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Connecting business and organisational leaders with experts in the field, REAL offers sustainable leadership programmes designed to strengthen your organisation’s resilience in the face of climate change and deliver innovative sustainable practice.

Where Is the Fast Fashion Backlash?

Defining and communicating fairness can help build a wellbeing economy

Wellbeing Economy Alliance

Less than 1% of businesses have credible climate transition plans, CDP warns

Why Boohoo’s inclusion on a panel about ethics was a huge WTF moment

‘It’s inequality that kills’: Naomi Klein on the future of climate justice

Clover Hogan: Businesses must go beyond token actions to prevent ‘climate quitting’

IWD: women leaders championing change

by Safia Minney

Building with Nature

Building with Nature Standards

The world’s in a ‘polycrisis’ — and these countries want to quash it by looking beyond GDP

Green pensions charter

Make My Money Matter

Reimagining the Agenda: Unlocking the Global Pathways to Resilience, Growth, and Sustainability for 2030

Climate quitting - younger workers voting with their feet on employer’s ESG commitments

We're taking Danone to court over plastic pollution

98% Of Global Companies Making Progress Toward Stated Decarbonization Targets

Cop15 in Montreal: did the summit deliver for the natural world?

Kering and L’Occitane Group launch €300m Climate Fund for Nature

2021 Remake Fashion Accountability Report

In Debt to the Planet: An assessment of European banks' climate and biodiversity strategies

Supplier swap shop: Tesco launches surplus stock online marketplace

How the private sector can help mitigate climate change

‘Alarm bell for humanity’: Amazon rainforest nearing point of no return

Big agribusiness, human rights abuses and deforestation – the toxic trilogy funded by international money

‘We are all in’: Hundreds of business signal ‘unwavering’ support to 1.5C at COP27

European project to explore pathways towards post-growth economics

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Survey: Cost-of-living crisis to set to lower consumer appetite for sustainable products

Amazon deforestation hits all-time record

Selfridges wants half of transactions to be resale, repair, rental or refills by 2030

Are corporates keeping quiet about their net-zero plans?

Report: State of Climate Action 2022

World Resources Institute

Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company

Unpriced climate risk threatens to wipe billions off food and agriculture businesses

THREE YEARS LEFT

hosted by Just Stop Oil

regeneration made real (book review - regeneration)

by Jonathon Porritt

Never Mind Aid, Never Mind Loans: What Poor Nations are Owed is Reparations

The 5Fs: How you can help the climate crisis

by Business Declares

The UN's Race to Zero is Working - Architects Should Join it

Architects' Journal

Why the Board of Trade’s ‘Green Trade’ report is a missed opportunity

by Ally Carnwath, Head of Policy, Traidcraft Exchange

PLANES, HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES: THE ROLE OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE IN DELIVERING NET ZERO

Institute for Global Change

BACK FOR GOOD: THE FINE ART OF REPAIRING BROKEN THINGS

DIGITAL DECLUTTER FOR BUSINESSES

Wholegrain Digital and Business Declares

Statement on Supreme Court Decision For Nestlé V. Doe - Child Labour

Fairtrade America

REPUTATIONAL RISKS OF CLAIMING NET ZERO

Compare Your Footprint

Is Green Growth the Solution?

FUNGUS MAY BE FALL'S HOTTEST FASHION TREND

The New York Times

Purpose Disruptors Initiative: Creating an Alternative Reality

by Tilly Carter

JUST 3% OF WORLD'S ECOSYSTEMS REMAIN INTACT , STUDY SUGGESTS

To Stop Climate Disaster, Make Ecocide an International Crime. It's the Only Way

Defining a Global Net-zero Standard

Worker at H&M Supply Factory was Killed after Months of Harassment, claims family

Why Support the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill?

