GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

3 tips for anticipating investor requests on climate, water and biodiversity. Wed, 03/03/2021 - 01:00. But investors didn’t exactly ignore the "E" component and are poised to emphasize it even more in 2021 and beyond, according to a recent Conference Board corporate sustainability disclosure analysis. Thomas Singer.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:00. As 2021 begins, more companies are seeing their strategies for addressing deforestation deep down into their supply chains scrutinized. . Heather Clancy. Map your sourcing.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. One of Rendle’s tasks for 2021 will be to complete a 100 percent renewable electricity goal for Clorox’s U.S. Elsa Wenzel.

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Grist

DECEMBER 18, 2024

But these policies often address climate change in isolation without regard for other pressing issues like a decline in biodiversity, the contamination of freshwater sources, and the pollution of agricultural soils. targets on biodiversity, sustainable development, and climate mitigation; its also more cost-effective.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

Driving through Douglas County Nevada on 16 July 2021, as smoke from the Tamarack fire in nearby Alpine County becomes visible on the horizon (image credit: loren chipman , CC BY-NC 2.0 Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Q1 2021: Food waste; the secret of fat; keep it local. Fri, 03/05/2021 - 01:00. Sugar production drives a host of environmental problems, from biodiversity loss to water scarcity. Want more great analysis of sustainable food systems? Sign up for Food Weekly , our free email newsletter. Circular sugar.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 00:12. The fund is dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, restoring biodiversity and addressing other climate crises while also producing a financial gain for the company. Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions. Jesse Klein. How is that money being spent? Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Driving through Douglas County Nevada on 16 July 2021, as smoke from the Tamarack fire in nearby Alpine County becomes visible on the horizon (image credit: loren chipman , CC BY-NC 2.0 Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

The project aims to determine the viability of the initiative and to evaluate the potential positive biodiversity impact of scaling up the initiative. Climate change is becoming the biggest driver of biodiversity loss, and a substantial expansion of offshore wind is central to tackling these interlinked crises.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

And yet, in 2021, botanists from the Field Museum made a surprising, field-changing discovery. There is urgent need for effective, frequent, and accessible monitoring to ensure that these measures are applied in the places where extinctions are most likely to occur and irrecoverable biodiversity and natural capital are at greatest risk.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Mon, 02/15/2021 - 01:30. Native people make up 5 percent of the population globally and hold 80 percent of the biodiversity. Obviously, those connections and that deep interconnectedness with nature [enabled us to] have 80 percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity." . We need to talk about consumption. Lauren Phipps.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 8, 2021

Fri, 01/08/2021 - 01:30. The industry’s environmental problems — waste, greenhouse gases, biodiversity loss — are real. As we kick off 2021 and await a new U.S. Why collaboration is the missing ingredient in food system reform. One of the most exciting things about food and ag right now is the potential for change.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Fri, 02/05/2021 - 02:00. Concerns over environmental risks such as biodiversity loss and extreme weather remain top of mind for leaders in the new Global Risks Report published in late January by the World Economic Forum. Episode 254: David Crane chats, PepsiCo CSO talks business. Heather Clancy. Week in Review.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

Sella and Perkol-Finkel’s invention, ‘Concrete technology to encourage marine biodiversity,’ was judged by a panel of former award winners based on its contribution towards technical progress, social and sustainable development and economic prosperity. Regrettably, Perkol-Finkel passed away in March 2021. each year to 2030.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Thu, 02/11/2021 - 01:00. The guidance outlines best practices for conserving and regenerating healthy land, freshwater, oceans and biodiversity. Mars, Cargill put nature regeneration goals alongside avoiding climate catastrophe. Jesse Klein. And they needed to start doing it yesterday.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2021

Date/Time: June 3, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). The forest industry is embracing more sustainable practices that protect people, biodiversity and our climate – and many companies have set goals to source from more sustainable forests. Wed, 05/05/2021 - 13:23. Thu, 06/03/2021 - 10:00. - Thu, 06/03/2021 - 11:00.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Thu, 02/11/2021 - 00:05. These new tools — under development or in the early phases of testing — are helping put numbers to the abstract concept of regenerative agriculture and helping measure metrics such as biodiversity, carbon sequestration and other soil health considerations. . Jesse Klein. Pull Quote. Food & Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 00:05. 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. Heather Clancy.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:15. 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. Gloria Oladipo.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

