Grist

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Much of this land is a quagmire of erosion, water pollution, and other problems, yet some of it is slowly being taken back by the forest. As millions in public and private investment, boosted by the bipartisan infrastructure law, pour into the region, many people are eyeing these abandoned sites.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

MSCI is set to launch tools to help investors identify companies at risk of contributing to biodiversity loss and deforestation, the financial index giant announced yesterday. For crucial action to be taken, capital markets participants need to have access to timely and robust data to make more informed investment decisions," she said.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

New online tool seeks to help companies and investors mitigate biodiversity-related risks and prepare for the reforms that follow the new Global Biodiversity Framework. WWF unveiled plans for the new tool, dubbed the Biodiversity Risk Filter (BRF), at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The research looked to explore this and identified biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events as the most crucial topics to tackle in terms of overall impact, urgency, and geographical reach. These criteria include biodiversity impact, pollution impact, carbon impact, readiness level, costs, trade-offs and scalability.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2022

New fund to focus on companies that are tackling water and land pollution, land degradation, fauna and flora loss, and overconsumption. The companies we invest in and engage with are ultimately helping to drive the transition to a nature positive economy," he added. This article first appeared at Investment Week.

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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. Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Range of targets on deforestation, habitats, oceans, plastic pollution adopted a decade ago have all been missed or are heading in wrong direction, UN report warns. A decade ago, countries adopted a series of 20 biodiversity objectives after discussions in Aichi, Japan, marking the start of the UN's decade of biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

With carbon emissions expected to rebound this year, 2021 presents another opportunity for companies to invest in climate-saving initiatives that move the corporate world closer to a net-zero future, especially carbon removal projects. There’s a good reason to ask.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

Would that the same could be said of global biodiversity - or the living natural world to give it its more evocative name and rid it of the emotional distancing that accompanies the dry scientific terminology. Efforts to tackle biodiversity loss enjoy no such luck. Can we develop market-based mechanisms that are genuinely credible?

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Potential of mangoves and seagrass to capture CO2 and support biodiversity to be explored as six marine and coastal projects secure backing from UK Research and Innovation. Research projects aiming to boost biodiversity, capture greenhouse gas emissions and protect coastal environments are among those receiving a share of £9.2m

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

The UK government has promised to push its fellow G7 nations to accelerate the shift towards green energy, reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and ramp up efforts to tackle biodiversity loss, as climate and energy minister of the world's leading economies meet for a summit in Berlin this week.

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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.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

It is more urgent than ever to shift from linear, use-it-up-and-throw-it-away models to a circular economy: where waste and pollution are designed out, products and materials are kept in use for longer, and natural systems can regenerate. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

The multi-billion pound commitment aims to accelerate efforts to protect biodiversity-rich land and ocean ecosystems, helping shift to a more sustainable food system and supporting the livelihoods of the world's poorest, the PM will say at a virtual summit this afternoon.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

English rivers suffering increased chemical pollution which is damaging biodiversity, conservation groups warn. UK rivers are suffering increased chemical pollution from pesticide use, which is causing significant damage to their ecosystems and aquatic wildlife, green groups have warned today.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

A new £6m Network for Nature programme was today launched by National Highways and The Wildlife Trusts in a bid to enhance natural habitats across England in places where historic road building has had a negative impact on biodiversity.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

All river stakeholders, including water companies, businesses, regulators, industry and the public must invest in ending all sewage pollution and the management of land and surface water as a system (catchment-based management) to deliver healthy rivers. Flood plains in London are currently home to 1.42

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Business Green

JANUARY 10, 2022

Developers would need to ensure new buildings improve local biodiversity, or invest in nature-projects to offset impacts elsewhere. The 10 per cent threshold is set to become a mandatory target for all new developments under the government's proposals, which were launched for consultation today.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2020

Water company announces wave of multi-million pound investments to cut emissions, restore habitats, and tackle drought risks. The five year investment plan was unveiled yesterday, just hours ahead of trade body Water UK launching its own net zero emission strategy for the industry as a whole.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

UKRI offers funding to four major scientific projects across UK exploring net zero cities, agricultural resilience, and biodiversity loss. We rely on the biodiversity of the planet's ecosystem to provide oxygen, pollination of plants, food and much more, making this a crucial time to act.".

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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.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2021

Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively Takeshi Yamada Tue, 06/29/2021 – 00:10 Biodiversity provides humanity and our economies with the resources needed to thrive. However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

England and Wales water regulator Ofwat hands out financial penalties to 11 firms for missing supply, biodiversity, pollution and sewer flooding goals. A spokesperson from Southern Water said the company intended to boost its performance against its targets through investment. "As

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

Pensions firm's new Global Environmental Solutions fund to invest in companies tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity and pollution Scottish Widows has launched four new funds which aim to direct a total of £1.4bn of investment into sustainable assets.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2022

A clean and affordable energy future means ending support for biomass and investing in energy efficiency measures and cheap renewables like wind and solar.” It also harms biodiversity, and harms communities affected by air pollution. ” Water usage is also an issue.

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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".

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Accelerate and integrate the efficacy of climate/biodiversity actions to achieve greater impact and effect. We need to think of protected areas as serving both the biodiversity they help to protect and the carbon sequestration ability of the ocean – MPAs protect and retain carbon.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €49 million (US$55.6 The financing will aim to reduce the environmental impact of pre-existing architectural elements and preserve local biodiversity. INBRE focuses on developing, managing and investing in small hydroelectric plants in Italy.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

It relies on the extraction and eventual disposal of finite materials and — to satisfy an ever-growing demand for resources — encroachment into natural ecosystems, resulting in greenhouse gas emissions and staggering biodiversity loss. The action plan calls for improved metrics to monitor the progress towards circularity.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Bill establishes a new “independent watchdog”, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), to fulfil this role, and it will seemingly hold the government to account on long-term, legally-binding targets in relation to biodiversity, air quality, water and waste management as well as its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This infrastructure can take years to develop, involves billions of pounds of investment but will also help create jobs and economic benefits. Much of the required action involves the delivery of new and expanded infrastructure to generate, deliver and make use of renewable energy and other low-carbon energy sources.

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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.” Coming in the wake of the worrying findings from the State of Nature report and the Government’s volte face on climate action, the sirens sounding for the nature emergency have never been louder.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Africa recorded significant wildlife and biodiversity loss at 66%; Asia-Pacific noted a 55% loss. Such a huge loss of wildlife is due to to land and sea use, extraction of fossil resources, pollution and the presence of invasive animal species. Links between food systems, forests and biodiversity.

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Front And Centered

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Washington state must cut greenhouse gas emissions from energy use in half within the next ten years if we have any chance in meeting long term state requirements to nearly eliminate pollution that causes climate change by 2050. Cap and Trade: A False Promise.

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