The final features and articles are still being finalised, but below is a glimpse at some of the analysis that next month’s magazine will contain.
London 26/10/12
The November issue will feature a 12-page management briefing on agriculture, focusing on technology, innovation and productivity.
First the briefing will delve into the issue of food security. It will highlight and review the different available food production systems ranging from agroecology (i.e., organic) to biotech, including GM, tissue culture and marker assisted selection.
The next section will review the background to GM and why it has been so controversial, outlining where things stand right now in the EU and what impact this has had on biotech pioneers. It touches upon what is now a now part of a new wave of GM development – the sophisticated “green gene” technology.
The final section will consist of a detailed case study on Brazil and the balance between smallholder farmer support and big agriculture producers. It will outline how the lessons learned in Brazil can be developed and made relevant for sub-Saharan Africa.
The November issue will also have a feature on how small innovative companies are developing sustainable products and business models. The field of sustainability is abuzz with start-up companies and it’s these companies’ products and processes that are promising radical shifts. The feature examines some of the challenges around sustaining a good idea – and asks how companies can keep their entrepreneurial buzz while getting sustainable ideas to scale.
November’s EthicsWatch section reviews how Puma’s Environment, Profit and Loss reporting has developed, a year on from its birth. Including an exclusive interview with Puma’s executive chairman Jochen Zeitz, our story will focus on what Puma has learned, the key challenges the company has faced, and how it has extended EP&L reporting to product level.
EthicsWatch will also have a focus on collapse of Australian pulp and paper company Gunns. It will review the background to the company’s controversial proposed paper mill in Tasmania – which now looks destined never to open. We’ll examine the effect of multistakeholder opposition and consider whether another company might take over the mill’s licence and build it.
At the recent Procter & Gamble AGM a new extended producer responsibility (EPR) proposal was promoted by both SRI groups and NGOs. It only received a support of 5.8%. This article looks at what shareholder resolutions have achieved, and where they can be most effective.
The final section of EthicsWatch focuses on reef destruction. It will consider whether the massive coral loss and bleaching evident at the Great Barrier Reef – subject of new research – is being replicated throughout the world’s oceans. We’ll ask what’s causing this, and whether it is too late to halt the destruction.
In our review sections next month’s issue we will focus on the new sustainability reports from McDonald’s and Merck, as well as the usual round up of academic research and new books.
There is also Paul French on the latest from China plus topical and insightful business analysis from Mallen Baker, Jon Entine, Toby Webb and Peter Knight.
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