This week the IEA used language it has never used before. The Iran War has created the largest oil supply disruption in the history of the global market. Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have dropped from 20 million barrels per day to a trickle. And the UK's Climate Change Committee just confirmed that delivering net zero costs less than a single fossil fuel price shock.
In this video I break down the 10 sustainability stories that every business leader and sustainability professional needs to know this week, ranked by what the world is covering most.
Here's what I cover:
00:00 Hook
00:30 #10 Flexible plastic packaging and the ocean plastic crisis
01:10 #9 Africa's energy poverty is getting worse, not better
01:50 #8 The UK's first PFAS forever chemicals strategy
02:30 #7 Internal carbon fees: 220+ companies, and F&B near the bottom
03:10 #6 Beer, hops and why F&B supply chains are under direct climate threat
03:50 #5 Biodiversity: $44 trillion of global GDP at risk
04:30 #4 US climate policy rollbacks and what they mean for global business
05:10 #3 UK nuclear reforms and 160M litres of SAF per reactor
05:50 #2 Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuels. The CCC just proved it.
06:30 #1 The Iran War and the largest oil supply disruption in global market history
07:30 Top 3 mind-blowing environmental facts of the week
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