Unilever sets Supply Chain living wage aim and 2 BN euro diversity Commitment

Business Meets the Doughnut

Bangladesh Factories face smaller, less profitable orders this christmas

Measuring the Environmental Impact of Your Products

frequent flyer levy

Earth Logic

Helping Business set science based targets

by Safia Minney & Kevin Boon

CARBON PRICING AND DANONE: THIS MIGHT JUST BE A GAME CHANGER

by Andrew Hughes of Bankers Without Boundaries

AN ECONOMY THAT SERVES PEOPLE AND PLANET

assessing plastic ingestion from nature to people

LAUNCH EVENT AND REPORT BUSINESS AND POLITICAL LEADERS CALL FOR £5BN FOR ENERGY REVOLUTION

Make my money matter LAUNCH EVENT: PENSIONS WITH INTENTION

2025 Or Bust: Patagonia's Carbon Neutrality Goal

Leading economists: Green coronavirus recovery also better for economy

Fashion in a box that’s helping to save lives

Daily Business Group

Gucci bids farewell to fashion week as brand goes seasonless

“I WANTED TO TRY AND CREATE A WORLD LESS DOMINATED BY GREED”

What do we keep when the virus is gone?

by Amanda Thain

Garment workers face destitution as Covid-19 closes factories

Stopping Global Plastic Pollution at the source

The Ethical Agenda

An Interview with Tabitha James Kraan

by Safia Minney

Reducing your website’s CO2 emissions: 5 actions you can take now

by Khandiz Joni

HOW EXXON CAPTURED A COUNTRY WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT

'Non-Violent Direct Action Employer Policy': Climate activism guidelines unveiled for businesses

New Report: Fashion Industry Needs to Make Climate Action a Top Trend

Supporting communities with pre-loved homeware: Hubbub & Dunelm pilot 'Home to Home'

A New Fair Deal for climate, trade and development

Four-day week liked by UK employers in world's largest trial

SME appetite for climate action grows, but finance barriers remain

Shell directors personally sued over ‘flawed’ climate strategy

L’Oréal and Net Zero Now launch Net Zero Salons programme

Circular Online

Dozens of companies ejected from FTSE4Good indices

Financial Times

Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s

Chainsaws fall silent: EU agrees deforestation law

Love Island and Ebay partner for new season

Survey: 7 in 10 Brits don’t believe environmental claims by businesses are credible

COP15: NATIONS ADOPT FOUR GOALS, 23 TARGETS FOR 2030 IN LANDMARK UN BIODIVERSITY AGREEMENT

Convention on Biological Diversity

Roadmaps to nature positive: Guidelines to accelerate business accountability, ambition and action for a nature-positive future

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

The energy transition: A region-by-region agenda for near-term action

Guidelines for Credible, Science-driven Environmental Footprint Claims

COP15: Why does the UN biodiversity conference matter?

Provenance just made shopping for sustainable beauty easy with world-first transparency directory

Black Friday: Could 2022 finally be the year that sustainability trumps overconsumption?

COP27: Fears of compromise on key 1.5C global temperature issue

EU rejection of reformed Energy Charter Treaty ‘historic moment’ for climate action

Climate change is coming for fashion’s supply chains

How can slowing climate change accelerate your financial performance?

More than 50 corporate giants sign landmark new climate lobbying agreement

Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals

Zara to launch ‘pre-owned’ platform for garment repairs and donations

Google launches circular economy accelerator for start-ups as Starbucks allocates £1.4m to refill innovations

Switching to renewable energy could save trillions - study

The Climate Economy Is About to Explode

Forced labour has ‘increased significantly’ globally since 2016, report finds

Sustainability On A Budget: How Ikea, Beautycounter And DHL Do It

Forbes

Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s back $11m initiative to tackle soy-led deforestation

HIGH COURT DEEMS GOVERNMENT'S NET-ZERO STRATEGY UNLAWFUL

HOW TO COMMUNICATE THE EMERGENCY AND LEAD A CONVERSATION AND ACTION

Hosted by Fashion Declares!

