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Now, What's Next? Podcast: Trouble Brewing Along the Coffee Supply Chain

3BL Media

Climate scientist Anders Levermann explains how changing weather will impact the global supply chain for coffee and even more complicated goods. In this episode we meet Luiz Araripe, a Brazilian coffee exporter who’s been in the business for over 40 years.

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Unilever sets out net-zero plans for shareholder vote

GreenBiz

Unilever has become one of the first multinational companies in the world to publish a corporate net-zero action plan for oversight by its shareholders, as it prepares to put the climate strategy to an advisory vote at its upcoming AGM in early May.

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It’s urgent to reshape our economy towards justice and sustainability

GreenBiz

Climate scientists say these are the exact 10 years that we have to reduce greenhouse gases. The climate horizon and COVID horizon are merging. We need to help our companies operationalize true equality and fair labor practices throughout all its activities from board and executive representation down to supply-chain partners.

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Setting the Standard for Sustainability – Winter 2024 Newsletter

3BL Media

This course offers a detailed exploration of the EUDR, equipping participants with the knowledge necessary to understand and comply with this important regulation aimed at preventing deforestation within global supply chains. US leading climate scientist Dr. Drew Shindell speaks about what makes GHR different and critical.

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Why the ESG bandwagon must embrace adaptation

GreenBiz

Procurement and distribution systems will need to extensively integrate predicted climate impacts and more agile methods as supply chains become increasingly susceptible to climate change impacts. Thus, adaptation of the supply chain to increase resilience represents an important ESG consideration.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

A spokesperson from IKEA stressed that ocean shipping made up 40 percent of the carbon footprint of its supply chain operations and therefore the company's pledge to reduce the carbon footprint of all transport by an average of 70 percent by 2030 compared to 2017 was a "huge ambition."

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Planet Textiles 2023: Industry Stakeholders Agree on Need To Accelerate Collective Action and Collaboration to Future-Proof Global Supply Chains

3BL Media

Under the theme, Future-Proofing Global Supply Chains , the event took place over two days and brought together over 200 delegates to network with industry peers and share learnings and best practices on how collective action can help accelerate industry transformation and future-proof global supply chains.