of a LandScale programme pilot in a coffee and cocoa growing region in Lamas Province, northern Peru. They talk about how to establish landscape-level targets, assessments and incentives, tackle deforestation, and build more resilient ecosystems and long-term farm incomes.

Plus: serious tea sector impacts from climate change says Christian Aid; Shell and ExxonMobil back €2bn Netherlands carbon capture project; McDonald’s antibiotic use disclosure; how Nestlé gets milk from peas; and, electric vehicles to be cheaper than combustion-based this decade, in the news digest.

Host: Ian Welsh  

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