GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

And then 2020 happened. Indeed, for many of the world’s largest companies, sustainability is seen as key to minimizing risk, increasing resilience, enhancing competitiveness and unlocking new opportunities. What we saw were companies continuing to make commitments, form alliances and reach new levels of achievement in sustainability.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Planet Sustainability Summit will be convening on October 15th as part of the Explore 2020 conference. The Sustainability Summit will be part of the Planet Explore 2020 conference, our largest event of the year, which will draw thousands of online participants from a broad array of fields, geographies and disciplines.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. Clouse Thu, 03/04/2021 – 02:11 Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. But with the recent pullback in the overall venture market, we've expanded our scope to understand the dynamics and resilience in climate tech.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Wed, 06/17/2020 - 00:30. The project, managed by Wetlands International, already has improved the district’s climate resilience, protecting communities from coastal flooding and absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Encourage investment in nature-based solutions. They also provide critical habitat for biodiversity.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As first part of landmark COP15 UN biodiversity summit kicks off, string of reports makes case for more drastic action to protect biodiversity. Let's make the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework the starting blocks to a nature-positive world by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

George Monbiot's latest book, Regenesis , is the latest in a string of studies to warn how essentially extractive agricultural practices are damaging soils and biodiversity to such an extent that food security is being threatened. The outlook is certainly worrying. Riverford Organic Farms founder Guy Singh-Watson | Credit: Riverford.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers. "The

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2021

The bank, which is headquartered in Leeds, is aiming to unlock £40bn in private investment in crucial waste, water, transport, energy, and digital projects using an initial budget of £12bn of equity and debt capital and £10bn in government guarantees, the government said.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats. Within Asia, the energy transition is marked by robust demand driven by economic growth amidst climate threats and challenges to infrastructure resilience.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €49 million (US$55.6 The EIB support will enable INBRE to restore the water management infrastructure of the Arno River to improve the region’s climate resilience, including via the reforestation of adjacent areas. From 2019 to 2020, the EIB Group provided €23 billion (US$26.1

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

Top government figures have offered yet further strong signals that they view boosting the green economy as a top priority for the UK's Covid-19 recovery strategy, with Boris Johnson today urging investment in "industries, infrastructure and jobs that will endure any storm". — Boris Johnson #StayAlert (@BorisJohnson) June 5, 2020.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 12, 2020

Episode 224: Biodiversity, climate tech and voices of clean energy equity Heather Clancy Fri, 06/12/2020 – 02:15 Week in Review Stories discussed this week. Ideas for building a supply chain resilient to both short-term disruptions such as the pandemic and long-term risks such as climate change. Can’t join live?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Ministers should urgently 'make a clear statement of ambition' on climate and flood resilience, UK climate, infrastructure and insurance experts warn. The letter welcomes efforts from the government to invest in flood protection, including a pledge to invest £4bn in flood defences over the next five years.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2021

Facebook, which announced it had reached net zero emissions earlier this year , claims to have invested in a number of new ways to make its data centers more water and energy efficient over the past decade, while the firm's entire global footprint of offices and data centers have been supported by 100 per cent renewable energy since last year.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 20, 2024

Food insecurity According to a study from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health , one in four young adults in 2020 faced food insecurity, with Gen Z adults being twice as likely. This makes securing equitable access to affordable, climate resilient and healthy food a personal issue for our generation.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective carbon sequestration solutions. . We were hoping [2020] would be a big year for forests and nature." (The

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

As part of the initiative, launched late last week, the CEOs of McCain Foods, McDonald's, Waitrose & Partners, Olam, and PepsiCo have produced a joint action plan detailing how to boost adoption of regenerative farming practices globally, in a bid to reduce the food system's significant impacts on climate and biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2020

Sun, 07/12/2020 - 17:56. SASB has a new CEO — Guillot — who joined SASB five years ago after a decade on the investing side with Barclays and CalPERS, and who came to her CEO job with a strong working relationship with Mohin. Finance & Investing. GRI and SASB are collaborating. Is that good news for companies? Joel Makower.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

