FROM FLOODS TO HEATWAVES: BRITISH FOOD PRODUCERS FACE NEW ERA OF ‘CLIMATE WHIPLASH’

FROM FLOODS TO HEATWAVES: BRITISH FOOD PRODUCERS FACE NEW ERA OF ‘CLIMATE WHIPLASH’

Extreme swings between flooding and drought are putting Britain’s food supply under growing pressure, with UK farms and producers facing up to 49% more extreme hot days by 2050 Extreme swings between flooding and drought are putting Britain’s food supply under growing pressure, with UK farms and producers facing up to 49% more extreme hot […]

Jonathan Horrell joins SmartResilience as Commercial Advisor for Food & Beverage

Jonathan Horrell joins SmartResilience as Commercial Advisor for Food & Beverage

SmartResilience, the climate risk software company helping organisations manage and reduce climate-related physical risk, today announced that Jonathan Horrell has joined the company as a Commercial Advisor for the Food & Beverage sector. Jonathan brings more than three decades of senior sustainability and corporate affairs experience across FTSE-100 and Fortune 500 businesses in the food, industrial and […]

Rising flood losses expose growing climate risk gap for UK businesses

Rising flood losses expose growing climate risk gap for UK businesses

How Sainsbury’s acted early to narrowly avoid £3m in damages in one day UK retailers are facing mounting financial pressure from climate-related disruption, with flooding emerging as a growing risk to store operations, supply chains and availability. A run of extreme weather events in recent years – including storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin – has […]