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Will economics drive a paradigm shift in ballast water management?

Envirotec Magazine

It requires every vessel over 400gt to have onboard an approved ballast water management plan, a ballast water record book and an International Ballast Water Management Certificate. It states that oceans are crucial for global food security and human health, while also hosting huge reservoirs of biodiversity.

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Planet Appoints Andrew Zolli As Chief Impact Officer As It Accelerates Investment In Sustainability

Planet Pulse

He has also played a leadership role in the development of Planet’s ethics program. In this new, broader capacity, Andrew will oversee a team of senior leaders in climate change, biodiversity conservation, and sustainability/ESG measurement, and reporting, both for Planet and its customers.

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The road to a sustainable economy

The Environmental Blog

As Oxford professor Dieter Helm points out in his latest book – Legacy: How to Build the Sustainable Economy – we need to mend our ways in order to meet the needs of future generations. Techniques, such as organic farming and biodiversity can make all the difference.

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What Jeremy Leggett did next: The British solar pioneer turning his hand to 'ethically profitable' rewilding

Business Green

In between all that, and various other advisory roles besides, the 68-year-old also managed to write five books on climate and energy. The new regime will shift towards an economic rewards system that actually encourages carbon sequestration in woodlands and soils, as well as biodiversity uplift." So that's my aspiration."

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Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now

GreenBiz

Despite the program’s early successes, the program became unraveled when the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released video footage of alleged animal abuse occurring at some of the ranches. Biodiversity. Corporate Strategy. Food & Agriculture. Food & Agriculture. Conservation. Conservation Finance. GreenBiz Reads.

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Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change?

GreenBiz

Sports leagues are seeing the impacts and the surge of climate-responsible athletes using their platforms to promote positive environmental and social impact — it’s something for the history books. These things are absolutely vital to the health and wellbeing of future generations, so we all need to do our best to make things better.".

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3.