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Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively

GreenBiz

Addressing biodiversity authentically and effectively. 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. It’s crucial for corporations to make strides to protect biodiversity.

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Global standard for biodiversity impacts moves a step closer

Envirotec Magazine

A proposed reporting standard that seeks to unlock accountability for the impacts organizations have on the natural world, informing the global response to a deepening biodiversity crisis, has been made available.

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Improving Biodiversity and Communities With Net-Zero Goals

GreenBiz

Improving Biodiversity and Communities With Net-Zero Goals. Join GreenBiz and SilviaTerra co-founder and CEO Zack Parisa for a discussion about the correlation between climate change, biodiversity, and community. Every year, more and more organizations pledge to go net-zero. Date/Time: May 20, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT).

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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity. It is my hope that this new benchmark will help transform biodiversity commitments into actions.

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Technology monitors biodiversity remotely on farmland

Envirotec Magazine

With biodiversity monitoring set to increase through the introduction of policies and schemes, it’s vital to assist ecologists with access to scalable remote technologies, says the group behind it. Being able to monitor biodiversity using remote sensing and AI will help landowners across the UK who want to monitor biodiversity.

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Organic farming or flower strips – which is better for bees?

Envirotec Magazine

How effective environmental measures in agriculture are for biodiversity and wild bee populations depends on various factors and your perspective, according to agroecologists from the University of Göttingen, Germany and the Centre for Ecological Research in Vácrátót, Hungary. times more bees but the same yield.

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Organic food health benefits have been hard to assess, but that could change

GreenBiz

Organic growing is proven to be better for biodiversity and chemical exposure, but is the food actually more nutritious?

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