Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Defra confirms wave of amendments designed to strengthen biodiversity targets, curb water pollution, and safeguard independence of Office of Environment Protection. The government has today announced a wave of amendments to its long-awaited Environment Bill, including a new landmark target to "halt the decline in species abundance by 2030".

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Here are some of the latest commitments, along with perspective on progress so far: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made).

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands. Sign up to receive updates on Planet’s hyperspectral commercial offering here.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Aldersgate Group's Signe Norberg reflects on how business and government can make the most of the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 has already been a busy year for nature. As such, it is important the EIP provides a stable framework in which businesses can operate and unlock private investment.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The deal has been hailed as a major coup for multilateralism , and as a crucial milestone in countries' efforts to meeting the goal, agreed by governments last December , to ensure 30 per cent of the Earth's land and sea are granted protected status by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 It is estimated that today’s policy ambitions and targets would likely lead to global warming of around 2.7C license ). by the end of the century – a temperature that will result in the planet facing climate disaster.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In Drax Access.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

UKRI offers funding to four major scientific projects across UK exploring net zero cities, agricultural resilience, and biodiversity loss. Currently, the UK is one of the world's most nature-depleted countries, with 40 per cent of monitored species having declined in abundance in recent decades," he said. "We

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Companies wishing to join or remain members of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will all have to set out detailed science-aligned strategies for achieving net zero emissions and boosting nature recovery within the next two years, under new, strengthened membership rules unveiled by the CEO-led organisation yesterday.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

From clean energy and nature investments to phasing down fossil fuels, We Mean Business Coalition's Maria Mendiluce offers her take on what corporate climate leadership should look like over the coming year. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has produced shocks to the energy and economic system globally. °C pathway.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Public Accounts Committee accuses government of 'fragmented and effective' approach to emissions reporting and measurement across Whitehall.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

But a loose patchwork of weakly enforced rules governing international waters have meant the majority of the planet's oceans are highly susceptible to exploitation whether through over-fishing, acidification and pollution, or emerging threats such as deep water mining. Ladies and gentlemen, the ship has reached the shore," she said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 28, 2022

With biodiversity loss in freefall, central banks and financial regulators must address the sectors most harmful to both nature and the climate, argues Maud Abdelli. But, with a 69 per cent decrease in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018, nature is not just at risk; it is in freefall.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . South, where companies find ample forests, lax business regulations, and ports along the Atlantic coast. South to burn them overseas in its power plants.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As the gas price crisis escalates, a comprehensive new study underscores need for 'changes in the way we live, move, and consume' to cut energy demand in pursuit of net zero.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Could an innovative partnership between a US clothing firm and the Albanian government provide a new template for corporate conservation efforts? The Albanian government has moved relatively quickly to deliver on its 2021 election manifesto pledge to establish a new national park.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The head of England's nature agency is to tell an audience of farmers and food businesses in a speech today that rolling back nature protection efforts risks an "existential threat" to national food security. Juniper's comments come amid growing concern about the future of the government's farming and food policies.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Investment will monitor, report, and verify collective climate actions in support of the Global Methane Pledge. The effort also illustrates how philanthropy is stepping up to fill the funding gap in emissions monitoring — a critical and unmet need for tracking climate action.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

We had more great speakers throughout the day: Megha Rajagopalan and Alison Killing , joined us for a deep dive into their Pulitzer Prize-winning in vestigative series exploring a new infrastructure built by the Chinese government for the mass detention of Muslims. planet.com.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

BusinessGreen's all-you-need-to-know guide to the raft of policies and spending commitments contained in the government's flagship roadmap for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Here BusinessGreen has rounded up all the policies, commitments, and investment pledges set out in the document. The power sector.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Now looking forward, interest rates are expected to come down, rules around policy incentives and regulation are emerging, and international competition has become a driving force for climate tech. 🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Government funding catalyzed major private rounds.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Rewilding in cities could deliver a raft of environmental benefits, including enhanced climate change resilience through increased protection from flooding and heatwaves, reduced air pollution, biodiversity gains, and reduced environmental management costs. They were also installed with solar panels to generate power.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 14, 2023

From revealing the changing wheat fields of Ukraine to generating new AI-enhanced models to monitor natural disaster risk, Planet, our customers, and our partners are pushing into new arenas, embracing both the space renaissance and the data revolution. government can work in collaboration to help ensure peace and security globally.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

The environment, social and governance (ESG) framework is used by investors to evaluate an organization’s performance against specific criteria. This report demonstrated that ESG investments make good business sense. Customers and employees are also demanding business with a purpose. What is ESG?

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

The proposal includes transforming a site in Ealing into a "flourishing and immersive wetland", which according to the Fund could provide "a biodiverse ecosystem for plants and animals". We are now facing dual climate and ecological emergencies worldwide, which further threaten our ability to survive on our planet", he said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Environmental deregulation has comprehensively failed to deliver the efficiency and cost-savings promised by successive governments as part of an ideological drive to cut red tape. The report estimates that as a result under the current rate of progress it will take over 200 years to hit the key government targets on water quality.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The groups said the summit disregarded “the urgent need to address the gross power imbalances that corporations hold over food systems.”. Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years. Corporate Capture. based sustainable farming research organization.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2022

International biodiversity talks that are underway in Montreal yielded their first signs of progress yesterday, as diplomats delivered the latest update to the draft negotiating text that observers hope will culminate in an ambitious new Treaty to reverse nature loss globally. RT to urge leaders to take action NOW. ProtectNature #NatureCOP ?(1/3)

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Industry insiders have privately criticised the government for failing to fast track support for the nascent sector, noting how UK-based firms such as Shell and British Airways have in recent years invested in green fuel companies and projects in the US and Canada to bolster their access to SAF production capacity.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Meanwhile, building decarbonisation and energy efficiency should already be on the agenda of the 900 corporate occupiers with a net zero science-based climate target. This ensures a 'north star' to the mission and expansion of JLL's Energy & Sustainability Services business, broadening and deepening our expertise.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Total net in-flows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles near tripled in 2020 to reach a record $89bn, according to an update from Bloomberg Intelligence. Yet as clean-energy flows take a larger share of the pie, they increase the volatility of overall ESG investing.".

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

While commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, momentum is building and the world is now seriously entertaining the possibility. But who benefits and how from this new rush to seabed mining remains unclear,” said Kristina Gjerde, high seas policy advisor for the IUCN Global Marine Program.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Hawaii will receive pay-outs of up to US$2m for reef restoration if tropical storms hit, building on the world’s first reef insurance policy covering hurricane damage in Mexico. Working with WTW, TNC said it chose to work with insurer Munich Re to provide the policy after a competitive placement process.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

From nuclear and innovation funding to the continuing reluctance to engage with behaviour change, the Net Zero Strategy provided businesses and investors with the clearest insight yet on the government's thinking around how to accelerate the net zero transition. Could the Treasury be 'starting to get it'? Technology costs will fall.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

Could growing water stress prompt more companies to embrace water pricing policies? The price of water - essential for human life, nature, communities and businesses - is often subsidised , reflecting a commonly held belief that everyone should have abundant access to clean water. times more than the purchase cost.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Solar Energy UK raps PM candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss for suggesting large solar farms pose risk to UK food security. This directly helps sustain UK crop production," Solar UK said.

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