GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As more corporate sustainability teams cultivate projects to restore biodiversity and degraded landscapes or to nurture soil carbon sequestration and other nature-based climate solutions, interest in drone technologies that can weed out the best opportunities is flourishing. Information Technology. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

The circular economy concept is all about making better use of natural resources such as forests, soil, water, air, metals and minerals. Protect human health and biodiversity. Every year, more than 9 million deaths occur due to air, water and soil pollution. This pollution also threatens biodiversity.

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Plastics Fossil fuels Recycled materials Recycling 494

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. Friendly fescue soil, by contrast, has more microbes than toxic fescue soil. Terra Fondriest via FERN Hamilton and Steele have decided to bet on biodiversity.

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Soil Cooling Climate change Agriculture 144

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The key outcomes are expected to include: improvements in soil health and its carbon sequestration potential; enhanced biodiversity; reduction in synthetic fertiliser use; enhanced water quality; and improved farmer livelihoods. The ambition is for the barley grown to be used to brew beautiful tasting Guinness.

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Agriculture Soil Carbon Biodiversity 147

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2020

New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion Liesl Truscott Thu, 12/03/2020 – 01:00 This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity.

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Fashion Biodiversity Soil Health 28

GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Soil at the center . Poornima Param…. Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:00.

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Soil Agriculture Health Meat alternatives 288

Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

As part of the plan, farmers are provided with training and support as they adopt regenerative farming methods that reduce pesticide use, carbon emissions, and soil erosion, while simultaneously improving organic soil matter and biodiversity.

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Soil Biodiversity Agriculture Resilience 69

Planet Pulse

AUGUST 2, 2021

How a Multi-Stakeholder Project, MOCUPP, is Advancing Costa Rica Towards Sustainable Practices to Protect the Country’s Biodiversity. Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, containing nearly 6 percent of the world’s biodiversity. Biodiversity also plays an essential role in the well-being of the planet.

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Agriculture Energy Monitor Biodiversity Building Energy Monitoring 107

GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics.

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Investment Agriculture Fashion Soil 499

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

DeSmog recently reported how HealthforAnimals, a Belgium-based organization representing some of the world’s biggest animal pharmaceutical companies, presented “misleading” information to back their current business models. Agriculture’s role in fuelling the climate and biodiversity crisis has become increasingly apparent in recent years.

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Building Energy Monitoring Soil Agriculture Carbon-negative 97

Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

From ditching GDP as a measure of economic wealth to enhancing environmental education: BusinessGreen has rounded up all the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity. Policy makers, business leaders, financial sectors, and communities all have a part to play in this sweeping vision.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 22, 2023

France is the second largest market in the EU for pesticides, which have been found to harm biodiversity , soil health and human health. A spokesperson from Bayer’s crop science division said: “Like all companies, Bayer may establish partnerships with influencers to promote information or events.

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Agriculture Health Europe Biodiversity 88

Greentown Labs

MAY 26, 2021

Bayer , headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, is a multinational life science company with core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture. Sustainable development and inclusive growth are core elements of Bayer’s corporate strategy and vision: “health for all, hunger for none.” For more information, go to www.bayer.com.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 5, 2023

The world’s mangroves alone sequester more than 31 million tons of carbon in their soils and biomass each year. For some governments, the Blue Carbon Explorer has already helped reveal previously unknown mangrove and seagrass resources, informing them about the extent of these valuable resources, growing right along their shores.

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Carbon Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 98

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These new tools — under development or in the early phases of testing — are helping put numbers to the abstract concept of regenerative agriculture and helping measure metrics such as biodiversity, carbon sequestration and other soil health considerations. The resistance sensors on the probe calculated the density of the soil.

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Agriculture Cooling Soil Health 36

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Launch of the first large-scale environmental DNA project using citizen science to monitor the health of rivers. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is genetic material shed by animals into their environment, which can be isolated from water or soil samples and used to identify the species found there.

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Energy Monitor North America Soil Biodiversity 174

Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Brewing giant claims regenerative agriculture programme is among largest ever in Ireland and will help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. We already use regenerative agricultural practices and have seen a marked improvement in the quality of the soil on our farm.

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Agriculture Soil Biodiversity Carbon 36

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

For more information, read our full investigation into the meat industry’s messaging on climate change. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. This factsheet is part of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database project.

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Agriculture Climate change Methane Soil 91

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. Innovation Can Save Nature’.

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Europe Sustainability Agriculture Biodiversity 95

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 14, 2020

The carbon label serves to inform consumers of an item’s environmental impact and carbon footprint. As its website explains, a nutritious soil fungus ferments to produce mycoprotein. By reading carbon labels, consumers may be motivated to make better and more sustainable choices. The company does not utilize any livestock.

