Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Nature-based urban resilience infrastructure in Milan, Italy. A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind it, Isle Utilities. Technology pilots.

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Resilience Greywater Climate change Technology 130

Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

McCains, the UK's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, has unveiled the 'McCain Potato Farmer Pledge' backed by a £25m investment designed to help its supply chain better manage the impact of both climate change and the coronavirus crisis.

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Resilience Investment Waste Waste 90

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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Sustainability Biodiversity Resilience Demand 147

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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Biodiversity Resilience Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36

Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Great Britain's trees and woodlands contribute more than £400m a year to the economy through their contribution to flood resilience, new research has calculated. New report from Forest Research examines how trees, woodlands, and forests reduce and slow down rapid run-off that causes flooding.

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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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Biodiversity Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 101

Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

A tree planting project in Liverpool and a plan to restore peatlands at the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire are among 50 initiatives sharing in government grants announced today with an eye on unlocking further private investment into nature restoration and climate action across England.

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Biodiversity Government Investment Climate change 73

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Environment Agency chair Emma Howard Boyd has called on the Treasury to launch a review into the cost of climate impacts and the value of investing in resilience measures, noting that current levels of funding for flood and coastal defenses are nowhere near where they should be.

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Resilience Climate change Investment Biodiversity 82

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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Biodiversity Carbon-negative Policy Investment 97

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. The yields are seen to be higher if the field is soaked in pesticide.

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Biodiversity Carbon-negative Soil Policy 81

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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Biodiversity Carbon Climate change Sustainability 97

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Respondents ranked the other most significant obstacles to scaling renewables as follows: market structures and design (75%), supply chain risks (61%), access to capital (48%), lack of investment in grid infrastructure (47%). Access to capital (48%: Funding the energy transition requires an enormous amount of capital.

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Biodiversity Policy Fossil fuels Investment 278

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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Biodiversity Climate change Government Fossil fuels 96

Business Green

MAY 27, 2021

The UK has joined the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), a multi-sector collaboration established to funnel $500m investment into coastal natural capital by the end of the decade, the government announced this week. The members also agreed to strengthen support for ORRAA.

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Resilience Government Investment Biodiversity 96

Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

Government-backed Natural Environment Impact Fund to support four projects that will explore how private investment can be harnessed to enhance nature. You can't put a price on nature, but investing in its recovery can generate a steady return and will make the UK economy more clean and resilient.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

In addition, the policy position calls for planning reform to be aligned with strategies for net zero and adaptation, levelling up, biodiversity and health and wellbeing. Investing in green skills and jobs will underpin success in meeting climate targets.

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Climate change Policy Resilience Transportation 241

Planet Pulse

JUNE 21, 2021

In tandem, Europe has also launched a new 2030 Biodiversity Strategy which requires Member States to commit to important targets to restore biodiversity. Both initiatives are integral parts of Europe’s response to the current global climate and biodiversity crises. The panel included: .

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 75

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Greater diversity gives greater resilience According to the researchers, a likely reason behind the result is that different tree species occupy different positions, or ‘niches’, within an ecosystem. In turn, a diverse mix of trees can support a much wider range of animal life.

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Logging Biodiversity Resilience Soil 147

Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The biodiversity net-gain requirement is among the most important conservation policy initiatives of the last two decades, argues Environment Bank chairman and founder Professor David Hill CBE. His words apply equally to rebuilding biodiversity as they do to addressing climate change.

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Biodiversity Law Medicine Logistics 54

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Companies are chasing profits from product innovations such as plant-based meat but failing to invest in supply chain resilience, study finds. Yet beyond product innovation, the report warns food firms are not doing nearly enough to build resilience in their supply chains against drought and other climate-related risks.

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Resilience Retail Global warming Climate change 89

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Companies are chasing profits from product innovations such as plant-based meat but failing to invest in supply chain resilience, study finds. Yet beyond product innovation, the report warns food firms are not doing nearly enough to build resilience against drought and other climate-related risks.

