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3 big trends headlining a tumultuous year in food

GreenBiz

dairy brand that committed to going carbon-negative by 2025 ? The twist: No one disputes that these efforts will be good for soil health. But do regenerative methods sequester as much carbon as advocates claim? If so, should we be building an offsets market around soil credits? Far less, in many cases.

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AstraZeneca to tap low carbon heat from East Anglia biogas CCS project

Business Green

Pharmaceuticals giant teams up with Future Biogas to help develop 125GWh biomethane plant fitted with carbon capture technology. Through such collaborations, we're making progress on our ambition to become carbon zero across our operations by end of 2025 and carbon negative across our value chain by 2030.".

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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. The inclusion of biodiversity is part of Textile Exchange's Climate+ strategy, which focuses on urgent climate action and recognizes that soil health, water and biodiversity will play a key role in this transition. New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. Liesl Truscott.

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Could a Scottish basalt quarry help turbocharge the carbon cycle?

Business Green

There are high hopes the rock could play a major role in the industrial-scale carbon removal scientists have warned is required to slow spiralling global temperatures. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

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Nature takes root on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

We see customers demanding action on carbon emissions, investment firms structuring new green products and governments developing regulations to support the transition to a sustainable future. Its framework excludes areas such as plastics in the oceanic food chain and the loss of soil fertility. Richard Mattison.

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Timber, carbon offsets and ESG: Why investors are piling into the UK forestry market

Business Green

Thanks to growing interest in environmental social and governance (ESG) funds, investors are rapidly moving into the sector, keen to improve the green credentials of their portfolios while also capitalising on the burgeoning financial opportunities provided by sustainable timber and carbon offsetting schemes.

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'Incredibly risky': Campaigners urge policy-makers not to be seduced by unproven CCS

Business Green

Advocates of BECCS argue that by sourcing sustainable biomass feedstocks for power plants and then capturing the resulting emissions, the technology can deliver both reliable renewable power and negative emissions.

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