Nestlé’s road to a collaborative net-zero strategy

This week: Owen Bethell, environmental impact lead, global public affairs, at Nestlé, talks about the company’s decarbonisation strategy, and the need for corporate climate advocacy, working with governments, peer companies and suppliers. He argues that this collaboration is integral to bringing increased sustainability impact and making progress at scale towards Nestlé’s net-zero targets.

Plus: land conversion for agriculture remains the greatest driver for deforestation; indigenous communities calling for a new pact preserving 80% of the Amazon forest by 2025; tougher EU deforestation regulation on the cards; and, Patagonia’s owner transfers company stock into charitable trust to tackle climate change, in the news digest.
 
Host: Ian Welsh