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Each year, LRQA analyses key Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) trends impacting global businesses and supply chains.

COP28 features a number of agenda items concerning food and agriculture this year, highlighting the vital relationship between climate change and sustainable consumption.

On the build-up to COP28, Fotis Kampouris, LRQA Managing Director of Inspection Services, reflects on the energy transition and the journey towards sustainable practices.

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) is just weeks away, and this year's agenda will certainly focus more heavily on the private sector, and the critical role in cutting emissions and curbing the impacts of climate change.

COP28 is on the horizon, there is a global spotlight on the UAE hosting the event for the first time, carbon disclosure and other ESG legislation is increasing around the world, and LRQA hosted a client event in Dubai on sustainability.

The countdown to COP28 is well and truly on, and high on the agenda set out by the new president, Dr Sultan al-Jaber, is a global stocktake of progress made against the emissions commitments made in Paris seven years ago.

During a recent panel discussion at Europe’s leading #RISK expo in London our Nettitude CEO Karen Bolton explored key events that have shaped the cyber threat landscape in 2022 and looked ahead at what 2023 may bring.

Across the food sector, risk management professionals find themselves in something of a perfect storm.

From the pandemic to the microchip shortage, recent events have challenged long-established ‘just-in-time’ approaches and prompted businesses to rethink and transform their global supply chain models.

As businesses reach new levels of digitisation, enabled by faster connectivity, the use of data offers a significant opportunity to better monitor, analyse, predict, and mitigate risk.