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What role does ESG play in the 'new normal'?

GreenBiz

This is an opportunity for all of us — companies, investors, government, civil society — to think critically about what our role might be in creating a more resilient future. . Transparency leads to accountability, accountability drives innovation and innovation is key to resilience. An opportunity to adapt. Pull Quote.

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The Environment Act and the role of 'biodiversity net-gain'

Business Green

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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Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”

Envirotec Magazine

per cent of the ocean floor they are home to at least a quarter of all marine species, providing critical habitat and a fundamental source of protein, as well as life-saving medicines. Although reefs cover only 0.2 We are running out of time: we can reverse losses, but we have to act now.

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Global economic policy overlooks huge value of nature, UN experts warn

Business Green

IPBES research calls for science-based valuation of nature to be placed at the heart of economic decision-making in order to reverse the biodiversity crisis. Yet it warns these critical services are all under threat from the biodiversity crisis, with one billion species of plants and animals now at risk of extinction. "70

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High Seas Treaty: UN member states seal historic deal to protect international waters

Business Green

Guterres said the treaty was crucial for addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. "It Wide-ranging new rules on how to fairly share ocean resources have also been agreed through the new treaty.

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GRI and SASB are collaborating. Is that good news for companies?

GreenBiz

The pandemic has put into sharper focus a number of aspects of corporate performance, including business contributions to biodiversity loss and the resulting increased potential for disease outbreaks; and the need for more resilient supply chains, especially for essential goods such as food and medicine, as Guillot pointed out recently on GreenBiz.

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Are Food Systems Harming the Planet?

Sustainability Consulting

This “rewilded” land fosters biodiversity while improving crop yields. In Odisha, India, indigenous farmers use ecological practices to maintain climate resilient agrobiodiversity, allowing insects, pollinators, flies and birds to thrive on their farmlands. In a 2-hectare farm, over 80 varieties of seeds are planted. ?