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Carbon Health Soil Biodiversity 36

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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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

While most companies have converted to digital means of sending and storing information, many businesses still need paper and printing. Indoor air quality is critical to the health and wellbeing of your staff and visitors, in and beyond the lobby. Choose native plants, especially those that attract pollinators and support biodiversity.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Biodegradable Energy Monitor 148

Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

Leading UK firms have signed up to a new Nature Positive Business Pledge, but reversing nature loss remains a daunting challenge After centuries of despoiling the environment and forcing nature into retreat, could the private sector play an integral role in reversing the decline in global biodiversity?

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Biodiversity Government Carbon-negative Investment 39

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

GRI has developed a set of voluntary standards that help organizations identify and disclose relevant information related to their overall sustainability performance. This helps investors, policymakers and other stakeholders make informed decisions based on reliable performance data. Evaluation alone can take up to 8 months.

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Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 148

Planet Pulse

MAY 9, 2024

Canopy height patterns spanning the Paleotropical forests of the Congo Basin, one of the cloudiest regions in the world, and home to a stunning array of mammal biodiversity. Integrations with Planet Monitoring data can provide additional visual and analytical data, providing users with additional contextual information.

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Carbon Policy Technology Innovation 134

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The GMA declined to offer a formal comment, however a spokesperson told DeSmog in an email that the group works to “simplify and distil public information” around international events which are “often dominated by an anti-meat narrative”. “It used to be that they were caught on the back foot, but now they’re completely prepared.”

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Agriculture Methane Climate change Government 143

Business Green

JUNE 15, 2021

Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns. Public health, as well as food and power supplies, are also at risk from increased disruption as temperatures rise, the report warned.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

In the recent high profile report by esteemed economist Professor Partha Dasgupta that was commissioned by the government - The Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity - the key finding was clear: we must properly reflect the value of nature in our measures of economic success in order to counter the global decline in biodiversity.

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Climate change Stormwater Biodiversity Health 47

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The 18 works in the exhibition encompassed visual art, sculpture, film, and sound, taking visitors on a journey through forests, soils, seas, cities, and innovations. Dubbed 'Sanctuary of the Unseen Forest', by Marshmallow Laser Feast and Andres Roberts, the work in question is the very first visitors saw upon entering the exhibition.

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Fashion Soil Innovation Sustainability 68

Low Impact

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Modern, large-scale agriculture destroys soil and wildlife, and uses vast amounts of fossil fuel energy. Industrial monocultures are destroying ecosystems, poisoning watercourses and removing soil, and don’t produce as much per hectare as small farms anyway. It’s not something that can continue if we want to survive, let alone thrive.

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Agriculture Fossil fuels Soil Health 139

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that there will be a sharp increase in the amount of renewable energy generated between 2010 and 2050. Projects are certified by Gold Standard , Verified Carbon Standard , Climate Action Reserve , American Carbon Registry , Plan Vivo , and The Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance.

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Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Methane 148

AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2021

Make better use of finite resources The circular economy concept is all about making better use of natural resources such as forests, soil, water, air, metals and minerals. Protect human health and biodiversity Every year, more than 9 million deaths occur due to air, water and soil pollution. Take the textiles industry.

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Fossil fuels 28

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

“The health, economic and workforce pressures of the last year have accelerated the adoption of drones and drone data by asset owners,” noted John Trough, managing partner of Energize Ventures, which led the DroneDeploy round with AirTree, in a statement. According to the company, which has roots in the U.K.

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Agriculture Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 28

Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Last year's floods, droughts, and storms hurt transport and building infrastructure up and down the country, taking a toll on public health, worker productivity, and the wider economy. But too often, these teams are not equipped with the information they need to ensure their work aligns with climate projections.

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Resilience Climate change Cooling Sea level rise 39

GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

On the plus side, the demands upon nature can be reduced for water resources, energy, crop and meat production, forests and soils, and critical materials. Innovation marches forward. Publications in peer-reviewed journals and interactions among scientific professionals remain critical parts of the gold standard.

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Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 471

Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Detailed information on five verifiable benefits of responsible farming - water, soil, equity, biodiversity and air - aims to enable consumers, retailers and food service operators to make value-based purchases. So you can see it on the package and make a choice based on that information or it might be digitally through an app.

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Agriculture Organic Retail Packaging 75

GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Moreover, it has led to the mass production of commodity crops and the proliferation of unsustainable practices — such as clear cutting to expand production, intensive livestock production, environmental contamination through pesticide and fertilizer use, soil degradation and more.

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Organic Agriculture Soil Biodiversity 370