GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Some organizations never may reach the last stage. In a world in which we know some companies will not be able to reach net zero, it’s absolutely imperative that others who can reach it go beyond," said Charlotte Bande, climate strategy lead for sustainability consulting firm Quantis. "In

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Terra Infirma

MAY 29, 2023

We now have 90% of the world’s economy covered by some kind of Net Zero target and the ‘net’ in Net Zero implies an element of offsetting, so we can’t shy away from the issue. Here’s my take: Pros: If you have a Net Zero target, offsetting gives you some mental wriggle room. Transparency about everything.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Architects of Paris Agreement urge world leaders to deliver equally ambitious treaty for nature at upcoming COP15 Biodiversity Summit. Over half of respondents said government action to protect nature was 'poor' or 'very poor', while 61 per cent thought the private sector's efforts to protect nature was similarly weak.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

South, where companies find ample forests, lax business regulations, and ports along the Atlantic coast. What Ahoskie got was approximately 50 direct jobs, local tree loss, noise , heavy traffic, air pollution, and combustible dust from wood drying and processing that threatens their health and enjoyment of their homes.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

A new paper shows some critters may be more resilient than scientists thought, and we still have a sliver of time to ensure that we don’t wipe out all the Earth’s animals (the bar is set so high these days). If it gets too hot, [some species] basically can’t live there anymore,” study co-author John Wiens told Grist.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

But being an eco-friendly business will also improve your reputation, elevate your brand, attract customers, impress investors, improve your corporate culture and attract employees. To be sustainable, startups need to be aware of the environmental impact of their business’s operations. How do startups affect the environment?

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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. Perhaps decarbonisation is the easy part.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 3, 2022

I used to think that the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem col­lapse, and climate change. I thought that with thirty years of good science we could address these problems, but I was wrong. You can follow, like and subscribe here. Anna Williamson. Subscribe now. And the reviews are in ….

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Fairsnape

MARCH 30, 2022

Martin Brown: “Against the backdrop of Monday’s IPCC report that triggered headlines of the earth hurtling to destruction, the Regenerative Playbook provides a framework for moving sustainability beyond business as usual through asking better and different questions. Lets dare to do things differently. And the reviews are in ….

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

New legislation could see UK firms fined for using products sourced from illegally cleared land in the tropics, as the government seeks to step up efforts to curb demand from British consumers for products that are thought to contribute to unsustainable rates of deforestation around the world. World Bank statistics suggest 1.3

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Because when we look at the consequences of severe harm to nature, we are looking at a level of crime that does affect the international community as a whole, and has a severe effect not just on the ecosystems and the biodiversity that it affects, but ultimately also on us. But that sense somehow stops at nature.

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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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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In addition, ESG and corporate sustainability have each developed their own sets of terms, for example, ESG investing, ESG policy, sustainability program, and green business. In doing, you’ll obtain a better understanding of what true business sustainability is and how to create sustainable operations. What Is Corporate Sustainability?

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2022

Businesses and investors are increasingly demanding metrics for measuring nature risk, but clear guidelines remain some way off yet. It should be obvious that such damage to the natural world threatens to cause great harm to communities, businesses and supply chains which rely on it. We must turn the tide.". "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Addressing social inequality, climate change and material waste all overlap in some revolutionary visions by advocates of circular cities. The European Green Deal to make that continent climate-neutral by 2050 has nine major policy areas explicitly about material matters such as agriculture, biodiversity, energy, mobility and buildings.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

There is a reason some scientists have named our current epoch the Anthropocene. 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.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

From ditching GDP as a measure of economic wealth to enhancing environmental education: BusinessGreen has rounded up all the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity. Policy makers, business leaders, financial sectors, and communities all have a part to play in this sweeping vision.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Watching the film a few weeks removed from the initial reaction, some of the critiques of what is, in my view, a hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking movie looked even more misguided and overblown. Beyond those points, abrupt and in some cases irreversible changes can occur - such as species going extinct.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 29, 2021

So whilst the green finance revolution is well and truly underway, it risks leaving out emerging markets, including some of the world’s most vulnerable nations to climate change. After renewable energy, transport, followed by green buildings, waste, water, biodiversity conservation, and adaptation, comprise other areas for proceeds.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Forum for the Future's Zoe Le Grand sets out five key points for businesses to consider when plotting their a greener future in the post-Covid-19 world. There is reason to believe there might be some light at the end of what has proved to be a very long, dark Covid-19 tunnel. So what changes should businesses hold on to?

