Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

CEOs of leading food retailers commit to halving the impact of UK shopping baskets by 2030, in line with WWF goals. 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.

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 25, 2023

What do crayons, satellites, and marine biodiversity have in common? In addition to the inspired color palette, the packaging was designed to provide information like the location pictured in the satellite imagery and the environmental issues facing those waters. As we say at Planet, you cannot measure what you cannot see.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The university outlined a staggered approach to divestment through to 2030, and said it will invest instead in renewable energy. The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

By 2030 the company said every drink it produces would require 30 per cent less water to make than it does today, and that it would have a net positive water impact in key water stressed areas and communities.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In Europe we are in a critical biodiversity situation, which climate change is accelerating,” Daniel Hering, professor of aquatic ecology at the University of Duisburg-Essen, told DeSmog. Without such an ambitious legislation, it will not be possible to bend the curve of declining biodiversity.”

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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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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Peacock will sell all of the electricity it generates under a long-term power purchase agreement to Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC , which produces materials used to manufacture clothes, food containers, packaging, agricultural film and construction materials.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

For the vast majority of countries, recovery spending has been relatively low and not particularly green, according to the report, with any benefits from the greener elements contained in stimulus packages often undermined by concurrent fossil fuel and consumer-focused spending program. percent is likely to increase net air pollution.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Hopes that the COP15 Biodiversity Summit would usher a new era of mandatory nature risk and dependency reporting at companies received a blow this morning, after the first official draft of the new global pact for nature stopped short of calling on countries to make nature-related disclosures a legal obligation.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

high-profile UK companies announced plans to work together to halt and reverse the decline of nature by 2030 and commit to becoming 'Nature Positive'. "If Separately, today the World Economic Forum is set to launch a new global initiative designed to reach 100 million farmers with net zero and nature positive innovations by 2030.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

Unveiling its updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy yesterday, Carlsberg set out plans to achieve a of flurry of new green targets over the next two decades, including a target to achieve a zero carbon footprint across its business worldwide - including all of its breweries - by 2030.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The global business group today published its new Nature Benchmark , just days ahead of the report being presented at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal which kicks off on Wednesday. Similarly, less than one per cent of the companies assessed were deemed to have a good understanding of how their operations depend on nature.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new global policy and reporting framework is urgently required to help mobilise the billions of dollars of investment in nature-related projects needed to deliver on global climate and biodiversity goals. But there is a continuing lack of clarity over how best to manage and expand the still nascent nature-based finance sector.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The 10 Point Plan provides a clear vision for action, and I welcome the strong response to the plan from the international community with this significant increase in international public finance to protect our planet's biodiversity hotspots.".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Government should work quickly to publish its package of targets, using this extra time to ensure they are as strong as possible. This is set against a target of protecting 30% of the land and sea for nature by 2030, when currently just 3% of land and 8% of sea is effectively protected for nature in the UK, we expect more from government.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

The announcement comes less than a week after the government's climate advisory body, the Committee on Climate Change, urged the government to make a sweeping green building upgrade programme central to the UK's stimulus package, warning that the nation's 2050 net zero target was at risk if building energy efficiency efforts were not ramped up.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

Wetland International calls for protection of crucial ecosystems ahead of the delayed COP15 Biodiversity Summit. A series of five science-based targets to protect the world's wetlands by 2030 has been proposed by Wetland International ahead of the pre-COP15 negotiations in Nairobi this week.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts. BusinessGreen rounds up the initial reaction to the historic new accord.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

The government has published its official response to Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, confirming it will now require all national significant infrastructure projects in England to deliver biodiversity 'net gain' as it works to deliver a 'nature positive future' for the UK.

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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.

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 7, 2021

The Copernicus Masters ”See Change, Change the World” challenge is now open for submissions and everyone can apply with their ideas for a chance to win a free data package worth €125,000, technical and business support, and an exciting trip to San Francisco for Planet’s Explore 2022 Conference.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It has increased carbon capture and storage, biodiversity, and green jobs through work at its two estates – Bunloit and Beldorney. It also aims to become Net Zero by 2030. in Cupar, Fife, has used innovative greenkeeping practices to create a high-quality golf course, rich in biodiversity.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Coffey made the announcement on the sidelines of the COP15 Summit in Montreal, where she is taking part in high-level political negotiations on the terms of a new global pact that should result in a string of new targets and policies to reverse nature's decline by 2030. the letter states.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

2030 sustainability vision launched today by the beauty giant includes pledges to use only recycled or biobased packaging by the end of the decade and achieve carbon neutrality across its sites by 2025. Planetary boundaries are nine environmental 'red lines' that researchers have warned will compromise life on Earth if crossed.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

UK conservation coalition the Wildlife Trusts has launched a campaign to drum up public support for work to help nature recover across 30 per cent of the country's land and sea area by 2030.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Defra unveils sweeping package of biodiversity and habitat policies, designed to halt species decline and trigger £500m tree planting programme. We will be amending the Environment Bill to require an additional legally binding target for species for 2030, aiming to halt the decline of nature," Eustice said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Latest figures from UN add to growing library of evidence that global financial system needs a major revamp if biodiversity and climate goals are to be met. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit, kicking off next Wednesday in Montreal, is set to be no different. UN environment summits are increasingly about money.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

She shared valuable insights about integrating biodiversity conservation into the company's sustainability work. Today, every leader at General Mills will say that our top three priorities are greenhouse gas reductions, regenerative agriculture and packaging," Melendez shared. Here are some of her key learnings.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The government has today unveiled its hotly-anticipated suite of legally-binding environmental targets for England, confirming a sweeping package of goals to reverse species loss, increase tree cover, reduce waste, and tackle air and water pollution over the next two decades.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

While these developments signal growing enthusiasm and commitment to save the world's forests, we are still falling short of the global target to end deforestation by 2030, set by more than 100 world leaders at the COP26 Climate Summit in 2021. Every industry needs to do their part if vital climate and biodiversity goals are to be achieved.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

British supermarket giant Sainsbury's has stepped up its climate ambitions with a series of science-based commitments that will see it pledge to reduce its indirect Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030 and slash its direct Scope 1 and 2 emissions to net zero by 2040.

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Fairsnape

JULY 9, 2020

Over 40% of our green house gas emissions come from degraded peat Restoring our peatland habitat would give 37% of the mitigation need to meet Paris Agreement by 2030. Peatland plants and insects are as beautiful and important as the trees and biodiversity we find in forests and rewilded areas. This has to change.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

But long-term targets on water quality, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste prompt calls for greater ambition from environmental and business groups. Annual progress reports from the government and the new Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog would also have to be produced under the proposed legislation.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The multinational said it is to create a new Harmony Academy to provide farmers with a package of digital and on the ground training, as well as new digital tools to track the progress of the regenerative techniques they use.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The John Lewis Partnership has committed to ensuring the soy, palm oil, cocoa, beef, leather, timber, and man-made cellulosic materials in its own-brand products do not cause deforestation, as part of a new package of measures announced this morning designed to help nature and reduce carbon emissions.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

BusinessGreen speaks to delegates at COP15 about how the dash for cash to protect biodiversity will impact investors and business. Finance and Biodiversity Day at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit got off to an explosive start yesterday morning, after developing nations walked out of talks on finance in the wee hours of the morning.

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