North Hampshire, 5 September, 2021 (image credit: AndyHi8 , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss. The report also includes research of 726 of their public and farmer members, revealing overwhelming concern about how climate change and biodiversity loss will affect UK farmers.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 01:00. Now it is 2021. Plane traffic may be reduced, which is indisputably good for the climate, but reduced as well are the investments into the greener economies of tomorrow that can prevent climate change, rescue biodiversity and create good jobs for a sea of unemployed people, especially youth.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This followed on from an original catchment-scale scoping study delivered by CBEC in March 2021, which prioritised this site as one of four where restoration would offer significant improvements to the natural functioning of the river and floodplain.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of the government’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy, launched in February, according to a 17 May National Audit Office (NAO) report. Defra is relying on a private sector market for biodiversity units emerging but does not know how rapidly it can scale up or satisfy demand.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Biodiversity Building Energy Monitoring 195

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Daimler, the largest truck maker in the world, expects to have the 250-mile-range Freightliner eCascadia model in production during 2021. Any and all new solutions to the plastics crisis will be welcome in 2021, given that this year has seen record new plastic production thanks to the pandemic. Media Source. Shutterstock.

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Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 533

Planet Pulse

APRIL 5, 2021

The theme of these panels will be “Caring for a Changing Planet,” and we are looking especially for artwork that highlights the issues of climate action, sustainability, the UN Sustainable Development Goals , and the preservation of nature and biodiversity – as well as the people who champion these ideas.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Dr Mark Goddard, an urban ecologist interested in biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services in cities, is a co-recipient of the Sustainability Science Award from the Ecological Society of America.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

trillion in nature is required over the next three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the WEF’s “State of Finance for Nature” report released on 27 May. Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

Now that 2021 is over, we’d like to take this time to recognize some of our member companies via our 3rd Annual “Best of GBB” Awards. The post Best of GBB in 2021: Green Businesses Leading the Sustainable Business Movement appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

During the second day of Explore 2021, our customers shared how they are enabling global transparency and supporting critical sustainability research. Robbie Schingler presenting at Explore 2021 © 2021, Planet Labs Inc. Andrew Zolli presenting at Explore 2021 © 2021, Planet Labs Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Fri, 02/12/2021 - 02:00. As Houska pointed out, Indigenous people make up only 5 percent of the world's population, yet Indigenous lands and territories hold 80 percent of the world's biodiversity. "I 4 things we can learn from Indigenous wisdom. Suchi Rudra. Listen and take action on the information Indigenous peoples have to share.

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Law Climate change Politics Biodiversity 508

GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

Fri, 03/05/2021 - 00:12. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. Working towards a circular economy helps protect human health and biodiversity in many ways, including by making better use of natural resources (protecting water and land), and by mitigating the climate crisis.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Mars said it had reached its goal after a concerted effort to trim the number of mills it works with from 1,500 last year, and it expects to be working with less than 100 in 2021 and under 50 in 2022.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Nobody wants the food they consume to have destroyed forests, habitats, and wildlife on its way to their plate, and yet the system that underpins our global food supplies today continues to be one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss and climate change worldwide. These three levers are in part interdependent," it adds.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Mon, 02/15/2021 - 02:15. The scale and scope of the climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality challenges facing corporate leaders is extensive. "[We] Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders. Jean Haggerty. It also has pushed us to a new moment of corporate leadership.

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Climate change Fashion Government Investment 541

GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2021

Wed, 06/09/2021 - 00:05. Under the heading "Transformative effort to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss," the seven economies: Commit to a multi-year effort to meet our net-zero commitments and environmental objectives in a way that is positive for jobs, growth, competitiveness and fairness. Helle Bank Jorgensen.

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