Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We have legislated through the Environment Act and will continue to improve our regulations and wildlife laws in line with our ambitious vision.". However, Jayawardena is understood to have asked officials to look at extending the definition of BMV to cover middling to low grade land with a 3b classification.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

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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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2022

So, fast forward a few years from now, could the same trend be repeated for nature-related risks such as biodiversity loss and habitat destruction? But the complexity of measuring the disparate risks from various forms of nature and biodiversity damage has proved to be hugely challenging.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

The company may be headquartered thousands of miles away in California, but it has been involved in the broader campaign to save the "blue heart of Europe" - the river and biodiversity rich Balkans - being led by a network of local NGOs for more than half a decade. Clearly, England's rivers need all the help they can get.

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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. 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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Focused mostly on England, due to devolved responsibilities across Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, it sets out clear roles for local and national governments, private investment, the farming industry, and the circular economy in helping to restore nature, bolster natural resources, and enhance biodiversity.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This effort will allow financial institutions and market participants to use a shared set of definitions, enhancing the availability of taxonomy-aligned financing and supporting sustainable development in CGT-affiliated markets.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It’s definitely not over, just talk to the folks at Coal River and they will tell you that’s not the case,” said Matt Hepler, an environmental scientist with the environmental group Appalachian Voices , referring to the Coal River Mountain area in southern West Virginia, where coal production has remained relatively high in recent years.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 18, 2019

Parfit (1984) believes that we do not have any obligation to future people because there is no definitive group of individuals to whom we owe this obligation. Some have contended that though we cannot know the definite nature of the future agents, we do realise that some group of people will exist in the future and will have interests.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

In reality, however, the answer to the question is somewhat hazy, as there is very little in the way of an agreed definition for what counts as an ESG investment. To be Taxonomy-aligned, a potential investment would require a thorough risk assessment across these six areas and a plan to address all potential vulnerabilities.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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. WWF will be leading calls for that session to declare a planetary emergency and commit to a new deal for nature and people.

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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. 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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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

of warming is just about still feasible, and keeping temperature increases below 2C is definitely achievable if rapid action is taken. But the solutions are there On the other hand, the report stresses there is still time to deliver a low-carbon, sustainable economy where climate-resilient development becomes the norm.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

As with many companies heavily dependent on nature for product ingredients, Estée Lauder Companies is developing biodiversity action plans and becoming far more attuned to its role in deforestation, afforestation and reforestation. While it hasn't changed the direction, it's definitely accelerated. For instance, our climate work.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

The production of genetically-modified foods can be controversial, but it can also offer benefits for increasing yields and easing pressure on land, water and biodiversity. I've come across many definitions in my time working on this topic. That's why European law in this area is controversial. NP : I'm not surprised!

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

As with many companies heavily dependent on nature for product ingredients, Estée Lauder Companies is developing biodiversity action plans and becoming far more attuned to it role in deforestation, afforestation and reforestions. While it hasn't changed the direction, it's definitely accelerated. For instance, our climate work.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2023

But it's still the wild west, and these developments haven't resulted in a shared standard or even a definition that everyone agrees upon. Do they have the law behind them? Organic standards have focused heavily on practices, but if the regenerative movement wants carbon and biodiversity results, this can get complicated quickly.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. Are, and how, are human rights and environmental laws enforced in your country? Assess your company’s supply chain risks.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

As with many companies heavily dependent on nature for product ingredients, Estée Lauder Companies is developing biodiversity action plans and becoming far more attuned to its role in deforestation, afforestation and reforestation. ” While it hasn’t changed the direction, it’s definitely accelerated.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 27, 2020

As with many companies heavily dependent on nature for product ingredients, Estée Lauder Companies is developing biodiversity action plans and becoming far more attuned to it role in deforestation, afforestation and reforestions. ” While it hasn’t changed the direction, it’s definitely accelerated.

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Grist

MARCH 17, 2023

The initiative was quietly humming along to the tune of about $11 million per year in funding until 2022, when Earth MRI received an additional influx of $320 million , spread out over five years, through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Our part is the definition of the geological framework where deposits could occur,” Day said.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Loss of biodiversity. The rules are so strict, that some cheeses that we have been eating for centuries would have been banned under these laws. I therefore definitely recommend this book if you are interested in the subject. Sustainability. Introduction Climate Change. Deforestation. Water scarcity. Animal suffrage.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 28, 2024

This has made it much harder to redistribute wealth in fair ways through minimum wage laws or taxation structures. But it’s definitely something that some governments don’t want because I think they are afraid they would lose centralized power. The climate crisis is directly related to inequality.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

And who definitely won’t? In June 2022, Clarke delivered a speech during a House of Commons debate saying that a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was “really devastating”, noting the threats of sea level rise and biodiversity loss if global temperatures aren’t limited. But what about her new cabinet?

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

With conditions rapidly changing as the planet warms, wildlife managers nationwide are facing similar biodiversity crises. That was a gross violation of ‘sustained yield’ in anyone’s definition,” he says, adding that even today, there is no limit on trapping wolves there. In 2022, the 9th U.S.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 4, 2023

On the global policy level, after an uninspiring climate meeting (COP27), the global convention on biodiversity produced an impressive target to protect 30% of the planet for nature. With an increase in the rigor of ESG definitions, one study found, U.S. assets in ESG-related products would be $8 trillion, not $17 trillion.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

The EPA said that having rescinded the existing rules it would bring forth a new rule with a definition for "significant" which would govern future methane standards. However, environmental campaigners are convinced that this legal gambit is clearly designed to weaken standards and allow higher emissions from the oil and gas industry.

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