30 Oct 25 | Business brief
How nations are rewiring supply chains for critical minerals
A $250 million plan to pull lithium for batteries from the Great Salt LakeArticle by ForbesSilico...
How to use existing monitoring data better, and recruitment risks analysed
This week: Sarah Middlemiss from Ecometrica on the potential of satellite data analysis for commodity sourcing monitoring. And, Ethical Trade Initiative’s Cindy Berman, Coca-Cola’s Brent Wilton and Walmart’s Doug Nystrom debate how to identify and remediate recruitment modern slavery risks.
Plus Nestlé cuts plastic, this year’s letter from Blackrock’s Larry Fink, what future diets will need to look like, and new consumer product traceability technology.
Hosted by Ian Welsh
London
5th - 6th November 2025