Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The value of biophilic design has been well documented by studies showing the physiological and psychological benefits of reconnecting humans with nature. The experience of space and place refers to spatial features and characteristics of the natural environment that have advanced human health and wellbeing. Credit: Sempergreen.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Documents seen by DeSmog and the Guardian show that the meat industry is poised to “tell its story and tell it well” in the lead up and during the Dubai conference, which comes on the heels of the world’s hottest ever year. percent contribution to global human-induced emissions is a higher share than aviation.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report , released on 5 October, documents the loss of approximately 14 per cent of the world’s coral since 2009. This, the largest analysis of global coral reef health ever undertaken draws on data: spanning 40 years. in 73 countries. across 12,000 sites.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Nine in 10 adults reported that protection of the environment as important to them personally, and nearly three-quarters voiced concern about biodiversity loss in England, the advisory body's latest People and Nature survey found.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Indeed the final wording of the document lists one of the actions as: “Rapidly phasing down unabated coal and limiting the permitting of new and unabated coal power generation.” Our climate, health and development goals remain unachievable as long as we are still produc- ing fossil fuels,” said McGivern.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The strategy sets out a number of measures that aim to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals – by boosting innovation in the area of safe and sustainable chemicals, prohibiting the use of the most harmful ones “unless proven essential for society”, as the EC press release put it.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

Farmers learned to live with the health impacts of the toxic version, and today it remains the primary pasture grass across 37 million acres of farmland. The effects were immediate; the next year they documented increased conception and weaning rates in their cows and calves. It’s a longstanding problem, and it’s spreading.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Integrated vegetation management is focussed on the ecological health of the grid corridors, while still removing vegetation which could interfere with the system security by touching a line. Have you read?

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

The half of the global population without access to essential health services. And amidst the current health and socio-economic crises brought on by COVID-19, additional polling found that the pandemic had exacerbated the sense of social injustice. Nearly half of the global workforce in the informal sector, totaling 1.6

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

The Strategy 2030 document sets out three overarching goals for the group, which comprises 46 grassroots charities with a collective 850,000 members, largely focused on harnessing the restoration of nature to help enhance biodiversity, drive down emissions, and boost climate resilience.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

The consultation seeks to make a clear link between the current Covid-19 crisis and biodiversity loss, climate change, and human activity, arguing that all of these factors make devastating pandemics and resulting threats to public health and the economy far more likely.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The event is co-chaired by Angelika Brandt of Germany, a Southern Ocean / Antarctica biodiversity expert, and Elva Escobar Briones of Mexico, a deep sea biodiversity expert. Operate deep sea observatories in the Atlantic that document and publicize multiple stressors.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

On Thursday, October 15th, from 9am-4:30pm PST, Planet is convening a group of experts in sustainable development, climate science, finance, philanthropy, conservation, NGOs, public health, along with senior corporate leaders and indigenous leaders, to explore the answers. .

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

And while more than 15 million people live around the Irish Sea and many more visit for holidays, only a small percentage of them realise what wildlife lives there and just how important it is for biodiversity and the environment. The Irish Sea region is already considered to be in a degraded state.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

biodiversity (protecting health of local wildlife and water bodies), lower strain on aging utility infrastructure (reducing the risk of damage and repair), local revenue (sourcing materials from local businesses), and new green jobs ( there’s a growing need for developers, builders, policymakers and agents knowledgeable about sustainability).

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

DeSmog documented meetings held by six MEPs from the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), the largest group in parliament. Around 20 percent of the MEPs’ meetings were with unregistered groups, and at least one in six meetings documented by DeSmog was not declared on the parliamentary website.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Documents obtained by DeSmog show Copa-Cogeca, a powerful trade body for Europe’s farmers, demanded revisions to the EU’s sustainable farming plan at a private meeting with the European Commission in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The findings come as campaigners warn bold proposals to slash pesticide use are in jeopardy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2022

ood risk in vulnerable areas, provide sustainable UK grown timber and provide more places for nature and biodiversity to thrive.". They will help to reduce ?ood Our economies, livelihoods and wellbeing all rely on nature," said Environment Minister Lord Zac Goldsmith. "As

