Pressure points: water, waste and the shifting rules of global sustainability

IUCN launches Mekong FLOW to restore wetlands for millions in Southeast Asia

Article by IUCN

Millions of people across Southeast Asia’s low-lying deltas and coastal plains depend on these river networks for agriculture, fishing and tourism. Floodplain wetlands like the Mekong Delta support over 60 million people, with fisheries providing up to 80% of their animal protein and contributing significantly to agricultural productivity and flood reduction. Despite their importance to biodiversity and human wellbeing, wetlands across the region are facing threats from habitat loss, development, pollution and climate change.

M&S invites vigilante food waste inspector for coffee after shocking social media exposé

Article by The Grocer

The retailer told Food_waste_inspector it was ‘looking into everything you’ve posted’ and that it would ‘love to come and meet with you’

McKinsey: The complicated push for sustainable packaging

Article by Pack World

Consumers take packaging for granted; most have little idea of the technology, innovation, and complex supply chains that wrap the goods they order online or pile into their shopping carts. Packaging industry leaders, however, cannot afford to be complacent.

In uncertain times, what are the certainties for our movement as we look ahead?

Article by Business and Human Right Centres

If the first few weeks of this year have shown us anything, it is that the only certainty in 2026 is uncertainty. Geopolitical alignments are shifting rapidly, economic power is increasingly weaponised, and long-settled assumptions about the rule of law and multilateralism are being openly tested. Rising imperial ambition – from Ukraine to Greenland – is not an aberration, but a rupture, and the rules governing markets and states alike have changed. For the business and human rights movement, this is not just background noise. It is the terrain on which we now operate.

Global water crisis: UN report urges fashion industry to rethink production strategies

Article by Modaes

The United Nations declares the planet has shifted from a crisis to a ‘water bankruptcy.‘ This new assessment reshapes industrial risk, placing textiles, apparel, and footwear at the forefront of today’s global sourcing landscape.

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