The insurance companies have stopped covering certain risks. Supply chains are breaking. New legislation is rewriting business models. Yet most organisations are still treating climate and operational risk as a future problem.

In this episode, Will Richardson explores why corporate risk management has lagged behind market reality — and what needs to shift in how boards measure, weight, and act on climate and operational risk.

We break down:

• Why risk assessment frameworks built 20 years ago don't work anymore
• What the insurance market collapse tells us about exposure
• How to integrate climate risk into capital allocation decisions
• The three concrete moves organisations are already making (and gaining competitive advantage because of it)
• What your CFO and board actually need to know

Whether you're in financial services, supply chain, or the C-suite, this conversation is about business resilience, not environmental compliance.

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This week in sustainability, four major climate regulation retreats happened in a single week. The SEC proposed scrapping US climate disclosure rules. Brazil went voluntary. New York pushed back its climate goals. And California handed oil refiners $4 billion in free carbon allowances.

But here is the bigger story: oil crossed $114 a barrel, Russia suspended jet fuel exports, and Bloomberg Green is now reporting a 67% chance of a Super El Niño arriving in 2027. The last major one caused $5.7 trillion in global GDP losses. For Food and Beverage businesses with supply chains in the tropics, that risk is not abstract — it is near-term and material.

In this week's top 10 we cover all of this plus:

- Why Burberry pushing net zero back 10 years is actually a measurement story

- The UK net zero economy supporting 1.1 million jobs

- How AI data centres are already hitting energy and water limits in Europe

- What $479 billion in global clean energy trade tells you about investment direction

- And why PepsiCo, ADM and McCain stepping up regenerative farming matters for your supply chain

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STORY 10 — Circular economy / Vinted Math

Source: edie.net, 1 and 2 June 2026

URLs:

https://www.edie.net/why-vinted-math-shows-the-circular-economy-is-shaping-everyday-shopping/

https://www.edie.net/can-policy-make-circularity-cost-competitive-with-fast-fashion/

STORY 9 — Regenerative agriculture: PepsiCo, ADM, McCain

Source: edie.net, 2 June 2026

URL: https://www.edie.net/pepsico-adm-and-mccain-how-industry-giants-are-ramping-up-regenerative-farming/

STORY 8 — AI climate value $600bn / data centre limits

Source: OneStop ESG, 1 June 2026

URLs:

https://onestopesg.com/esg-news/ai-climate-sustainability-opportunity

https://onestopesg.com/esg-news/europe-ai-data-centre-water-energy-constraints

STORY 7 — Bezos Earth Fund off track

Source: edie.net, 1 June 2026

URL: https://www.edie.net/bezos-earth-fund-off-track-to-meet-10bn-giving-target/

STORY 6 — Food price shocks baked into UK system

Source: edie.net, 1 June 2026

URL: https://www.edie.net/treasury-launches-tariff-review-as-food-price-shocks-get-baked-in-to-uk-system/

STORY 5 — Burberry delays net zero by a decade

Source: edie.net, 1 June 2026

URL: https://www.edie.net/burberry-delays-net-zero-target-by-a-decade-amid-revised-emissions-data/

STORY 4 — UK net zero supports 1.1 million jobs

Source: edie.net, 2 June 2026

URL: https://www.edie.net/report-net-zero-supports-over-a-million-uk-workers/

STORY 3 — Global clean energy trade $479bn; global energy investment $3.4trn

Source: edie.net, 1 June 2026

URLs:

https://www.edie.net/report-global-clean-energy-trade-rose-to-479bn-in-2025/

https://www.edie.net/global-energy-investment-set-to-hit-3-4trn-as-clean-power-leads-fossil-fuels/

STORY 2 — Regulatory retreats: SEC, Brazil, New York, California

Sources:

ESG Today, 1 June 2026 — https://www.esgtoday.com/sec-launches-formal-process-to-rescind-corporate-climate-reporting-rules/

ESG Today, 1 June 2026 — https://www.esgtoday.com/brazil-shifts-from-mandatory-to-voluntary-sustainability-reporting/

ESG Today, 1 June 2026 — https://www.esgtoday.com/new-york-governor-hochul-signs-budget-pushing-back-state-climate-goals/

OneStop ESG, 1 June 2026 — https://onestopesg.com/esg-news/california-carbon-market-free-allowances-revision

Bloomberg Green, 1 June 2026

STORY 1 — Iran war / $114 oil / Russia jet fuel / Super El Nino

Sources:

Semafor Flagship, 1 and 2 June 2026

Semafor Energy, 2 June 2026

Bloomberg Green, 1 June 2026

MIND-BLOWING FACT 1 — Super El Nino 67% / $5.7tn GDP loss

Source: Bloomberg Green, 1 June 2026

MIND-BLOWING FACT 2 — Reform UK voters prefer solar over fracking

Source: edie.net, 1 June 2026

URL: https://www.edie.net/reform-voters-prefer-solar-to-fossil-fuels-according-to-poll/

MIND-BLOWING FACT 3 — 2027 forecast as hottest year / 2024 at 1.5C

Source: Bloomberg Green, 1 June 2026

SBTi has quietly halved the minimum emissions reductions companies need to hit by 2030 — no announcement, no press release, just an appendix edit. That's story #2 this week. Story #1? Oil hit $114 a barrel and the IEA has declared the fossil fuel industry "broken forever."

This week's top 10 sustainability stories ranked by what the world is talking about — including the EU's 70% CSRD simplification, a $67 billion clean energy merger, Big Tech locking in 2GW+ of renewables, and why 98% of AI data centre energy is unaccounted for.

If you run a business, advise organisations on sustainability, or work in Food & Beverage or Media and Marketing, these are the stories shaping strategy right now.

TIMESTAMPS:

• 00:00 — Hook: SBTi cuts 2030 targets
• 00:30 — Intro
• 01:00 — #10: Germany drops fossil heating phase-out
• 01:30 — #9: CDP $900bn extreme weather losses
• 02:00 — #8: GHG Protocol appoints first CEO
• 02:30 — #7: Carbon removal goes mainstream
• 03:00 — #6: Big Tech clean energy deals
• 03:30 — #5: NextEra acquires Dominion $67bn
• 04:00 — #4: EU CSRD simplified 70%
• 04:30 — #3: AI data centre energy — 98% unaccounted for
• 05:00 — #2: SBTi halves 2030 targets
• 05:45 — #1: Iran war, $114 oil, IEA "broken forever"
• 07:00 — Top 3 mind-blowing environmental facts

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