Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Planning how to work more cleverly and to prepare for even larger future disruptions such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Business has the same opportunity as we get back to work. The UK government has previously said it's keen to see firms reporting to the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

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. That's why Danone has signed the green recovery appeal at the European level, because we believe the transformation and the renegotiation of the agriculture policy is instrumental to that.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

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. In my eyes, that certainly doesn't merit a big COP announcement. The roadmap's definitions also bring up a geography question.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The UK must respond to the climate emergency with not just urgency but consistency in its net zero policies, argues WWF UK's Gareth Redmond-King. And then November will see Glasgow host the COP climate change summit, taking place five years on from the historic Paris Agreement. The formulation of 1.5C/3C

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The agreement includes a number of environmental clauses, with Chapter 22 of the FTA published yesterday reaffirming the UK and Australia's commitment to protecting biodiversity and achieving the climate goals contained in the Paris Agreement.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Scientists tell us that we’ve pushed the planet beyond its ability to support us in critical areas such as availability of water, biodiversity, and, of course, carbon emissions. The UK retreated on some climate policies , like delaying a ban on combustion engines in cars to 2035.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Every policy, law, regulation, study, analysis, proposal or action that has the climate crisis in mind is built on the basis of those two figures: 1.5 Even so, it was a major breakthrough as the first COP to mention the temperature goals we are all familiar with today. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a.,

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

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. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran muses.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

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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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Melissa Moore, Head of UK Policy at Oceana in Europe, said: “We need an immediate ban on trawling and dredging in all offshore Marine Protected Areas as well as the inshore zone. To continue to license this destructive activity, when we know the damage it causes and that it is illegal under various environmental laws, beggars belief.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While NYCW has been around for more than a decade , this year the vibe of ~10x the participants and well-curated mini-conferences alongside official UN programming felt almost like a Davos or a mini-COP (which, depending on your take on the efficacy and impact of COP, could be a good or bad thing).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

And by COP in Glasgow we will look to have those types of commitments across the financial sector, right into the private banking sector as well.". It's a net zero COP. Much more action, both in terms of investment signals and firm policy measures, is expected in the run up to COP26 and beyond. That's the objective.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It’s a complex process that can be hard to make sense of from the outside, but it’s how international law and institutions help solve problems that no single country can fix on its own. I worked for the United Nations for several years as a law and policy adviser and have been involved in international negotiations.

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Andrew Winston

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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?

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