Drive Sustainability at Scale

• A World Without Coffee and Cocoa
• A Complex Supply Chain
• Initiatives From the Ground Up
• Key Certifications For Better Coffee and Cocoa

This week’s headlines:

• Trump’s Tariff’s and the climate fall out
• Soaring commodity prices and what to do
• Just Stop Oil to disband - victory or retreat?

PLUS: Our how-to segment tackles a question many of you have asked: how to run a board meeting that secures sustainability buy in.

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• The environmental paradox of tariffs
• Clean sectors are under pressure
• Fossil fuels don't go untouched
• The overlooked plastic problem
• Risk management as the only viable strategy

• Business + Science = Impact: How applying process engineering to conservation created unprecedented restoration scale
• Project set up: Why success starts with understanding local needs, empowering communities, and tailoring interventions to context
• Measuring what matters: Beyond basic coral counts, why and how the team tracks ecosystem health, skills transfer, and ROI.
• Practical takeaways: Consumer insights, cross-team collaboration, and stakeholder alignment strategies

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• The Power of Water: The resource that sustains all life on Earth.
• A Matter of Food Security: The vulnerability of food production.
• Solutions From the Ground Up: Farm-level, corporate-level, and policy-level initiatives for sustainable water management.

• The true carbon impact of plastic vs. other packaging materials
• The hidden trade-offs between recyclability, emissions, and functionality
• Why recycling systems struggle and how EPR can help
• Innovations transforming packaging, from light-weighting to full recyclability
• How businesses can navigate legislation and consumer expectations

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• Soil, Not Dirt: The most overlooked ally in the fight against climate change.
• Breaking Point: How industrial agriculture killed soil.
• Solutions From the Ground Up: Farm-level, corporate-level, and policy-level initiatives to restore soil health.

• Hear the inspiring B Corp story of Huel
• Gather key insights on the certification process
• Find out what it mean to be a B Corp

In today’s episode we tackle two critical market signals:

• The SEC's dramatic climate disclosure rollback and what it means for corporate transparency
• The Net Zero Banking Alliance's retreat from 1.5°C commitments and if financial institutions are losing their climate ambition

Then we break down the EU Deforestation Regulation essentials:

• Who's affected and compliance timelines
• Geolocation data requirements and verification challenges
• Implementation strategies across different commodity sectors
• Navigating smallholder farmer relationships
• Leveraging compliance data for strategic advantage

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