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Episode 254: David Crane chats, PepsiCo CSO talks business

GreenBiz

Concerns over environmental risks such as biodiversity loss and extreme weather remain top of mind for leaders in the new Global Risks Report published in late January by the World Economic Forum. How US government procurement can lead the clean economy. It's risky business as usual (15:45). You can read the entire interview here. .

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

GreenBiz

For a food company, that means knowing how and where you source your ingredients, what your customers want, and understanding the provenance of your direct and indirect carbon emissions. Concretely, when you look at Danone, 60 percent of our carbon footprint is from agriculture," Soubeiran acknowledged.

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Lack of evidence hampers progress on corporate-led ecosystem restoration

Envirotec Magazine

Efforts to rebuild degraded environments are vital for achieving global biodiversity targets. “With their size, resources and logistics expertise, they could help deliver the large-scale restoration we need in many places.

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Episode 247: Biden wish lists, supporting 'intersectional environmentalists'

GreenBiz

In the quest for carbon offsets, (almost) anything goes. What Joe Biden could do to cultivate carbon removal innovation (16:35) . Nonprofit Carbon180 has plenty of ideas for how the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture can collaborate to cultivate new economic opportunities centered on carbon removal.

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Mutable mandate? Sizing up the new BNG requirements

Envirotec Magazine

Commentators seemed unanimous that the new requirements were a step in the right direction, if a little unambitious, with a government impact assessment acknowledging that 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) may not go beyond “no net loss”. A fate well-documented in the recent history of the global carbon credits market.

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Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration

GreenBiz

From an established forest carbon marketplace? "We Of course, there’s also the expectation, with Pachama’s involvement, that these projects will originate new carbon offsets, which are in increasingly short supply as big businesses shower the world with net-zero pledges. Carbon Removal. Pull Quote. Tree Planting.

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COP15: Green groups 'appalled' by slow progress as crunch UN biodiversity talks close in Nairobi

Business Green

After more than two years of Covid-induced delays, the crucial COP15 UN biodiversity summit is now pencilled in for December in Montreal, Canada, leaving just six months for negotiators to lay the groundwork for 195 countries to sign off on what should prove to be an historic global treaty to protect and enhance nature.