This week: Dawn Jutla from blockchain technology developers Peer Ledger on how technology is revolutionising consumer engagement with products and supply chains. And, Jo Griffiths from the British Standards Institute (BSI) on the challenges developing sustainability standards for plastic packaging.

Plus: WEF annual risks report; Blackrock doubles down on climate, again; the EU’s €1tn climate mitigation plan; UK supermarkets switch from plastic bags to higher impact alternatives; and Quorn’s carbon label plan, in the news digest.  

Hosted by Ian Welsh

This week: Dawn Jutla from blockchain technology developers Peer Ledger on how technology is revolutionising consumer engagement with products and supply chains. And, Jo Griffiths from the British Standards Institute (BSI) on the challenges developing sustainability standards for plastic packaging.

Plus: WEF annual risks report; Blackrock doubles down on climate, again; the EU’s €1tn climate mitigation plan; UK supermarkets switch from plastic bags to higher impact alternatives; and Quorn’s carbon label plan, in the news digest.  

Hosted by Ian Welsh

Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resources, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talk about why the palm oil still suffers from negative publicity, despite the progress the sector has made. She outlines how the industry can achieve real traceability, and develop a robust economic model for the future.

She argues that this means ensuring that farmer incomes are improved and helped to ensure that they have options beyond simply extended farms by destroying forests. Neville also outlines how the palm oil sector can progress so that future discussion is not always centred on deforestation impacts.

Golden Agri-Resources was a sponsor of Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable landscapes conference.

Anita Neville, senior vice president for corporate communications at Golden Agri-Resources, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh talk about why the palm oil still suffers from negative publicity, despite the progress the sector has made. She outlines how the industry can achieve real traceability, and develop a robust economic model for the future.

She argues that this means ensuring that farmer incomes are improved and helped to ensure that they have options beyond simply extended farms by destroying forests. Neville also outlines how the palm oil sector can progress so that future discussion is not always centred on deforestation impacts.

Golden Agri-Resources was a sponsor of Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable landscapes conference.

Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about why certification can be useful for companies wanting to rationalise their use of plastic and help them satisfy consumers on product impact.

They discuss the importance of not dismissing use of plastic out of hand, and examine the drivers for greater use of product plastic-free certification when this is appropriate.

Constantini also outlines how certification can also be useful in food and agriculture value chains.

Control Union was a sponsor of the recent Innovation Forum future for plastics conference.

Franco Costantini, managing director of Control Union UK talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about why certification can be useful for companies wanting to rationalise their use of plastic and help them satisfy consumers on product impact.

They discuss the importance of not dismissing use of plastic out of hand, and examine the drivers for greater use of product plastic-free certification when this is appropriate.

Constantini also outlines how certification can also be useful in food and agriculture value chains.

Control Union was a sponsor of the recent Innovation Forum future for plastics conference.

This week: Niels Wiellard, managing director of Satelligence, on how a new satellite monitoring initiative in the palm oil sector – known as RADD – will help the industry monitor deforestation in plantations in near real-time. And Jeff Milder, director of global programmes at the Rainforest Alliance, on his hopes for the implementation of the new multistakeholder Accountability Framework initiative.

Plus: Kroger cuts food waste, the Co-op’s recyclable packaging, the 8.4m football pitches problem, and making protein from air in Finland, in the news digest.

Hosted by Ian Welsh

CB Bhattacharya, professor of sustainability and ethics at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Small Actions, Big Difference, discusses with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh how companies are working hard to change how they approach sustainability and leverage greater value.

They consider case study examples – including Unilever – where companies have engaged their employees around sustainable business and reaped the business benefits, and debate why some companies still struggle to set the right goals to ensure long term survival