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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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High Seas Treaty: What does it mean for business?

Business Green

The high seas cover some 42 per cent of the Earth's surface, are a major carbon sink, and home to vast amounts of biodiversity. Just one per cent of the high seas are protected, despite the ocean being so critical to the planet's health.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well," Soubeiran said.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

On top of that, the land plays host to much of the planet's biodiversity, providing incalculable benefits to humanity and the global economy, starting with the pollination that underpins the global food system. Essentially, without biodiversity, we would not exist, let alone develop". Cristiana Pa?ca

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran on regenerative farming and fixing the 'broken' food system

Business Green

Danone, which was founded more than a century ago and was famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well," Soubeiran says.

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Danone’s Eric Soubeiran: ‘The food system is broken’

AGreenLiving

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. “If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well,” Soubeiran said.

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

Moreover, the people that depend on it are getting access to health, education, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. At the UN's recent COP 26, over 140 world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030, pledging over $19bn to do so. Large swathes of the world's second largest remaining tropical forest are being protected.