5 stories on food waste, sustainable fashion materials, reporting, regenerative agriculture, rewilding and climate adaptation.
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1! Contract clause that turns food waste pledges into supplier commitments
Food waste costs UK businesses up to £4,200 per tonne, and every tonne cut prevents nearly 4 tonnes of CO2e. Food waste pledges are only as credible as the agreements that back them up. The Chancery Lane Project has updated Runa's Clause, a tool that embeds food waste measurement, reduction targets, and progress reporting directly into supplier agreements. UK-based food manufacturer English Provender Company has already received board approval to adopt the clause. [Read more]
2! A comprehensive toolkit for making lower-impact fashion materials cost the same as conventional ones
The cost of sustainable materials compounds through every supply chain tier, pricing brands out before they can reach commercial scale. Fashion For Good's Price Parity Toolkit solves this through a financing mechanism called 'premium decoupling'. For a free download, it's a generous resource: a step-by-step implementation guide, agreement templates, legal and customs guidance, and case studies. [Access here]
3! Everything changing in Scope 3 reporting, summarised in one page
The GHG Protocol has published a progress update on proposed revisions to the Scope 3 Standard. Covering a new 95% reporting threshold, tiered data quality requirements, and a new Category 16 for facilitated emissions. If you need one clear jump-off point to get up to speed without reading 100-page documents, this is it. [Read more]
4! Google shares AI playbook to reduce manual sustainability reporting work
Teams are being asked to do more with less, and fragmented data and manual processes are the biggest bottlenecks. Google has open-sourced the AI methods it has been using internally for two years, releasing a free playbook with prompt templates for data validation, claims verification, and supplier questionnaires. Designed to help organisations move from experimentation to practical implementation. [Access here]
5! Three stories of how working with nature creates value and builds resilience
- A network of over 100 Scottish landholdings is proving that productive land use - food production, eco-tourism, local investment - and nature recovery can happen on the same land at the same time. [Read more]
- Read the story of a Norfolk farmer using cover crops, grass strips, and soil health to build weather resilience on a single farm. Championed by Defra's Farming for the Future campaign. [Watch here]
- Discover a replicable and scalable landscape-scale investment model where 50 Cotswold farmers are being paid by businesses and local authorities to protect critical infrastructure from flooding. Reconnecting rivers, restoring floodplains, and slowing water flow have been cheaper than adding more concrete. [Read more]
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