Here’s our new management briefing on what companies can do to minimise their deforestation footprints, work with NGOs and manage legal and reputational risk.
It features contributions from Greenpeace, TFT, Marks & Spencer, Neste Oil, Canopy, Robertsbridge and many others. There’s some really useful insight in there into how to deal with risk, manage transparency, engage stakeholders and work with NGOs.
http://www.slideshare.net/Tobiaswebb/if-deforestation-briefing-final
How business can tackle deforestation – Innovation Forum management briefing September 2014 from Tobias Webb
Upcoming Innovation Forum events in 2014:
Collaborate effectively with suppliers and NGOs, understand policy and enforcement trends
28th-29th October, 2014, London. More details here.
With: Unilever, Lord Mandelson, Greenpeace, Nestle, Wilmar, TFT, ADM, Mondelez, M&S, Waitrose, and many others
How to effectively engage stakeholders in frontier markets (emerging markets)
An exclusive two-day executive training workshop, certified by the CSR Training Institute
30-31 October, 2014, London. More details here.
With direct experience from: Arcelor Mittal, BP, Anglo American, Rexam, Golden Star, BHP Billiton, Shell, and many others
Business and human rights (Lots of coverage of License to Operate issues)
How to get beyond policy, manage risk and build relationships
10 November, 2014, London. More details here. (In Association with the Institute of Human Rights and Business)
With: John Lewis, Nestle, First State Investments, Aviva, RBS, ABB, Ericsson, Novartis, PUMA, the Economist, Oxfam and many others.
I'm Tobias Webb, founder of Innovation Forum and Sustainable Wine. I write on this blog, with others, about areas of interest to me in supply chains, circular economy and sustainability in general. I hope you find it useful. I've worked in sustainability for about 20 years, and work with large companies, NGOs and governments all over the world. I often act as facilitator, at our conferences, and other meetings, either private or multi-stakeholder. I also work as a 'critical friend' advisor to companies on strategy and stakeholder engagement. I have a separate wine website on sustainability in wine at 
