Oliver Balch
Oliver Balch
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May 30, 2021
Oliver Balch interviews Project Drawdown’s Dr Jonathan Foley, but finds him oddly reluctant to talk about regenerative agriculture
May 30, 2021
Oliver Balch talks to the Canopy founder about the urgent need to scale up sustainable alternatives to materials like viscose in the fashion industry
May 18, 2021
In his monthly column, Oliver Balch reports on a bevy of new circular packaging initiatives by brands, and a report quantifying plastic pollution by the likes of ExxonMobil, Dow and Sinopec. He also looks at the brands lobbying for greater support for electric vehicles in Europe
Apr 28, 2021
In contrast to their positioning on climate action, companies are struggling to get on the front foot with human rights risk, Oliver Balch reports
Apr 28, 2021
In his monthly roundup of sustainability news, Oliver Balch looks at how brands used Biden’s climate summit to set out their stalls for COP26, developments on reducing emissions in food system and attitudes toward future of work
Mar 30, 2021
Oliver Balch interviews the luxury fashion brand's head of nature initiatives about its €5m regenerative fund for nature
Mar 30, 2021
Oliver Balch analyses the latest sustainability news, from the companies responding to the business group’s Vision 2050 refresh to growing action to address water risk
Feb 21, 2021
Oliver Balch talks to Swiss aviator Bertrand Piccard of the Solar Impulse Foundation about his latest venture to promote cutting-edge ideas from the world’s smartest eco-innovators
Feb 21, 2021
In his monthly column, Oliver Balch analyses the latest sustainability news, from diversity and inclusion to the newest net-zero sign-ups
Jan 26, 2021
As Davos goes online this year, Oliver Balch talks to Dominic Waughray of WEF’s Centre for Global Public Goods on the 50-year-old organisation’s approach to bringing about long-term, effective system transformation