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A deforestation roadmap that leaves a lot to be desired

Business Green

Inconsistencies in the definition of deforestation: The roadmap uses different meanings of eliminating deforestation throughout. And if traders are going for zero illegal deforestation instead of zero gross deforestation (including legal and illegal), then the roadmap isn't more than just reiterating national laws.

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

GreenBiz

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran mused. Cecilia Keating.

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Urgency and consistency must be the watchwords for UK climate action in 2020

Business Green

October's Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) summit in China will review the Aichi targets which seek to halt and reverse the catastrophic loss of nature and wildlife that our species is driving across the planet. And then November will see Glasgow host the COP climate change summit, taking place five years on from the historic Paris Agreement.

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Are we entering a new era of green trade deals or clean tech trade wars?

Business Green

The partial deal is dependent on the agreement of reforms to the ETS on which further discussions are due this week, but if finalised and signed into law, the CBAM would be a landmark climate policy of global import, signalling the start of a new epoch for global trade policy.

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

Business Green

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an ‘entreprise à mission', a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran muses.

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

AGreenLiving

Danone’s Eric Soubeiran: ‘The food system is broken’ Cecilia Keating Mon, 07/20/2020 – 00:30 Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an “enterprise à mission,” a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law.

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Seven Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2024

Andrew Winston

The big stories of 2023 included the “anti-ESG” movement’s silencing effect on many companies; the explosion of clean tech; new reporting laws that are pressuring companies to measure and do more; and most oddly, the annual global climate meeting held in the United Arab Emirates, a petro-state. So, what will 2024 look like?