Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires. The group highlights priorities that should inform both the UN Glasgow Climate Summit and the Biodiversity Summit in China this autumn. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Programme Director.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the world struggles to combat climate change, the need for a sustainable economy is more urgent than ever. Why do we need a sustainable economy? Despite the urgent need for a sustainable economy, there are several barriers that have hindered progress. What’s stopping us?

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Today’s poultry farming has begun to shift from traditional, potentially damaging practices to more sustainable ones. Whether you’re a backyard chicken keeper setting up your first few poultry nesting boxes or a seasoned farmer, keeping up to date with modern practices is crucial to ensure the health and productivity of your poultry.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Kraft Heinz sustainability chief reflects on 'interdependence'. Food company Kraft Heinz has been relatively quiet about its corporate sustainability strategy in the five years since it was formed through the merger of food giants Kraft and Heinz — stepping out in early 2018 to provide an update. Heather Clancy.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

Report from ShareAction finds that none of the world's 75 largest asset managers have a dedicated biodiversity policy, while many are still underplaying climate risks. Moreover, only 11 per cent of asset managers have policies requiring portfolio companies to mitigate harmful impacts on biodiversity.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What Is Sustainable Real Estate? Sustainable real estate includes commercial and residential real estate property that is designed, built and operated in a way that minimizes environmental impact. The Benefits of Sustainable Real Estate. solar photovoltaic, wind, microhydropower and hybrid systems). more than unrated homes.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

The boss of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, is to deliver a speech later today warning how the biodiversity crisis poses an existential threat to the human race if left unaddressed. The biodiversity crisis is a crisis because it won't just kill the plants and animals it is killing," he is to say. "It It will kill us too.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

The brewing industry is among the nine critical sectors identified in a report published today by UNEP and the Natural Capital Finance Alliance that highlights need for banks, investors and insurers to set firm targets to reduce biodiversity loss.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

An increase in seafood sustainability matched with greater supply chain disclosure could improve the health of world's oceans while boosting the profitability of major retailers, an investigation by Planet Tracker has found. Besides being the right thing to do, it's the business-smart thing to do.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

ESG and Sustainability. The terms ESG and sustainability are often used interchangeably, yet it is incorrect to do so. In this article, you’ll learn how ESG and corporate sustainability are similar, but also how they can be distinguished. What’s the difference between ESG and Corporate sustainability?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

trillion in nature is required over the next three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the WEF’s “State of Finance for Nature” report released on 27 May. Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Farming needs to urgently scale and pace the adoption of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change and biodiversity loss or face an uncertain future, warns the Nature Friendly Farming Network, an independent organisation that aims to unite farmers across the UK. The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

This confirms our long-held view that in order for AD projects to be fully sustainable, both economically and environmentally, the entire process must be considered and optimised. Many studies into the value of AD only look at the value of the energy or biomethane produced by the plant. Not all of these benefits can be easily quantified.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION? In the world of business, sustainability innovation can be defined as the process of evolving old business models and creating new ventures that realize economic value and generate positive environmental and social impacts simultaneously. HOW IS SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION DRIVING THE GREEN ECONOMY?

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

CBI chief says it is 'not acceptable' for businesses to sit on the sidelines amid 'seismic' challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss and Covid-19. From climate change to digitisation, resilience-building to fighting protectionist instincts, the challenges we face are seismic," he said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Nobody wants the food they consume to have destroyed forests, habitats, and wildlife on its way to their plate, and yet the system that underpins our global food supplies today continues to be one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss and climate change worldwide. These three levers are in part interdependent," it adds.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

That is, a successful business is one that makes a profit while supporting and sustaining the environment and society. That is, ESG can be used interchangeably with the term sustainability. To help, in this Green Business Bureau article we explain the difference between ESG and sustainability reporting.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Traditional accounting methods do not fully capture the externalized costs of economic activities in the food and agricultural space, and this shortcoming is becoming more apparent because climate change is intensifying the focus on sustainable development. Some of [these wallets] transact in money and some transact in health," he explains.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

Academics and experts at The University of Manchester are calling for large-scale behavioural change in a bid to improve the UK’s air quality (“the biggest environmental health issue facing the UK”), in a new publication, On Air Quality. This is why we welcome this timely publication.”. Says Professor Coe.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Governments, however, need to quickly implement ‘regenerative agriculture’ policies to incentivise farmers to take up the challenge, the researchers argue.

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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. See Table.).

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The analysis, which looked at more than 3,500 fiscal policies across the world's 50 largest economies, finds that just 2.5 The analysis, which looked at more than 3,500 fiscal policies across the world's 50 largest economies, finds that just 2.5 percent of all COVID-induced spending to date had "positive green characteristics."

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Commentators seemed unanimous that the new requirements were a step in the right direction, if a little unambitious, with a government impact assessment acknowledging that 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) may not go beyond “no net loss”. Green roof systems and bio-active concrete were also mentioned as supportive of biodiversity improvements.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 31, 2020

Unlocking Human Potential for Biodiversity is an opportunity to reflect on how can we better understand the human potential to preserve biodiversity, get closer to nature and guide our future actions. Unlocking Human Potential for Biodiversity is the first phase of a vast project designed to find and implement solutions for the future.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oxford and their collaborators have launched a new approach to tackling biodiversity loss “in a coordinated way.” The loss of biodiversity is increasingly recognised as a crisis, linked to climate change, which needs urgent action. OxPOCH’s Principal Investigator, Professor E.J.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. General business sustainability certifications. Green building certifications.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2022

RSPB’s warning of an ‘attack on nature’ has brought to national attention the risk of any deregulation of UK environmental policy when we face collapsing ecosystems and widespread biodiversity loss.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Earths to sustainably support our current resource use. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. Shifting to natural materials is a crucial part of the solution, but only if those materials are produced in a sustainable way — and only if consumption habits change, too.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The second instalment of the government-commissioned National Food Strategy has warned the UK must significantly reduce its consumption of meat if it wants to curb the impacts the food system is having on human and planetary health. The food system is a logistical miracle, full of amazing, inventive people," said Dimbleby.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

With G7 and COP26 fast approaching, Environmental Audit Committee chair Philip Dunne argues the government must adopt a solutions-driven approach to environmental policy. Now is the time for effective government policy interventions to deliver these commitments to protect our environment.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2021

First students arrive at School of Sustainable Food and Farming in Newport, a partnership between Harper Adams University, the NFU, Morrisons, and McDonald's UK.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. Increase support for nature friendly farming to secure a sustainable future for British farming and nature. Image credit: Colin , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 billion each year.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

We need companies to make commitments that are specific to how they are addressing their supply chains," says Jessye Waxman, shareholder advocate with Green Century Capital Management, which has so far engaged dozens of businesses encouraging them to improve their "no deforestation" policies and practices. Progress takes root.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

The crisis has exposed not only the lack of foresight but the lack of effectiveness in mainstream business risk management policies. That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

The golf industry, for one, is increasing its efforts to promote environmental sustainability and marketing to the general public its desire to embrace a more diverse demographic. Over the last few years, the golf industry has made strides towards being more "sustainable," but is it enough? The same can be said for consumers.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Deep-sea mining is an emerging, extractive industry that could threaten the health of the ocean in as little as two years. The potential impacts on biodiversity and globally important carbon sinks have led more than 600 scientists and policy experts from 44 countries to call for a halt to the industry.

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