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Big Ag’s Delay Tactics. Innovation Can Save Nature’.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

Farmers learned to live with the health impacts of the toxic version, and today it remains the primary pasture grass across 37 million acres of farmland. The effects were immediate; the next year they documented increased conception and weaning rates in their cows and calves. It’s a longstanding problem, and it’s spreading.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

There is an increased awareness of the link between our own health, and that of the planet.    Studies across the spectrum, from health to financial risk, remind us that it is in our best interests to look after nature. We know that a connection with nature contributes to well-being, and improved mental health.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

But when the document appeared on Monday, these hopes were dashed. As part of the strategy, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation on the Government Buying Standards – a set of minimum health, animal welfare and sustainability requirements for food served in some public institutions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There have been growing calls for more robust policing and governance mechanisms in the rapidly-growing voluntary carbon market sector, amid concerns that a corporate rush towards carbon credits will fail to deliver promised benefits to the climate, biodiversity and communities living near offset projects.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The rights to life, health, food and water, cultural rights and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment are being violated and will continue to be violated, and the rule of law will continue to be undermined, unless the ISDS system is eliminated,” Boyd reports. “The Despite their impacts, ISDS cases are cloaked in secrecy.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

Leaked documents reveal the EU is likely to delay some parts of its Green Deal work programme, but 2030 climate targets remains a top priority. However, the documents also confirm that some components of the Green Deal strategy are set to be delayed until 2021. A new programme will be published in the coming weeks.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

Moreover, the document includes England and Wales' first ever target to expand hedgerow protection, promising to create or restore 30,000 miles of hedgerows a year by 2037. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: "Protecting our natural environment is fundamental to the health, economy and prosperity of our country.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To its credit, what Defra has delivered this week is one of the most comprehensive and holistic environmental policy documents from any UK government to date. Here are BusinessGreen's key takeaways from the landmark strategy: 1. Given agriculture accounts for almost 70 per cent of England's land mass, or around 8.9

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Next, a Verification Analyst obtains additional information from candidates via documentation and engaging directly. You’ll use this platform to access various resources and tools, assemble your project team, collect any required documentation, and submit payment and your application for certification. Submit required documentation.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

Our demands on nature far exceed its capacity to supply them and this poses significant risk to the health and wellbeing of economies and societies. The transition to a circular model will be essential to halt the twin trends of biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Region by region, the document describes “widespread, pervasive impacts” to ecosystems, people, settlements, and infrastructure. Meanwhile, climate change is amplifying human conflicts and causing widespread damage to people’s physical and mental health. David McNew / Getty Images.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

But the success or failure of the Bill in creating a durable long term policy framework for the environment will be just as important for the health of the green economy as the steady stream of lengthy strategy documents on decarbonisation. Third, in setting targets, consult with the environmental business sector.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

This will leave our environment at the mercy of business and economic concerns rather than the needs of people, health and nature.". "The government has fiddled with these proposals since last year, but they still rely on the same flimsy legal obligations and are undermined by a further downgrading of the precautionary principle.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

In fact, the very nature of the coronavirus crisis - given biodiversity loss and climate change can increase the likelihood of global pandemic outbreaks - demonstrates the "critical need" for strong corporate risk disclosure requirements and green investment incentives in order to avoid such damaging events occurring again in future, it said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

However, Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey, who announced the new goals today at the critical COP15 UN biodiversity summit currently taking place in Montreal, insisted the targets were "ambitious" and would be "challenging to achieve". "We Weakening these targets is an embarrassment and a betrayal.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

Every business is inevitably dependent upon - and has impacts on - ecosystems, biodiversity, and the land. As has been well documented, these impacts are reaching, and have arguably surpassed, crisis levels. What are your dependencies and impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity? Forest loss continues at an alarming rate.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts – including engineers, ecologists, medics, and air quality analysts – the document provides a detailed rundown on topics such as what happens to tyres when we drive, what kind of particles are produced, where they end up, and the implications for health and the environment.

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