Drive Sustainability at Scale

In our latest podcast ep, we discuss essential leadership strategies to supercharge your sustainability team, namely:

- Team retention: How to retain and motivate top talent in a competitive market

- Skill development: Where and when to invest in upskilling

- Performance metrics: What metrics and bonus schemes are useful to track and implement

- Headcount budget and resource management: How to optimise team resources

- Team culture: Observed tactics for fostering team culture from the F&B industry

• 4 Takeaways from New York Climate Week
• Cross Sector Supply Chain Collaboration

In part one (of a two-part mini-series), we discuss:

• Core characteristics: The key attributes contributing to a well-structured and effective sustainability team.
• Must-have roles: The indispensable positions that every sustainability team needs to function optimally.
• Internal vs. external: When to prioritise internal hiring and when to seek external expertise through consultants or software.
• Budgeting: How to secure the necessary headcount budget for your sustainability team.
• Attracting talent: The best strategies to attract top tale
  
  

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- Sustainability Insider: The term "supply shed" is becoming the cornerstone for tracking value chain interventions, but what exactly does it mean?

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- Policy Pulse: EU-Deforestation Regulation Explained

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- Ask our expert: What about ‘composite’ or ‘hybrid’ emissions?

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Saif Hameed and Piers Cooper, Senior Sustainability Research Manager (LCA) at Altruistiq discuss FLAG, what it is, if you should prioritise it, and if you do prioritise it, how to maximise your ROI. They cover:

• A recap: What is FLAG and the measurement requirements
• Strategic importance: When and why should a company prioritise FLAG over other sustainability initiatives
• Measurement challenges: The primary FLAG challenges and solutions to overcome them
• Commercial opportunities: How to leverage FLAG to create competitive advantages and unlock commercial opportunities
• Trend watch: The upcoming changes to FLAG and trends to be aware of.

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• Ask an expert - aoushaoiuhf
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In this episode, we explore current agricultural supply chain risks and mitigation measures. We cover:

• Emerging threats: The macro and micro risks and  specific commodities most vulnerable to climate-related disruptions.
• Building resilience: Strategies to strengthen your supply chain.
• Environmental data impact: The impact on your environmental data and the role of technology to mitigate these risks.
• Business case: How to value and communicate risk to bolster your sustainability business case.

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Jessica Sansom, Sustainability Director at Huel shares her top 5 tips for setting up a PCF:

• Tip #1: Start where you think the majority of your emissions are.
• Tip #2: Use carbon pricing to drive business decisions.
• Tip #3: Run the data before running with consumer pressure.
• Tip #4: Supplier engagement is key to successful PCF implementation.
• Tip #5: Carbon labelling is a fairly useless exercise…