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

From natural capital accounting and nature based solutions to vertical farming and net zero strategies, a suite of policies are emerging to help businesses support SDG15 and protect life on land. Every business is inevitably dependent upon - and has impacts on - ecosystems, biodiversity, and the land.

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Low Impact

MAY 30, 2021

This is what some call a metabolic rift – in our behaviour and cognition. I tend to focus on biodiversity loss – but again it’s always bad news. In some places in Europe, we’ve lost around 80% of flying insects. In some places in Europe, we’ve lost around 80% of flying insects. Hello John. Good Morning. Fair question.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

Rewiring the contracts that underpin business transactions can galvanise progress towards net zero and nature protection goals, writes The Chancery Lane Project's Leonie Branbant. The watery morning sunshine, darting swallows, and light gusts of wind are enough to blow away any thoughts of morning meetings.

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Business Green

MARCH 1, 2021

Some leading Brexiteers have long argued the UK's break from the EU provides an opportunity to re-write the nation's rule book and rid the nation of bureaucracy and red tape they blamed for hampering the UK's economic progress as a member of the bloc.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Serious concerns are mounting about the government's rush to ditch or amend hundreds of EU-derived laws by the end of next year, with both leading business groups and the UK's green watchdog urging Ministers to rethink their approach amid fears the proposed legislative bonfire poses risks to both the environment and the economy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

So I thought: start again in that challenge area. I viewed Solarcentury as a climate campaign more than a business, personally," he says. "I I viewed Solarcentury as a climate campaign more than a business, personally," he says. "So Of course I could have stayed in solar and renewables. So that's my aspiration."

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The world's largest commodity traders that control much of the global beef, soy and palm oil supply have once again chosen short-term profits over the future of our planet (and by extension, that of their own businesses). While some action areas pledge to get rid of illegal and legal deforestation, others don't specify. degree future".

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

At Lowimpact.org we’re interested in helping to bring production back to communities, and so we’re talking with craftspeople, smallholders, natural builders, renewables installers and small business owners in our range of topics. Could you give us your full name and the name of your business / website? Thank you.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

The price of water - essential for human life, nature, communities and businesses - is often subsidised , reflecting a commonly held belief that everyone should have abundant access to clean water. That makes it difficult for companies to fully evaluate and account for the business risk of supplies drying up as a result of climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The head of England's nature agency is to tell an audience of farmers and food businesses in a speech today that rolling back nature protection efforts risks an "existential threat" to national food security. It's sometimes said that you can't go green if you're in the red," Juniper will say.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

With some of the key aspects of the Paris Agreement still to be finalised, and the world on track to badly miss the goals agreed in the French capital to keep temperature increases 'well below' 2C, let alone a much preferred 1.5C Tanya Steele: I want to see businesses commit to science-based targets and to have the ambition to do that.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2020

A group of major British business leaders, including top executives from Iceland, Ben & Jerry's, and The Body Shop, have today called on the government to embrace a green recovery as it prepares to take tentative steps to ease the nationwide lock-down. This has to be a priority," she said.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . The Anthropocene.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2021

If it wasn't already complicated enough trying to locate, measure, publicly disclose, and - crucially - act to reduce the business risks arising from climate impacts and the accelerating transition to a net zero economy, well, unfortunately that's not even the half of it.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Growing up, I thought my parents knew what to do about everything, including caring for the environment. These are some of the young climate leaders who are pushing hard for environmental action. Some parents are unintentionally dismissive, minimizing, or belittling of their kids’ environmental concerns: Don’t worry so much.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As such, business leaders, investors, and campaigners, not to mention the wider public, are crying out for some much-needed clarity after several months of stasis from the government. Here are just some of the critical questions the green economy needs answering ASAP: 1. Will it be extended to businesses as well as households?

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

everyone), but most immediately for all levels of government and all sizes of business. Here are some of the top takeaways. Far too often, climate change is still thought of by many as a problem mostly harming other more vulnerable parts of the world, which will manifest itself at some indeterminate point in the future.

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