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Regenerative agriculture seen as answer to averting Africa's growing food crisis

Mark Hillsdon, (Sep 7, 2022)

Mark Hillsdon reports on efforts to avoid a looming environmental and human catastrophe by empowering smallholder farmers in climate-smart practices

Brand Watch: Will 2022 be the year that sustainable consumption finally takes hold?

Oliver Balch, (Jan 27, 2022)

Oliver Balch expects a greater focus on labelling to meet growing consumer demand for ‘greener’ products

Society Watch: Indigenous people ‘critical to tackling biodiversity loss’ in crucial year

Mark Hillsdon, (Jan 27, 2022)

In his new monthly column, Mark Hillsdon looks at the nature agenda for civil society groups in the year ahead

ESG Watch: Disclosure pressures to grow as investors push for a just transition

Mike Scott, (Jan 27, 2022)

Mike Scott scopes out the year ahead for sustainable investment in his monthly columns

Sustainable aviation fuel seeks clearance for rapid lift-off

Terry Slavin, (Nov 25, 2021)

As the Biden administration seeks to incentivise a dramatic increase in uptake of green alternatives to kerosene, corporates in the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance are among those trying to allay concerns about impacts on land use and biodiversity. Terry Slavin reports

‘Nature loss is as big a business risk as climate change. We must tackle both with equal urgency’

David Craig, (Nov 17, 2021)

Comment: David Craig of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures explains how the TNFD will provide a framework for companies to measure and account for their impacts on biodiversity for the first time

‘Business cannot become truly sustainable without protecting nature’

Pietro Bertazzi, (Oct 7, 2021)

Comment: Ahead of this year’s momentous COP summits, action to tackle biodiversity loss must be at the heart of both government action and corporate strategy, write Pietro Bertazzi and Helen Finlay of CDP

Narrowing the funding gap for female entrepreneurs

Susann Tischendorf, (Aug 21, 2021)

COMMENT: The World Bank estimates that the gender finance difference is $1.7tn. One of the best ways to tackle this is to invest in funds that invest in women-led enterprises, writes Susann Tischendorf of iBAN

Biodiversity risk ‘a blind spot for the finance industry’

Mark Hillsdon, (May 30, 2021)

Mark Hillsdon reports on the growing impetus to put a value on nature loss so it can be addressed with the same urgency as climate risk

Brand Watch: With few Black CEOs, U.S. firms struggle to walk the talk on race equality

Oliver Balch, (Feb 21, 2021)

In his monthly column, Oliver Balch analyses the latest sustainability news, from diversity and inclusion to the newest net-zero sign-ups

Interview: How WEF converts blue-sky thinking into real-world action

Oliver Balch, (Jan 26, 2021)

As Davos goes online this year, Oliver Balch talks to Dominic Waughray of WEF’s Centre for Global Public Goods on the 50-year-old organisation’s approach to bringing about long-term, effective system transformation

Brand Watch: U.S. oil majors feel heat as climate divide widens with European competitors

Oliver Balch, (Jan 25, 2021)

In his column in the new Sustainable Business Review, Oliver Balch analyses the latest sustainability news affecting companies, from climate risk to supply chain standards

Race to net zero: Reuters Events Sustainable Business' editorial calendar for 2021

Terry Slavin, (Dec 23, 2020)

We are sharpening up our coverage with a new publication and exclusive research benchmarking the top 250 greenhouse gas emitters

Watch on demand: Collaboration ‘key to Increasing climate action post Covid-19’

Conference Recording, (Jul 8, 2020)

In our recent Virtual Business Week, sponsored by Huawei, Martin Xu, president of global government affairs, explained how one big lesson from the pandemic is the importance of collaborative action to tackle climate change

How Covid-19 has brought circularity into sharp focus for Philips

Terry Slavin, (Jun 3, 2020)

With refurbished CT scanners in heavy demand from hospitals to fight the pandemic, the Dutch health technology giant is seeing dividends from its drive to close the loop on its medical equipment. Terry Slavin speaks to sustainability chief Robert Metzke about the confluence of climate action, healthcare and circularity

Auto sector begins to map more circular road forward

Mike Scott, (Jun 2, 2020)

Renault and Land Rover are among those adopting more resource-efficient manufacturing processes in an industry under pressure to cut its environmental footprint. Mike Scott reports

Why are consumers failing to plug in to the circular economy?

Catherine Early, (May 27, 2020)

With only a fifth of e-waste recycled globally, new business models are needed to keep products or the materials they contain in use for longer. Catherine Early reports

‘Women must be at the heart of our recovery from the pandemic’

Lise Kingo, (May 2, 2020)

Comment: Our inability to address growing inequalities, not least for women, has worsened the Covid-19 crisis, but there may be a silver lining, argues Lise Kingo of UN Global Compact

‘If companies behave well now, they will build up a bank of trust to sustain them post-Covid-19’

Andrea Bonime-Blanc, (May 2, 2020)

Comment: Andrea Bonime-Blanc draws on lessons from her book Gloom to Boom to provide a roadmap for leadership through the crisis

'We can’t just talk about Science-Based Targets' in wake of Covid-19, say business groups

Oliver Balch, (May 2, 2020)

Oliver Balch interviews WBCSD’s Peter Bakker; WEF’s Katherine Brown; the UN Global Compact’s Lise Kingo; We Mean Business head Dr María Mendiluce; and John Denton of the International Chamber of Commerce to get a picture of what sustainability will look like post-pandemic

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