The year ahead in ESG: Pledges, politics and biodiversity
GreenBiz
JANUARY 4, 2023
Is 2023 the year the pens writing pledges get put down and the finance sector gets to work in investing towards a net-zero future?
'Path to recovery': Part one of COP15 closes with hopes high for new global biodiversity accord
Business Green
OCTOBER 15, 2021
UN declares virtual talks have set the stage for the adoption of an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework next year. The loss of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation pose a major risk to human survival and development. At present, the rate of global species extinction is accelerating," he said. "At
Biodiversity 
98
98 Join 14,000+
Insiders
Sign Up for our Newsletter
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Trending Sources
UNEP calls on finance sector to boost biodiversity ambition and engagement
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.
Biodiversity 101
101 
'Save our life support systems': World leaders commit to fresh biodiversity efforts ahead of COP15
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
World leaders announce new biodiversity commitments as they declare upcoming nature summit a global priority. In addition, a new accelerator for action on biodiversity was announced by the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia on behalf of the President of Colombia.
Biodiversity 69
69 
Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate finance push to help safeguard global biodiversity
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
The £3bn funding boost aims to accelerate efforts to protect biodiversity rich land and ocean ecosystems, shift to a more sustainable food system, and support livelihoods in the world's poorest communities, Johnson will say. However, biodiversity is currently declining faster than at any other time in human history.
Biodiversity 92
92 
RSPB warns of 'nature disaster' if next Prime Minister fails to boost biodiversity laws
Business Green
AUGUST 25, 2022
Early in the campaign both Truss and Sunak signed a pledge orchestrated by the Conservative Environment Network, which saw them commit to supporting the UK's net zero goals and delivering on wider environmental and biodiversity goals.
Law 73
73 
Trillion Trees debuts guide for investing in forest restoration
Business Green
JANUARY 6, 2022
Against a backdrop of rising carbon offset prices and a surge in corporate forest protection pledges, The Trillion Trees initiative has today launched a new interactive guide to help consumers and businesses invest in effective forest restoration projects. per tonne of carbon to around $14.40.
Investment 101
101 
Harder but not impossible: COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Neither nature nor global politics has been especially kind to the U.N. In the past year major investment leaders at the global level have pushed themselves and others to take stronger stands (and produced better measurable results) on climate change, diversity, gender equity and corporate responsibility generally. Now it is 2021.
Sustainability 517
517 
Protecting biodiversity: The corporate response
Business Green
JUNE 22, 2021
Biodiversity loss driven by climate change, habitat degradation and the introduction of invasive species is now recognised by firms as a widespread systemic risk, writes S&P Global Ratings' Michael Wilkins. Another factor preventing biodiversity from climbing the corporate agenda is that climate change currently dominates.
Biodiversity 41
41 
‘No evidence’ that the Government is on track to meet crucial 2030 nature target
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2023
It is vital that all political parties commit to a rapid programme of investment and expansion for important wildlife habitats and protected sites.” We need political leaders who will shoot for the moon in tackling the existential challenges we face, not bury their heads in the sand.
Government 231
231 
Global Briefing: UN summit confronts global biodiversity crisis
Business Green
OCTOBER 2, 2020
All the top green business news from around the world this week, including VW's electric vehicle investment in China, electric ferries in Thailand, and Denmark's ambitious climate goal. UN summit confronts Global biodiversity crisis. The event took place in the midst of intense focus on the crisis facing global biodiversity.
Biodiversity 46
46 
'There will be no business on a dead planet': Calls grow for COP15 breakthrough on biodiversity as crucial talks kick off
Business Green
OCTOBER 11, 2021
As first part of landmark COP15 UN biodiversity summit kicks off, string of reports makes case for more drastic action to protect biodiversity. Let's make the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework the starting blocks to a nature-positive world by 2030.
Biodiversity 41
41 
EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 25, 2022
The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office.
Investment 95
95 
Government U-turn on promise to reform farming post-Brexit
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2022
The National Food Strategy also fails to address the threats to food security posed by biodiversity loss and climate change, despite these being identified as “the biggest medium to long term risk to the UK’s domestic production” in the UK Food Security Report 2021.
Government 246
246 
'Investing in our future': EU touts green infrastructure blitz at heart of ?1.85tr recovery plan
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. This is Europe's moment," she said.