A COP OUT?

Why is the "Right to Repair" Gadgets and Machines Spreading

Will Degrowth Replace Green Growth?

Indigenous people are the world’s biggest conservationists, but they rarely get credit for it

SQUARE YOUR CIRCLE How to Ensure a Just Transition to Reuse Business Models in Apparel

Enough for Everyone

FASHION LAYS DOWN ITS ROUTE TO NET ZERO

NATIONAL FOOD STRATEGY : THE PLAN

Independent Review for the Government

G7 TO COP26

COP26 Coalition Press Conference

Patagonia's Focus on its Brand Purpose is Great for Business

Climate Experts urge Boris Johnson to make International Emissions Agreements legally Binding in the UK

The Independent

How to Spot the Difference Between a Real Climate Policy and Greenwashing Guff

COP 26: VOTERS WANT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AGREEMENTS TO BE MADE LEGALLY BINDING, POLL SHOWS

The Independent

STRENGTHENING NEW INVESTOR JUST TRANSITION TOOL WOULD BE A GAMECHANGER

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

BCORP IN LEADERSHIP

Cutting Your Digital Footprint

Creativity isn't Neutral: How Creatives can Change our Industry's Relationship with Fossil Fuels

by Tilly Carter

UN global climate poll: 'the people's voice is clear - they want action'

climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded

circular and fair business models

debt, inequality and covid

Biden & the environment

Desmond Tutu calls for anti-apartheid style boycott of fossil fuel industry

Strength & Diversity in the Workplace Webinar

Our principles for Paris-aligned business plans

Science Based Targets for Financial Institutions

The Most Important Climate Pledges Aren’t the Splashy Ones

Bloomberg Green

THE CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY (CEE) BILL

Morrisons to remove plastic 'bags for life' and trial paper alternative

Humility is a good feeling

by Caryn Franklin

Find Your Tribe - the Networks working on Climate Action

by Kevin Boon and Olivia Kellett

Luxury’s Hidden Indian Supply Chain

The New York Post

CORPORATE BUYING NEEDS NEW INCENTIVES

Safia Minney in conversation with Mike Gidney

Point of No Returns

The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from?

The most promising business practice to eradicate modern slavery

by Safia Minney

Coronavirus causing fashion retailers to shut stores

Understand the Issues: FasHion

The case for refusing to protect existing business models

by Jonathon Porritt

New Report: Fashion Industry Needs to Make Climate Action a Top Trend

Surge in second-hand sees eBay save 87 million items from landfill

The Science-based Evidence to Ban Glyphosate and GMOs

Regeneration International

Unilever joins new carbon capture consortium in bid to eliminate virgin fossil carbon from laundry and cleaning

ECOCIDE LAW IS A “GAME-CHANGER” FOR BOARD DIRECTORS, SAYS INVESTOR NETWORK

WHY A FORMER CEO DOESN'T WANT YOU TO LOSE HOPE IN FASHION

CMA to scrutinise ‘green’ claims in sales of household essentials

EU to slap penalties on companies making false green claims, leaked documents reveal

DON'T BANK ON IT! Tell banks to stop financing fossil fuel expansion

Make My Money Matter

90% of businesses view carbon credits as crucial part of decarbonisation plans

Davos 2023: What you need to know about climate, nature and energy

World Economic Forum

The fashion exec’s guide to circularity

Scientists thought carbon emissions had peaked. They’ve never been higher.

The Washington Post

Survey: Half of UK professionals would consider working in sustainability

Nature is Trapped Within A Cage of Brackets, Will Leaders At COP15 Find the Strength to Break Them?

