Business Weekly
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On this edition of Business Weekly, we analyse the court battle between Shell and the environmental groups which claim the oil giant remains too focused on fossil fuels. We look at a different approach to tackle deforestation, and hear how an economic argument could help the Amazon rainforest. We also get an expert view on floundering UK clothing stores, doubly hit by the pandemic and our changing shopping habits. Could in-store cafes and leisure concessions be just the therapy the retail industry needs? We head to central London to hear the tales of a tailor - a master craftsman who cutting his cloth to suit the future of high-end business wear. And we’ve a lesson in why ‘email etiquette’ needs to be applied to even the shortest message. Business Weekly is presented by Sasha Twining and produced by Matthew Davies.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, if a week is a long time in politics, a day is a long time in business at the moment, |
| 0:06.1 | and it can be exhausting trying to keep up with all the latest developments. |
| 0:10.1 | That's why we've interrupted your Business Daily pod feed to bring you Business Weekly, |
| 0:14.4 | a new weekend programme which brings you an hour of the most interesting, inspiring and thought-provoking stories you might have missed from the BBC's business team. |
| 0:27.6 | Hello and welcome to this edition of Business Weekly with me, Sasha Twining. |
| 0:32.1 | On this week's programme, I'll take you to the heart of the Amazon rainforest, where economists hope a new way of assessing |
| 0:38.8 | the land might slow deforestation. We'll visit the studio of a master craftsperson, who in a |
| 0:45.7 | world of working from home is trying to look to the future of smart business tailoring. Plus, |
| 0:51.9 | we'll discuss what can be done to save UK retail in the week where |
| 0:56.7 | several well-known clothing shop brands put up the closed sign with thousands of workers |
| 1:02.9 | unsure of their fate. But first, we're going to start with what is a stark and succinct |
| 1:08.3 | warning on our planet and how we are treating it from the Secretary |
| 1:12.1 | General of the United Nations, Antonio Gutereris. He said humanity is waging a suicidal war on the |
| 1:20.6 | natural world. And in a speech argued, nature always strikes back and is doing so now with |
| 1:26.9 | gathering force and fury. |
| 1:29.2 | Let's face facts. The state of our planet is broken. Humanity is waging war on nature. |
| 1:36.5 | This is suicidal. Nature always strikes back and is doing so with gathering force and fury. |
| 1:42.8 | Biodiversity is collapsing, deserts are spreading, |
| 1:46.8 | oceans are choking with plastic waste. |
| 1:48.9 | In 30 years, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. |
| 1:52.2 | The central objective of the United Nations for 2021 |
| 1:55.3 | is to build a truly global coalition for carbon neutrality. |
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