AGreenLiving

JUNE 6, 2020

Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now William Ginn Sat, 06/06/2020 – 02:00 This is an excerpt from ” Valuing Nature ” by William J. Copyright 2020 William J. Reproduced here with permission from Island Press, Washington, D.C. Resistance to change is universal.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

APRIL 30, 2020

Join us for a discussion of innovation in agriculture and advocacy facilitated by Climate Solutions' Gregg Small. Mimi returned to Bethel Heights, then in 2016 left to grow and make wine at her home vineyard and living laboratory, Hope Well, a living model for a habitat-based regenerative model for agriculture. Drivers of Change.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals. degrees Celsius world, we’ll need a paradigm shift in the way we raise animals, and regenerative agriculture practices can and should be a part of the solution. To reach a 1.5

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Soybean production and cattle raising activities are linked to deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado region. Map your sourcing.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A living roof helps reduce stormwater runoff, purifies air, creates biodiversity, among other benefits. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 26(5), 999–1014. Credit: Ginkgo Sustainability. References: [1] Fromm, E. The anatomy of human destructiveness. Greenwich, CT. [2] 2] Wilson, E. Harvard University Press. [3]

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Amid these challenges, meeting the ambitions of the 2030 agenda will require us to redesign and optimize countless systems, from transport and agriculture to energy and manufacturing. Managing Ethical Supply Chains – Planet’s technology has been used to shine a light on illegal supply sourcing.

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Grist

MAY 25, 2021

The coordination hub for the new trials will consider the social, ethical, and legal issues related to removing carbon. The joy is that if it does sequester CO2 and lead to enhanced agricultural productivity, then everybody’s laughing,” said Hepburn. acres) of arable fields and grasslands. Large-scale tree planting.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The firm has also vowed to ensure all key raw materials in its own-brand products will be from "sustainable or recycled sources" by 2025, and to reduce the emissions produced by agricultural processes on its farm in Hampshire to net zero a year by 2024.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

We can expect to hear a lot about how the Agricultural Innovation Mission for Climate , or Aim4C, will be harnessing new technology – from big data to precision fertilizer – to slow ballooning emissions from agribusiness, and fight worsening global hunger. Protecting the Industrial Agriculture Status Quo. But the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In addition to on-site renewables and recycled cladding, the site features a Drive-Thru lane made from recycled tyres, kerb stones made from recycled plastic bottles, and a biodiversity garden and nature trail. The restaurant chain also plans to introduce a scorecard for assessing the ethics and sustainability of suppliers.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

APRIL 29, 2020

Join us for a discussion of innovation in agriculture and advocacy facilitated by Climate Solutions' Gregg Small. Mimi returned to Bethel Heights, then in 2016 left to grow and make wine at her home vineyard and living laboratory, Hope Well, a living model for a habitat-based regenerative model for agriculture. Drivers of Change.

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Low Impact

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Could you join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme? If you want to support local growers, but not necessarily get your hands dirty yourself, consider a Community Supported Agriculture scheme – another potential way to get your hands on locally and sustainably-grown food. They aim to make ethical the new normal.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

However, the wider focus on agricultural innovation is not without its merits. Meanwhile, a new Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) is due to launch in 2023 in a bid to help the farming sector further bolster its skills base.

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2022

Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth, destroys forests and other ecosystems and produces a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The reduced need for agricultural land would help stop deforestation and help protect biodiversity. The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. billion pigs, 0.65

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

To reach its conclusions, the non-profit assessed how companies across a range of industries - including the food and agriculture, oil and gas, automotive, and power sectors - fared against 18 different indicators related to respecting human rights, promoting and providing decent work, and ethical conduct in areas such as lobbying and taxation.

