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Beyond the ESG Checkbox: How Businesses Can Profit from True Sustainability
Sustainability needs more than ideals—it needs a strategy that drives business value. This ‘pragmatic idealism’ aligns bold goals with financial gains, making sustainability essential, not optional.
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Stop Overthinking and Start Slicing: What Elephants, Pumpkins, and Salami Teach Us About Effective Change
Have you ever tried to eat a whole salami at once? Probably not. So, how do you go about it? You slice it into small, manageable...
How Capacity Building Can Break the Debt Cycle and Help Poor Countries Grow
Triggered by two recent publications—the OECD’s Handbook on Due Diligence for Enabling Living Incomes and Wages in Agriculture,...
Why Regulation Alone Won’t Solve Deforestation: Uncovering the Socio-Economic Roots
What if the real cause behind deforestation isn't just illegal logging or inadequate regulations, but the very foundation of our...
Can Usain Bolt Sprint a Marathon? Why We’re Exhausting Ourselves by Sprinting Through Life—and How to Stop
Are you rushing through life, feeling drained and overwhelmed? Learn how adopting a marathoner's pace can help you avoid...
From Middle-earth to the Boardroom: The Power of Action
This time, just some philosophical thought for the weekend. While watching The Fellowship of the Ring, the first movie in The...
Don’t Let the EUDR Extension Fool You: Why Waiting Could Cost Your Business
The European Commission has proposed adding an extra 12 months to the phasing-in period for the EU Deforestation Regulation...
EUDR Won’t Wait: A Roadmap for Industry and Government to Support Smallholders Now
In recent weeks, there has been a surge of requests from various organisations and industry groups for delays in the...
The Surging Price of Coffee: Who Really Wins and Who Loses?
This morning, as I sat down with my usual cup of espresso, I couldn't ignore the latest headlines about the surging price of...
Digitising Smallholder Value Chains: The Game Changer We Must Not Ignore
Is it enough to just comply with regulations like the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) to protect our planet and support those...
The Global Green Paradox: When Environmental Policies Overlook the Little Guy
As we find ourselves on the first page of a new calendar, the echoes of midnight's celebrations still lingering, reflection...
Unveiling the Reality: EU Deforestation Regulation and Its Impact on Smallholders
Have you ever wondered how well-intentioned policies affect those at the grassroot level? The European Union's latest "EU...
Ethiopia’s Coffee Crisis: EU’s Deforestation Regulation Impact
Are big coffee buyers leaving Ethiopia? Is Ethiopia's coffee business at risk because of European rules? Why? When I heard that...
Peter Horsten
Trusted advisor, investor, consultant, (sports)coach, mentor, husband, father, photographer, triathlete ….
After studying, I entered the business world in 1993. My youth and career have shaped me into who I am today
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