Analysis

Are audits just expensive pieces of fiction?

Hilary Thomson, director at TFT, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the use of audits ...

The radical supply chain transparency solution

Unilever has said its latest attempt to create a more transparent supply of palm oil is a “major ...

Can smallholders count on better data?

Thomas Jefferson’s assertion that “knowledge is power” may well be true. But for the millions of ...

Small particles with big plastic pollution impact

A focus point in the ocean plastic pollution debate is the tiny microfibres that are shed every t...

Litigation risk focuses minds on modern slavery

In spite of the many and varied risks attached to modern slavery – including legal and litigation...

Trump

The French parliament has just passed the much-anticipated corporate duty of vigilance law, anoth...

It’s cash that counts for development goal success

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range of comfortable in...

Sustainable agriculture: innovation to feed future generations

As the planet’s population increases, and natural resources are put under ever-more pressure, the...

Mining’s Amazon deforestation impact uncovered

The deforestation consequences of ever-expanding agriculture is well understood. New research sug...

Finally funds for innovation to tackle modern slavery

So far, the battle to rid corporate supply chains of the worst forms of human rights abuse has la...

Plastic packaging that really disappears in landfill and the oceans?

Robert Pocius from Tek Pak Solutions talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about how his compan...

Circular economy back in fashion

The World Economic Forum in Davos may still be dominated by billionaires, business execs and poli...

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