Capitals Coalition

Report: 2022 UK Brand Sustainability Benchmark Report

Decarbonisation over compensation: Inside Kingfisher’s five-point plan to reach net-zero by 2040

Safia Minney MBE on why business and finance need to go beyond ESG

Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell Ecosia

Global Carbon Budget: 50% chance that 1.5C is breached within the next nine years

One in five businesses forced to de-prioritise net-zero delivery as energy price crisis bites, edie survey finds

The big idea: stopping climate change isn’t enough – we need to reverse it

High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities

UK Plc gets first look at ‘gold standard’ for net-zero transition plans

"Not Just Carbon: Capturing All the Benefits of Forests for Stabilizing the Climate from Local to Global Scales "

World Resources Institute

Asos, Boohoo and Asda investigated over green claims

‘Embarrassing but welcome’: Green lawyers triumph as UK admits its net zero strategy is unlawful

Cost of living: Shell boss calls on government to tax oil and gas companies to protect poorest

The European Parliament calls on nation-states to develop a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

Fossil Fuel Treaty

Why we can’t tackle the environmental emergency without tackling racism

Reusable packaging – a revolution stuck in a rut

We've overexploited the planet, now we need to change if we're to survive

Why Businesses must take action on sustainable land use

World Economic Forum

IPCC issues 'bleakest warning yet' on impacts of climate breakdown

Fast Fashion's addiction to synthetic fibres

Ethical Consumer

Why Don't Developing Countries Develop?

Safia wins Green Pioneer PEA Award

by Safia Minney

Want to Know What a Just Transition to a Green Economy Looks Like?

'Overwhelming' backing for Strong Climate Action, UK Study Shows

Here’s how we can create 1.8 million green jobs

Regenerative farming shift could reduce UK climate emissions, say experts

DOES REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE HAVE A RACE PROBLEM?

UK FAILING TO PROTECT AGAINST CLIMATE DANGERS, ADVISERS WARN

DESGUPTA REVIEW: NATURE'S VALUE MUST BE INCLUDED IN ECONOMICS TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY

University of Cambridge

Should the Fashion Industry Declare a Climate, Ecological and Social Crisis?

hosted by REAL Sustainability and Business Declares

Why 'Feminine' Leadership is Needed in the Climate, Ecological and Social Crises

with Roopa Mehta (President World Fair Trade Organisation)

Farfetch Lays Out Ambitious 2030 Sustainability Goals

UK Government has 'No Plan' for Reaching Net-Zero, MPs Warn

Climate Action - The Countdown Continues

Hosted by Swedish Textile Initiative for Climate Action

Fashion's Circular Future

The 1.5-degree challenge

The Restorative 20s

The Paris Effect: How the Climate Agreement is Reshaping the Global Economy

More Than Just The Most Sustainable Planner…

by Safia Minney

We were told Joe Biden was the 'safe choice'. But it was risky to offer so little

Regenerative Leadership

THE FUTURE OF FASHION : A DISCUSSION BETWEEN ANDREW IBI & CARYN FRANKLIN MBE, CO-FOUNDERS OF FACE

Graduate Fashion Foundation

The Long Time Project

BUSINESS DECLARES: "WE ALL FELT IF NOT NOW - WHEN?"

by Fiona Ellis of Business Declares

Sustainable Supply Chains Webinar – 29 July 2020 REAL Sustainability and Business Declares

Reducing UK Emissions - Progress Report to Parliament 2020 Committee on Climate Change

Updated Sustainability agenda to guide fashion leaders through COVID-19 crisis

Global Fashion Agenda

ZERO CARBON BRITAIN – RISING TO THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Leading the way towards a green recovery for the apparel and footwear sector

Global Fashion Agenda

Stepping up

by Caryn Franklin

Unaccountable: The Role of Accountancy Firms in International Financial Scandals

Global Financial Integrity

Fashion industry must cut resource use by 75%, experts warn

Creatives for Change

by Safia Minney

Carney says business must come clean quickly on climate

“We used to get asked if organic wines contained any alcohol”

with Neil Palmer, co-founder of Vintage Roots

Top 8 actions to make your fashion business more sustainable

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