Investment 99
99 
UN: Covid-19 recovery an 'unmissable opportunity' to invest in nature and net zero
Business Green
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The global recovery from the coronavirus crisis presents an "unmissable opportunity" to invest in nature, deliver net zero emissions by 2050, and reduce the risk of future pandemics, according to a new UN report which attempts to lay out a "comprehensive blueprint for addressing our triple planetary emergency".
Investment 50
50 
The road to a sustainable economy
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.
Sustainability 195
195 
'A game changer that will help safeguard humanity': Philanthropies pledge record $5bn for nature protection
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Nine philanthropic organisations have collectively pledged to provide $5bn for projects that advance progress towards a goal of protecting 30 per cent of land and ocean by 2030, in a donation that has been touted as the largest-ever private funding commitment for biodiversity.
Biodiversity 82
82 
New government fund backs natural solutions for tackling escalating climate risks
Business Green
JULY 14, 2021
Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund provides up to £100,000 to 27 nature-based climate projects across England. Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, said the fund would help demonstrate how to create investable, nature-based solutions to the climate emergency ahead of this November's COP 26 Climate Summit.
Government 83
83 
COP15 Reaction: 'The message to the private sector is clear'
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. Brazil's new political leadership may help to converge these agendas, showing its possible to grow and overcome inequalities having nature as an ally.".
Biodiversity 41
41 
A System of Secret Arbitration Tribunals Is Undercutting Climate Action Worldwide
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Investor-state dispute settlement” (ISDS) mechanisms allow companies to sue national governments if they believe regulation or unfair competition is impeding their investments. While ISDS mechanisms are present in most investment treaties, some multilateral agreements have gained particular attention for how they are impeding climate action.
Fossil fuels 116
116 
Using Planet Satellite Data to Monitor Threats to Wildlife and Ecosystems
Planet Pulse
DECEMBER 14, 2021
In remote regions of the world or those where political conflicts reduce access to protected areas, researchers and conservationists need solutions for monitoring activity that threatens wildlife and ecosystems. . We have to protect nature’s pristine areas,” explains Manuel Engelbauer, FZS’s South American program officer.
Biodiversity 98
98 
2023 predictions: renewables, hydrogen and grid connections
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 14, 2023
In spite of a political will to prevent renewable developments from leading figures and inconsistent policy directions, the sector is picking up huge momentum and we expect this to deliver huge strides in 2023. We expect to see uplift in planned onshore wind development. Mark Rowcroft.
Hydrogen 98
98 
'We need to act now': Can COP15 bridge the nature finance chasm?
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.
Biodiversity 36
36 
The State of Green Business 2021
GreenBiz
JANUARY 25, 2021
we expect to see the continued rise of concern and action on climate, biodiversity, air and water pollution and other pressing issues alongside deeper, more strategic investments in clean energy, green infrastructure, sustainable food systems and other elements of an emerging clean economy.
Could 'Nature Positive' businesses end the era of 'biocrastination'?
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?
Biodiversity 41
41 
Rewilding Britain: Nature restoration can build 'ecosystem of employment'
Business Green
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The authors of the report - Rewilding Britain and Conservation Capital, a consultancy and investment firm focused on nature-based economic models - called on the UK and devolved governments to put nature at the heart of economic recovery, so as to help tackle the climate and biodiversity crises, and create new natured-based jobs and businesses.
Biodiversity 101
101 
Energy trilemma evolving to reflect new ambitions and threats
Smart Energy International
APRIL 18, 2024
Its path is a multifaceted quest for resilience, clean energy and sustainable growth, supported by regional cooperation and private investment. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the energy future is complex, balancing security, equity and sustainability amidst climate and political shifts.
Net Zero Festival: Nature-based solutions - can business help enhance nature?
Business Green
OCTOBER 21, 2020
And how can the UK scale up efforts and market measures to support the restoration and protection of forests, peatland, mangroves and biodiversity? The discussion - which touches on the challenges, opportunities, investment and policies associated with nature-based solutions - is available to watch again in full above.
Resilience 74
74 
'Grow back better': Wildlife and Countryside Link argues nature restoration can generate 25,000 jobs in aftermath of Covid-19
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.
