Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As governments prepare to weigh proposals for mandatory corporate nature disclosure rules at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit next week, the latest data from environmental disclosure platform CDP has highlighted the shortfalls of the currently purely voluntary approach.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 10, 2022

As biodiversity becomes a more integral part of corporate sustainability commitments, expect updated and new resources to help the journey. The rest is here: 5 biodiversity guidelines to watch in 2022.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

New report warns biodiversity degradation is set to have significant economic and financial implications. Biodiversity loss poses risks of similar, and perhaps greater magnitude to many countries, while it is also clear that climate and biodiversity are interlinked and often self-reinforcing issues.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Here is the original post: 15 things biodiversity protectors are watching out for in 2022. In some cases the conservation horizon looks like it came out of SciFi novel but they could be the key to saving out planet.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

China and UN confirm plans to split key negotiations for potential global treaty for biodiversity into two parts, with virtual talks set for October followed by in-person meeting next year. We need to tackle the biodiversity crisis head on, and this delay will not mean taking our foot off the pedal," he said. "As

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 25, 2023

What do crayons, satellites, and marine biodiversity have in common? The team hoped that this feature would spark curiosity in learning more about marine biodiversity. The Crayons of the Seas project by SKY Perfect JSAT , one of Asia’s largest satellite communication companies based in Japan.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Colombia to host hybrid Biodiversity PreCOP. The Kunming Summit has been postponed repeatedly in response to the coronavirus crisis, further fuelling fears that governments are not doing enough to enhance biodiversity protection, despite the world missing nearly all the targets it set at the Aichi Summit over a decade ago.

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Business Green

JULY 4, 2022

Banking giant takes a stab at caclulating biodiversity impacts of its financing activities for first time, as it looks to meet requirements of new French nature reporting law. From there, it calculated its own headline biodiversity footprint.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

The project aims to determine the viability of the initiative and to evaluate the potential positive biodiversity impact of scaling up the initiative. Climate change is becoming the biggest driver of biodiversity loss, and a substantial expansion of offshore wind is central to tackling these interlinked crises.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 29, 2022

At the last United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15), which ended on December 19 in Montreal, countries managed to adopt a new global framework to "halt and reverse" the collapse of biodiversity on Earth by 2030.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

Defra promises 'robust, evidence led process' to set in statute air, water, waste and biodiversity targets by the end of October 2022. And, the government said it would explore targets to restore and create wildlife-rich habitats in protected sites with a view to increasing species populations and improving marine biodiversity.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 28, 2022

With biodiversity loss in freefall, central banks and financial regulators must address the sectors most harmful to both nature and the climate, argues Maud Abdelli. 2022 saw pressure build on UK banks and financial regulators and supervisors to take urgent action to integrate climate and nature into financial decision-making.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

The final scheduled negotiation was hoped to conclude a multi-year process to bring protection to marine biodiversity through a new, High Seas Treaty. All efforts must be devoted in the coming months to secure this long-awaited treaty in 2022; a goal expressed by many governments that committed to the High Ambition Coalition.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Quite apart from its seemingly frosty reception with global investors, the government’s Growth Plan 2022 policy statement also elicited bafflement from environmental commentators, many of whom seemed dismayed by its apparent “dash for gas”, and volte face on protecting the environment.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Investment and insurance giant teams up with green groups to study climate and biodiversity impacts on 600 hectares of AXA-owned forest in France. This programme is also part of our global strategy to fight global warming and preserve biodiversity.".

