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Towards Futureproof Certification and Assurance: a Reflection between Textile Exchange and NewForesight

A conversation between Ana Garzon (Assurance and Operations Manager at Textile Exchange) and Joost Backer (Senior Consultant at NewForesight) As of 2023, the sustainability space is faced with two trends: a growing urgency of sustainability challenges (climate, human rights) and an increasingly high-risk market context around sustainability systems, including voluntary sustainability standards and private company […]

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What Other Sectors Can Learn from Palm Oil (and vice versa): 3 Observations from the Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue 2023 through the eyes of a Sustainability Consultant.

Blog / Joost Backer

When organizing a conference, bring an orangutan. Panelist Kamal Seth, Global Palm Oil Director at WWF, went on stage with his stuffed orangutan, showing that is the one he is accountable to. I found this a simple but powerful, visual, message, triggering other parts of our personality than just the ratio. What else can we

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Launch of the food-for-discussion paper “A Pathway to Plant our Future”

Blog / Maarten Tuinhof

How can we create a better balance between plant-based and animal sourced food consumption and production in the European Union? What would that mean for your organization? “We believe the answers can be found in the latest insights on transitions theories, consolidated in TransMission,” says Lucas Simons, CEO of NewForesight, “and I’m very proud

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Ecolabels: scaling up LCA approaches in value chains

Blog / Levi Kuijer

A change is needed in the way we measure and communicate environmental impacts of food products. Being able to measure impact in a consistent, scientifically sound and credible manner is crucial so that consumers can make informed purchasing decisions and thereby drive sustainable change in food systems. In this blog, we will share with you

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Joint Impact Model – driving transparency and learning within impact investing

Blog / Levi Kuijer

A change is needed in the way we measure the social and environmental impact of investments. Being able to measure impact in a consistent matter is crucial to hold the financial sector accountable and drive change. In this blog, we will share with you a few key insights from a leading initiative in the global

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Seaspiracy: What a great documentary and how it got us all talking about the wrong solutions

Blog / Lucas Simons

The documentary Seaspiracy on Netflix is a huge hit. With bloody images it has succeeded in bringing the overwhelming challenges of overfishing, destruction of ecosystems, climate change, slavery, and forced labour practices, and plastic pollution to the attention the millions of viewers and consumers. Thank you Seaspiracy! This public outcry is needed as all these

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The Future Food Challenge: Using Tech Innovations to Reduce Food Waste

Blog / Laure Heilbron

We’re faced with a global food crisis. How do we feed 9 billion people in 2050? How do we overcome one of the biggest challenges facing humanity? And how can we do it in a fair and sustainable way? Simply increasing crops and yields isn’t the solution. To get there, we need to transform our

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The Future Food Challenge: Eat Right India Initiative

Blog / Laure Heilbron

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The Future Food Challenge: Three Sustainability Game-Changers Highlighted

Blog / Laure Heilbron

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Sustainable Sourcing Landscapes

Blog / Levi Kuijer

The concept of Sustainable Sourcing Landscapes provides a framework to tackle issues at the scale of a landscape and drive the transition of entire regions to sustainable production. The beauty of it is that, if properly designed and implemented, it can be applied from a single sector to the entire patchwork of human activity in a landscape,

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Towards Futureproof Certification and Assurance: a Reflection between Textile Exchange and NewForesight

What Other Sectors Can Learn from Palm Oil (and vice versa): 3 Observations from the Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue 2023 through the eyes of a Sustainability Consultant.

Launch of the food-for-discussion paper “A Pathway to Plant our Future”

Ecolabels: scaling up LCA approaches in value chains

Joint Impact Model – driving transparency and learning within impact investing

Seaspiracy: What a great documentary and how it got us all talking about the wrong solutions

The Future Food Challenge: Using Tech Innovations to Reduce Food Waste

The Future Food Challenge: Eat Right India Initiative

The Future Food Challenge: Three Sustainability Game-Changers Highlighted

Sustainable Sourcing Landscapes

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