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This week: John Murphy, technical director for Europe at Hohenstein Laboratories, talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about certification standards for the apparel sector and the supply chain reassurances they can provide. They discuss the current apparel sector's approach to material certification and what the future of the sector can look like.
 
Plus: Christine Goulay from Sustainabelle Advisory Services and Amy Nguyen from Sustainable & Social highlights key takeaways from this week's sustainable apparel and textiles conference with Ian. They talk about the continued significance of circularity and innovation in implementing extended producer responsibility.
 
Host: Ian Welsh

Niamh McCarthy, director for climate-related risk at Climate Advisers talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about what's coming up for the Brazilian cattle sector and shares some of the conclusions from the latest report from Orbitas, a Climate Advisers initiative. They discuss the opportunities for farmers to increase yield and diversify revenue streams, and the risks to avoid.
 
We'll be discussing findings of the Orbitas research into both the cattle and soy sectors in Brazil at a virtual event on 30th April. See here for the agenda and click here for full registration details.

Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh and Hanna Halmari talk about what’s coming up this week at the sustainable apparel and textiles conference in Amsterdam. They highlight new features at the conference this year and some of what attendees should expect over the two days.
 
Plus: Marina Ettl, director of funded projects and regenerative agriculture business intelligence at Norway-based fertiliser company Yara International, talks with Savanna Razzaque about what to expect at the upcoming webinar discussing the role of fertilisers in regenerative agriculture. Register for free to join live on 25th April at 2-3pm CEST. 
 
And, Innovation Forum’s Emily Heslop shares more information about the future of food and beverage conference returning to Minneapolis this year on 29th-30th May. Register before Friday 26th April for a $200 discount on conference passes.

This week: Kaley Roshitsh, editorial director at Cascale (formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition), talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about incoming regulation that companies in the apparel sector should be looking out for. They discuss the resulting challenges and opportunities, and what the future trends in the apparel sector might be, including from the rise and rise of regenerative agriculture.
 
Plus: Science Based Targets initiative receives backlash on its change of policy on carbon credit offsetting for scope 3 emissions; Earthwatch alleges some Better Cotton certified crop links with land grabbing and illegal land use change in Brazil; and, the Global Wind Energy Council says global wind power capacity is accelerating, but not yet fast enough to meet COP28 goals, in the news digest.
 
Host: Ian Welsh
 
Cascale is the knowledge collaborator for this year's sustainable apparel and textiles conferences in Amsterdam and New York. Click for more information

Joseph D'Cruz, CEO of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, and Olivier Tichit, chief sustainability officer at Musim Mas, talk with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the European Union's deforestation regulation and its resulting reverberations across the palm oil sector and beyond. They discuss the complexities this black or white regulation will bring, including the potential removal of smallholder farmers from EU supply chains. They explain how they expect EUDR’s  implementation to play out and discuss the future of sustainability regulations.

Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Niamh McCarthy from Climate Advisers introduce an upcoming virtual event where findings from new soy and cattle reports from the Orbitas initiative will be discussed. The event will incorporate perspectives from stakeholders across Brazil's soy and cattle sector. Click here to register to join live on Tuesday 30th April at 3pm CEST. Live Portuguese translation will be available.
 
Plus: Innovation Forum's Catie Ball talks about what to expect at the sustainable apparel and textiles USA conference in New York in June, ahead of its EU counterpart taking place next week. For full registration details for the sustainable apparel and textiles conference in New York, click here. Register by Friday 19th April and save $300.
 
Host: Ian Welsh