This week we are diving into 5 stories on workforce heat resilience; acting on agricultural water risk; risk mitigation for forests and people; wellbeing metrics in ecosystem restoration; and financial effects of community engagement on nature.
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Extreme heat is now "a business risk as much as a human one". A single week of it cost the UK an estimated £1.15 billion in lost output. Yet when surveyed, around half of large companies had not begun a systematic assessment of how heat affects workers in their operations and value chains. Only about 28% had piloted or scaled up any interventions. To close this execution gap, WEF created the Workforce Heat Resilience Roadmap, which includes business case development [Read more] and a repository of 40 interventions with case studies [Access here].
You have a water target and know water adaptation is an issue, so what can you do about it? Addressing water-related risks in agricultural supply chains is challenging, with low visibility and limited or no control over farms. This Bluerisk guide, funded by Kilimo, outlines four steps that build on disclosure frameworks. Discover how the way you source a crop typically shapes your influence over farms, and your next actions even with little or none. Then embed your action plan in commercial contracts and KPIs, such as buyers' annual plans and bonuses. [Access here]
The EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) requires the cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy and wood products placed on the EU market to be legal and deforestation-free. It does not say how to reduce deforestation risk, which could mean focusing strictly on compliance and cutting off producers in high-risk areas. This practical guide from AidEnvironment instead focuses on long-term strategies that also support forests and the rights and livelihoods of smallholders. Discover six categories of measures, with step-by-step guides for two. [Read more]
Thinking about supply chain risk more broadly means looking at human wellbeing metrics in ecosystem restoration. But such projects can struggle to measure socioeconomic impacts on Indigenous peoples and local communities. Measures such as income are recognised as narrow, but can become the default when they are easiest to measure. This report presents practical recommendations for embedding wellbeing metrics into restoration from the outset. Discover six wellbeing domains and advice to select the two or three most relevant. [Read more]
Shift gives you another way of thinking about, and accounting for, nature and community engagement together. Its evidence review found that the quality of engagement with Indigenous Peoples and local communities helps determine whether a company's dependencies and impacts on nature become sources of trust and collaboration. Or of opposition and loss that can run into millions or billions. Discover 24 case studies across sectors and geographies demonstrating value created, protected and eroded. [Read more]
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