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GreenTech Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2020

It seems as though companies of all shapes and sizes are tripping over themselves trying to show conscientious consumers that they have a strong ethical focus and their sights set on sustainability. One Tree Planted have already planted over 15 million trees in just 6 years and are working hard to restore biodiversity to our arboreal life.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Related: We need to talk about farming, agriculture and emissions This isn’t Cream Co.’s sees the value of supporting independent ranchers and ensuring ethical treatment of animals. They’ve committed to a 10-year study that will verify how the land management is effectively improving the soil and biodiversity on the land.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

In our previous Green Business Bureau article, titled Carbon Offsets Vs Carbon Credits: Addressing The Issues (The 5 Rules of Carbon Offsetting) , we discuss the rules that ensure offsets deliver the GHG emission reductions promised, and do so ethically. Offset business emissions while reducing GHG emissions internally.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

As the population grows, we may see more demand for this land to be used for agriculture, parks and real estate. Said Pettersen at the 2020 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, “As a mother of a young child, it is incredible how concerned you become over the future of the planet, its biodiversity, air quality and climate.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The adoption of shorter, more transparent palm oil supply chains and working exclusively with suppliers that meet specific environmental, social and ethical standards has made it easier for the company to keep track of its palm oil supply chain, which the company said is no longer contributing to the destruction of tropical forests as a result.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

But Ecosia's work is increasingly evolving beyond planting trees to also consider the wider ecosystem they inhabit, including soils, mycelium, and biodiversity, and as Dembiski explains, the 'Sanctuary of the Unseen Forest' artwork provides a striking means of understanding that connectedness. "I

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

If you have an environmentally-minded investor or pension holder you are likely already aware that it stands for 'Environmental, Social and Governance', and that it is supposed to signal that your money is being put towards assets that are environmentally and ethically sound.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The concept of nature-based solutions broadly refers to working with and enhancing nature to address major challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss and poverty alleviation. At the moment, there is a lot of excitement about planting trees to absorb greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

It also advocates for net zero energy use in buildings through its Zero Code Initiative as well as promoting regenerative agriculture practices through its LandSmart program. This ensures both safety for consumers and ethical treatment of animals alike. The ILFI offers several certifications and credentials: Living Building Challenge.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

The production of genetically-modified foods can be controversial, but it can also offer benefits for increasing yields and easing pressure on land, water and biodiversity. I'm a sociologist based at a research group at the University of Reading looking at the future of agriculture.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

This lifecycle starts with the sourcing of natural resources via agriculture, to the distribution of ingredients to manufacture food items, and then the transportation of these food items across the globe for their consumption and disposal. Our food supply chain uses an excessive amount of land leading to biodiversity loss. In the U.S.,

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Agriculture 6. As businesses and society continue to transition towards further sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, the key challenge faced is in rethinking the philosophy of management and business ethics to achieve this change in deep and lasting ways. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals. degrees Celsius world, we’ll need a paradigm shift in the way we raise animals, and regenerative agriculture practices can and should be a part of the solution. To reach a 1.5

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Soybean production and cattle raising activities are linked to deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region. “Map your sourcing.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The company also today promised to work more closely with suppliers through its existing Sustainable Cotton Programme to boost biodiversity by training farmers to use more regenerative agriculture practices by 2030. We've been working to become a more sustainable and ethical business for over 10 years.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Below we’ve listed the 7 different types of waste a business can generate, as detailed by the Environmental Protection Agency : Municipal solid waste, Hazardous waste, Industrial non-hazardous waste, Agricultural waste, Medical waste, Oil and gas production waste, Fossil fuel combustion waste. The waste management checklist.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

And I think the same argument would hold for other goals like reversing the decline of biodiversity and trying to become so-called 'nature positive' by 2030. We've got to weigh up the relative risks and make ethical and value judgements taking into consideration not just present generations, but future generations as well.".

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

The perfume, launched in 2019, is part of an effort from the Brazilian beauty giant to sustainability source ingredients for its beauty products from the Amazon that underscore the benefits of keeping the rainforest intact as a hotbed of biodiversity, while also communicating to end consumers about nature's benefits and limits. "We

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Good Food Institute report details record-breaking year for the fledgling sector, amid growing interest in greener, more ethical alternatives to livestock-reared meat. The report also highlights seafood as the next frontier for alternative proteins, amid growing concern over severely over-fished oceans and dwindling marine biodiversity.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 12, 2019

(This article is reposted from The Earthbound Report, a blog which deftly addresses equity amongst all the world’s peoples, protection of all non-human life, and ethical responses to the challenges that face our planet.) Over the decades agriculture and demand for building materials and fuelwood slowly claimed more and more trees.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Loss of biodiversity. On top of that, 80% of all land available for agriculture is dedicated to meat consumption. Solarfree agriculture in the city Vertical farming in the context of this book is meant as agriculture in urbanized areas, without the need of sunlight. Sustainability. Introduction Climate Change.

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