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Resilience Retail Climate change Innovation 91

Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

Company invests over £500,000 to extend partnership focused on the development of climate-resilient blackcurrant varieties. Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) has announced it is to invest over half a million pounds in a five-year project with the James Hutton Institute in Scotland to develop new varieties of climate-resilient blackcurrant.

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Resilience Climate change Biodiversity Sustainability 60

Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

HSBC has announced the birth of an innovative new green approach to asset management, outlining plans to partner with climate change consultancy Pollination Group to create a new investment fund focused on "natural capital". Investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy," he added.

Investment 70

Investment Biodiversity Resilience Soil 70

EDF + Business

MARCH 8, 2024

SBTi recently introduced long-awaited guidance on how companies can implement “beyond value chain mitigation” (or BVCM) – a term for investments in a range of climate solutions, including carbon credits, outside of a company’s own operations and supply chain – alongside science-based targets for their internal reductions.

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Investment Carbon Policy Fossil fuels 72

Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following a consultation last year, the government yesterday confirmed plans to bring in the new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements in a phased approach between now and the end of 2025, starting with local planning authorities this year before extending to major infrastructure projects.

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Biodiversity Government Policy Resilience 36

Business Green

JUNE 6, 2023

Report shows nearly two-thirds of UK pension schemes are not invested in natural capital assets Nearly two-thirds of pension funds are not invested in any natural capital assets, even though awareness of biodiversity risks is growing, according to new research from Pensions for Purpose.

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Investment Biodiversity Climate change Resilience 36

AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. Clouse Thu, 03/04/2021 – 02:11 Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 36

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. Let me drone on a moment about drones for agriculture or forestry.

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Agriculture Biodiversity Organic Technology 323

GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Recently, I was asked to participate in a webinar discussion about environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in the wake of COVID-19, and I had to ask myself, "Is the work we’re doing at SASB completely irrelevant or more relevant than ever?" . How can companies adapt to ensure business continuity in such an uncertain environment?

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Resilience Innovation Health Retail 406

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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Climate change Carbon-negative Biodiversity Carbon 264

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In this new, broader capacity, Andrew will oversee a team of senior leaders in climate change, biodiversity conservation, and sustainability/ESG measurement, and reporting, both for Planet and its customers. He has also played a leadership role in the development of Planet’s ethics program.

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Sustainability Investment Climate change Biodiversity 122

The City Fix

OCTOBER 20, 2023

India experienced almost one extreme weather event per day in the first nine months of 2022. And the state of Rajasthan is no stranger to this phenomenon, with its capital city, Jaipur, ranking 22nd on the Global Climate Vulnerability Index.

Resilience 97

Resilience Biodiversity Investment 97

Business Green

MAY 8, 2023

Agri-food firms' investment in Indigenous farmers is boosting the resilience of an important cash crop, writes the International Potato Center's Stef de Haan

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Resilience Investment 36

Business Green

JULY 18, 2021

That is the conclusion of a major new study today from Chatham House and research specialists Just Economics, which they claim offers the first estimate of its kind of the scale of global investment going towards circular economy initiatives such as recycling infrastructure, repair services, and more sustainable and efficient product design.

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Investment Fashion Automotive Waste 96

Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats. Within Asia, the energy transition is marked by robust demand driven by economic growth amidst climate threats and challenges to infrastructure resilience.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Energy 59

Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Only in recent years have governments recognised more funding will need to be provided to help developing economies adapt to worsening climate risks, and even then the question of how to mobilised increased investment remains highly contentious. This is a kind of mindset issue, as opposed to a huge investment issue," Limbert said.

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Resilience Climate change Cooling Sea level rise 40

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

George Monbiot's latest book, Regenesis , is the latest in a string of studies to warn how essentially extractive agricultural practices are damaging soils and biodiversity to such an extent that food security is being threatened. The outlook is certainly worrying. Under the heading 'How could we be so stupid?',

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Resilience Agriculture Soil Organic 68