Packaging 78
78 
COP15: UK pledges £29m to help developing countries meet '30 by 30' nature protection goal
Business Green
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Coffey made the announcement on the sidelines of the COP15 Summit in Montreal, where she is taking part in high-level political negotiations on the terms of a new global pact that should result in a string of new targets and policies to reverse nature's decline by 2030. the letter states.
Biodiversity 36
36 
'Grow back better': Wildlife and Countryside Link: Nature restoration can generate 25,000 jobs in aftermath of Covid-19
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.
Packaging 74
74 
How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow
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. Where and how do they find projects? How do they find partners?
Europe 68
68 
A new holistic solution to sustainable business evolution
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Climate change transcends environmental concerns; it's a complex interplay of political, social, and economic factors. This is no small task, but the first step is acknowledging the interconnected threats of climate change and biodiversity loss.
How to respond to the inevitable climate and nature emergency
Business Green
JANUARY 10, 2023
The global decline of nature and biodiversity could pose material threats to the global economy that cost as much as $3tr every year from 2030. Biodiversity loss is fast emerging as a disaster that needs to be addressed now," said Mark Fulton, project director at IPR. Some fear such projections could prove to be an underestimate.
Biodiversity 36
36 
Ireland’s Agri Lobby Has Dodged Its Climate Commitments Through Special Pleading and Dubious Science
DeSmogBlog
JULY 29, 2022
By far the most politically contentious aspect of the new emissions budgets involves Ireland’s livestock-dominated agriculture sector, which currently accounts for 37.5 After the painful financial crash of 2008/9, the political atmosphere in Ireland ahead of the lifting of quotas was febrile. Climate Budget Fight.
Agriculture 92
92 
'Polluters must pay': UN Secretary-General calls for windfall taxes on fossil fuel firms
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
In strongly worded address to UN General Assembly, Antonio Guterres aims latest stinging criticism at fossil fuel firms and 'their enablers' in the PR and investment industries. And it includes the massive public relations machine tanking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny.
Fossil fuels 74
74 
Green Finance Institute appoints Environment Agency's Emma Howard Boyd as interim chair
Business Green
JULY 27, 2021
The appointment is effective immediately and follows the death of Gifford - the founding chair of the Institute and widely regarded as an instrumental figure in pushing green finance onto the political agenda - earlier this year.
Resilience 93
93 
50 countries pledge to conserve 30% of land and water
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 12, 2021
The coalition is promoting actions against biodiversity loss and hopes that the pledge will lead to a successful conservation agreement during the Cop15 2021 summit in China. The coalition has pledged to invest billions of pounds in the Great Green Wall of Africa project and the launch of the new Terra Carta by Prince Charles.
Biodiversity 36
36 
'Greta was right': Trio of reports warns world at risk of squandering green recovery opportunity
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". The political class of 2021 are throwing us out of the COVID-19 frying pan and into the climate fire.".
Fossil fuels 101
101 
Nature's moment
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
Political and business leaders are prioritising action on nature like never before, but can this sudden uptick in engagement be translated into tangible progress? Nature is having something of a moment. Of course, there are plenty of reasons to fear this moment will be squandered. We are at last, talking about these issues.
Politics 70
70 
Pension funds will only reach net zero when their portfolios are deforestation-free
Business Green
JULY 12, 2022
Let alone all the other no-brainer benefits it will bring to protecting biodiversity, rainfall, rights and livelihoods. In the UK alone £300bn of pension money is invested in companies and financial institutions exposed to high deforestation risk. Regulation is on the political agenda too. And of the solution.
COVID-19 Recovery, Climate Impacts, And Co-Benefits: Stimulus Policies That Can Multi-Solve
Energy Innovation
JULY 14, 2020
Climate-friendly policy archetypes (see upper right panel of Figure 2) included investments in connectivity infrastructure (S), general R&D spending (X), education (L), clean energy infrastructure (T), and clean energy R&D spending (Y). Clean R&D investment ranked more highly in high income countries. Hepburn et al.
Policy 59
59 
Sustainable business in 2021: Five things we learned
Business Green
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Indeed, the ingredients for negativity are all too abundant: a persistent, shapeshifting virus; political stalemates that thwart climate action; growing social and economic inequality; terrifying ecological indicators; pushback by the anti-science crowd and their media enablers. Nature and biodiversity met the bottom line.
Let's personalize your content