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 23, 2023

“Stay the course” may be the key message coming out of the convulsing, confounding year that was 2022. You’ll also find data and commentary on the state of biodiversity, from our partners at S&P Global; and on green jobs and careers, from LinkedIn.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Research estimates early-stage investment in start-ups launched to safeguard biodiversity rose by 130 per cent between 2020 and 2022

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Both S&P Global Ratings and Bloomberg rank biodiversity among the top ESG themes for 2021, the latter naming Fidelity International and AXA Investment Managers as examples of firms that have made it a priority. Subscribe here.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In 2022 this has led us to stories that have unmasked all manner of trickery: from the minutiae of misleading stickers marketing “hydrogen-ready” boilers to the sinister presence of sanctioned coal barons at this year’s COP27 climate summit. The post Editor’s Pick: Top DeSmog UK Stories of 2022 appeared first on DeSmog.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Set to be finalized in early 2022, the GBF’s draft sets out targets for protecting marine and land habitats, reducing pesticides and plastic waste, and increasing investments. More: The UN’s Global Biodiversity Framework could be ‘Paris Agreement for nature’.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

UK aid from the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund earmarked for six projects in fragile ecosystems around the world. Our Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will invest in six of the most environmentally critical landscapes, spanning 18 countries across the globe, to help to combat climate change and protect rare and endangered species.".

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Data collected by industry, government, and academics across seven countries - including 50,000 seabed samples - is to be deployed as part of efforts to ensure the expansion of offshore wind projects delivers a net gain for marine biodiversity. Both apps have been made publicly available.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the cornerstones of this strategy is to develop a coherent Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N) to function as a connected system through ecological corridors with natural and semi-natural areas, which, if appropriately managed, can deliver a wide range of benefits for biodiversity and people.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

UKRI offers funding to four major scientific projects across UK exploring net zero cities, agricultural resilience, and biodiversity loss. We rely on the biodiversity of the planet's ecosystem to provide oxygen, pollination of plants, food and much more, making this a crucial time to act.".

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

The inventors of an innovative building material for sea walls are finalists in the European Inventor Award 2022. The EPO will announce the European Inventor Award 2022 winner during a ceremony on 21 June. It’s a jump that we were planning and preparing towards. She’s greatly missed.”.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2021

The supermarket announced this morning it planned to ban all peat compost from its shelves from 2022 in response to customer demand for peat-free options, noting that sales of compost had skyrocketed during the pandemic. Restoring peatland is vital to tackling climate change and boosting biodiversity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Five major supermarkets have pledged to halve the environmental impact of UK shopping baskets by 2030 and step up efforts to halt biodiversity loss after signing up to WWF's Retailers' Commitment for Nature. warming trajectory across all emissions scopes by the end of 2022.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Catch up on all the latest news, top speakers and in-depth discussion from day one of BusinessGreen's Net Zero Festival.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 11, 2022

An updated guide to the intergovernmental negotiations taking place in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, that have a crucial role to play in halting biodiversity loss and restoring nature.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Catch up on all the latest news, top speakers and in-depth discussion from day two of BusinessGreen's Net Zero Festival.

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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Nestlé has pledged that its sources of "key" commodities, including palm and soy, will be deforestation-free by 2022. Degrees C" pledge in September 2019: A plan to switch the company’s entire global vehicle fleet to "lower emission options" by 2022. It’s at 90 percent currently.).

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2022

The world stands no chance of solving the climate crisis, unless we also turn the tide on the ongoing decimation nature and biodiversity. which took place virtually in March 2022, are available to watch back on demand for delegates signed up to on demand. Their conversation can be watched back in full again above.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This year saw nearly a two-fold increase in abstracts utilizing Planet data through our various Science Programs over last year, with 130 posters and talks covering a huge array of topics, including: Quantifying the extent and drivers of global forest loss using the combined power of PlanetScope and Sentinel-2 Integrating field- and space-based data (..)

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2022

"Protecting our forests, oceans and species is essential for our economy and survival but time is running out to rapidly scale up the finance for nature that is critical to deliver an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework," he said. There is no silver bullet.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 13, 2021

The summit has been postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic and is expected to be rescheduled a third time for early 2022. Original post: UN outlines biodiversity plan to reverse climate change. However, it is still subject to scrutiny by governments and decision-makers before the U.N. summit to be held in Kunming China.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

Firm doubles funding for programme designed to help ensure new offshore wind products have minimal environmental impacts The Crown Estate has today revealed that its Offshore Wind Evidence and Change (OWEC) Programme backed 15 new projects to the tune of £14m in 2022, bringing the total number of projects supported to 27.

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