The coronavirus crisis demonstrates the "critical need" for Europe to strengthen the resilience of its economy against climate and environmental threats, the European Commission said today, as it set the ball rolling towards finalising a new Sustainable Finance Strategy for the continent in 2020.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Today a 600-page Review on the Economics of Biodiversity aims to similarly influence opinion on how best to turn the tide on the ongoing destruction of the natural world, which it warns threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of humanity unless transformative action is urgently taken to address market and governmental failures.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. We need to build resilience into both physical and social structures of our cities.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2022

If the government is serious about tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, it should make it compulsory for UK financial institutions and companies to only invest in forest-risk commodities, such as soy, beef, and palm oil, that meet a clear sustainability threshold, an independent taskforce of experts has warned.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2021

New High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People established in support of '30 by 30' goal, which comes ahead of crucial COP15 biodiversity summit this year. Costa Rica's minister for environment and energy Andrea Meza said he hoped more countries would join the High Ambition Coalition in the run up to the COP25 Biodiversity Summit.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

Roadbuilding bonanza - A major £27bn investment in roadbuilding between 2020 and 2025 was announced, in what Sunak dubbed "the largest ever investment in England's strategic roads". The government may argue new roads are needed for the planned all-electric UK fleet, but green groups were still furious at the move.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Urgent action is needed to shift food and agriculture from a driver of climate change and biodiversity loss to a solution, with positive outcomes for producers, companies and consumers. We cannot choose between food security and environmental sustainability – they are one and the same. The good news?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The pharmaceuticals company announced it has invested £1.9m The pharmaceuticals company announced it has invested £1.9m The initiative is designed to create green spaces to support the physical and mental wellbeing of local communities, while boosting biodiversity. By 2025, AstraZeneca aims to have planted 1.3

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

In a resolution that secured strong backing from MEPs on Friday with 505 votes in favour and 119 against, the European Parliament demanded the EU revise its post-2020 budget in the wake of Covid-19, and said economic recovery plans must have a strong social and environmental focus.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

Since 2011, annual global energy transition investment (renewable energy, CCS, electrified transport, hydrogen, electrified heat, energy storage) has almost doubled, from $290b to $501b. Clearly the green finance revolution has taken the world by storm, with investment in low-carbon energy remaining robust throughout the pandemic.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The Prime Minister is being urged by his own father to establish a target to reverse the decline of species and habitats into law, as part of a major campaign launched this morning geared at tackling escalating rates of biodiversity loss in the UK. It's clear that promises are simply not enough. "Our

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

To create fairer, greener and more resilient economies at home and around the world. That is why, as hosts of COP26 , the UK wants to ramp up ambition to achieve a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. These are: clean energy, clean transport, nature-based solutions, adaptation and resilience, and underpinning everything, finance.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

Although COVID-19 has paused some of these activities, the organization sees this multifaceted support as an investment in a local workforce that will then have the knowledge and skills to continue the important work of tree-planting for building healthier communities. They are like utilities," McPherson said. Measuring impact.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2023

At the end of last year, Schroders' economics and investment teams published the five key macro trends they expect to define the coming years as we move into a new economic regime. Sarah Woodfield, an active ownership manager and Schroders' engagement lead for biodiversity and nature, attended the COP15 UN biodiversity summit in December.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

One points towards a greener, more resilient economy characterised by stronger rules and incentives for high carbon industries to put their future on a net zero footing. Indeed, governments and investors building new coal plants may never recover their investment, which typically takes between 15-20 years to recoup, it contends.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

The crucial UN climate change summit due to take place in Glasgow in November 2020 has been postponed until next year, amid huge uncertainty and public safety concerns surrounding the escalating coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations alongside the UK and Italian governments confirmed today.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2020

This announcement follows the success of the second auction which closed in June 2020 and saw 27 contracts offered by the Forestry Commission to help stimulate the creation of 1,517 hectares of new woodland specifically to help combat climate change. Apply for the Guarantee here.

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