Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

UK aid from the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund earmarked for six projects in fragile ecosystems around the world. Our Biodiverse Landscapes Fund will invest in six of the most environmentally critical landscapes, spanning 18 countries across the globe, to help to combat climate change and protect rare and endangered species.".

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 20, 2020

Riana Lynn’s company, Journey Foods , is dragging the packaged food business into the 21st century. . In 2018, the global packaged food industry generated $2.77 After working on investment teams and at the White House, she turned to the startup world, becoming an entrepreneur in residence at Google. . Jesse Klein.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2020

million hectares of land within the next five years by using algorithms and remote sensor technologies to identify high-quality nature-based solutions that it will then package into investment products for financial institutions. A fintech start-up is aiming to help finance the restoration of at least 3.5

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

For the vast majority of countries, recovery spending has been relatively low and not particularly green, according to the report, with any benefits from the greener elements contained in stimulus packages often undermined by concurrent fossil fuel and consumer-focused spending program. percent is likely to increase net air pollution.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Canopy's Nicole Rycroft and Vedra Partners' James Hughes set out the case for investing in sustainable materials New rules preventing companies from buying commodities linked with deforestation and forest degradation will soon to come into force in the European Union. So, if alternatives exist, why aren't they already in widespread use?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Peacock will sell all of the electricity it generates under a long-term power purchase agreement to Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC , which produces materials used to manufacture clothes, food containers, packaging, agricultural film and construction materials.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A host of global fashion brands and consumer goods retailers, including H&M, Ben & Jerry's and Stella McCartney, have today collectively committed to purchasing 550,000 tonnes of low carbon alternative fibres for textiles and packaging, in a move aimed at curbing supply chain deforestation. Every year, more than 3.2

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2022

"Protecting our forests, oceans and species is essential for our economy and survival but time is running out to rapidly scale up the finance for nature that is critical to deliver an ambitious Global Biodiversity Framework," he said. There is no silver bullet.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The potatoes are grown with farming methods that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, help improve soil health, and increase local biodiversity, according to Puffin Produce, which is investing in carbon offset projects to neutralise any remaining emissions from the potatoes' production.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new global policy and reporting framework is urgently required to help mobilise the billions of dollars of investment in nature-related projects needed to deliver on global climate and biodiversity goals. But there is a continuing lack of clarity over how best to manage and expand the still nascent nature-based finance sector.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This makes it difficult to invest in green practices that may have upfront costs but long-term benefits. Through investment, countries can help support renewable energy, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. Techniques, such as organic farming and biodiversity can make all the difference.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A group of 45 governments will today promise to take urgent action and mobilise increased investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. If we are to keep the 1.5C food system that by 2030 feeds nine billion people with nutritious, safe foods;?uses

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

Conservationists have urged the government to make nature restoration a key pillar of its forthcoming economic recovery package, claiming it could create thousands of jobs across the country while tackling biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. It remains to be seen what will be included in the government's recovery package.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The global business group today published its new Nature Benchmark , just days ahead of the report being presented at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal which kicks off on Wednesday. The urgent first step for companies is to carry out a deep assessment on nature.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Endangered birds set to enjoy enhanced breeding grounds following the £150,000 PLA investment include lapwings and insects, including the rare shrill carder bee. ” “The funds we are investing with the RSPB are part of our broad Thames Vision commitment to enhance use of the river and improve its environment.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The report found that around $11.1tr of economic support has been mobilised in respond to the coronavirus crisis, but "only a small handful of rich countries are investing in a green economy as they emerge from the pandemic".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The 10 Point Plan provides a clear vision for action, and I welcome the strong response to the plan from the international community with this significant increase in international public finance to protect our planet's biodiversity hotspots.".

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The 12 organisations which make up the Partners for Inclusive Green Economy have identified 10 core principles they argue should inform national and international recovery efforts, with a strong focus on tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, sustainable development, and inequalities.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The university outlined a staggered approach to divestment through to 2030, and said it will invest instead in renewable energy. The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Leading finance and investment figures hail EU Commission's latest sustainable finance rules as crucial to net zero and fighting greenwashing. Secondly, meanwhile, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) aims to improve the flow of sustainability information in the corporate world.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

A consultation is also planned this year on rules and interventions for supporting the development of "high integrity" voluntary carbon markets, in a bid to funnel more investment into nature-based solutions, the Green Finance Strategy states. The delayed consultation had previously been pencilled in for December last year.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Latest figures from UN add to growing library of evidence that global financial system needs a major revamp if biodiversity and climate goals are to be met. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit, kicking off next Wednesday in Montreal, is set to be no different. UN environment summits are increasingly about money.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

The government has published its official response to Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, confirming it will now require all national significant infrastructure projects in England to deliver biodiversity 'net gain' as it works to deliver a 'nature positive future' for the UK.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

The Club of Rome has urged G20 leaders and other heads of state to work together to implement green recovery packages and fiscal stimulus plans during and after the coronavirus pandemic. Like Covid-19, climate change, biodiversity loss, and financial collapse do not observe national or even physical borders," it warned.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts. Andy Howard, Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Schroders, said: "The outcome of CBD COP15 should make financial regulators sit up and listen.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

People are understanding how much more the relationships between biodiversity, climate, inequality — may I add racial tension to that? Companies that have not invested in their employees or their value chains "see that their relationships are broken now," Polman said. But that’s not enough.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

investment in the project to help safeguard the marine environment through a new environmental monitoring and mitigation package (EMMP). The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has announced a £1.2m

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Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2022

In addition the investor has a number of afforestation sites in the UK, which it said it hopes will make the UK more self-sufficient in timber resources in the future as well as contributing to biodiversity. Once established, these sites will represent a package of unconstrained and high yielding afforestation schemes, it claimed.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

And yet, opportunities exist through climate-friendly recovery packages to not only stimulate economies, but also reduce emissions while promoting social and environmental co-benefits. Clean R&D investment ranked more highly in high income countries. Hepburn et al. Hepburn et al.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The question of how to finance nature goals has dominated the UN biodiversity talks, which are expected to culminate in a new strategic plan, or post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, for how countries can work together to stop the alarming decline of nature around the world. the letter states.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2021

For the vast majority of countries, recovery spending has been relatively low and not particularly green, according to the report, with any benefits from the greener elements contained in stimulus packages often undermined by concurrent fossil fuel and consumer focused spending programmes. per cent is likely to increase net air pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Government should work quickly to publish its package of targets, using this extra time to ensure they are as strong as possible. Green groups have demanded that the Government use the targets delay to bring forward a stronger package of targets, capable of restoring the natural environment. Nature cannot wait.”.

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