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Nature meets business: What does the TNFD mean for the private sector?
…what does it aim to do? The TNFD recommendations intend to mitigate the industrial impact on nature by encouraging comprehensive reporting on businesses’ environmental footprint and properly integrating nature-related considerations…
Taskforce sets out suggestions to embed nature into financial markets
…Markets member said: “We can’t stop at placing a value on nature. A real transition requires not only financing change through low carbon and nature-based solutions but changing our financial…
Beyond climate: Charting a course for nature in global finance
…measure progress toward nature-related goals. For example, the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ (TNFD) LEAP framework is designed to help companies and financial institutions act on their nature-related risk and…
As US bets big on carbon capture, Climeworks outlines necessity of removal technologies
…are vital to reaching net-zero, but shouldn’t be a substitute for carbon reduction and nature-based solutions. “We know what we need to do [globally] in terms of carbon reduction to…
Webinar & Masterclass. Business and biodiversity: Accelerating the shift to a nature-positive planet
…its through the adoption of nature-based solutions, investing in ecosystem restoration, or scaling up nature-positive products and technologies. Supported by real-life case studies and practical insights, this edie webinar and…
Forget the metaverse, the future is in the ‘natureverse’
…metaverse dissociates us further from our collapsing natural capital, the other in which financial markets and the economy they fuel are perfectly aligned with natural constraints, and nature-based solutions and…
Nextdoor Nature: Green space ‘revival’ schemes unveiled for 200 UK communities
…see that they are all part of the solution to the climate and Nature challenges that the world and this country are setting out to meet”. Related story: Nature-based solutions…
World Oceans Day: What is the blue economy?
…the blue economy, as it is in growing the market for land-based nature-based solutions. As the World Economic Forum notes, public financing is often allocated to projects which do not…
Lula steals the show in Egypt as G20 leaders sign communique in Bali: 8 key stories from biodiversity day at COP27
…the Presidency with a fancy acronym to boot. Egypt, in partnership with NGO the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (ICUN), launched ‘Enhancing Nature-based Solutions for Climate Transformation’ today…
Eight New Year’s Resolutions for sustainability professionals in 2023 and beyond
…can expect continued crackdowns on perceived instances of ‘purpose-washing’ in the year to come. 4) Deeply exploring nature-based solutions 2022 was a busy year for green economy news until the…
The Global Stocktake: We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make nature the climate-fighting tool it really is
…embed, finance and accelerate the implementation of high-integrity nature-based solutions, both terrestrial and marine, into their national action plans – and it must truly amplify nature as a vital mechanism…
‘There’s no silver bullet’ to get us to or beyond net-zero: Green economy reacts to new IPCC report
…generations. “Beyond this, the message of the report is quite two-sided: There is massive, multi-gigaton potential in nature-based and technological carbon removal levers and we should introduce mechanisms to scale…
How can we improve UN climate COPs? Elizabeth Wathuti weighs in
…UN’s Global Goals. View the edie 23 Mission Statement here. View the full list of edie 23 speakers here. View the full edie 23 agenda and stage-by-stage content here. …
Kering and L’Occitane Group launch €300m Climate Fund for Nature
…climate change, which is intrinsically interlinked with nature. We entreat further companies to join this ambitious initiative to contribute to a nature-positive future.” Research suggests that investments in nature-based solutions…
UK wildlife charities hatch plan to pressure Government on environmental protection
…nature and is based on a poll from the charities which found that 81% of UK adults believe nature is under threat and urgently needs help while 42% want to…
Why we’ve made nature a director of our board
…a nature director we will be required to consider all our decisions through a nature lens and be open to what this means for our operations. Giving nature a space…
Meeting the moment on nature disclosures: The new double bottom line
Simon Zadek, Executive Director at NatureFinance and senior advisor to the Taskforce on Nature Markets, outlines how the momentous creation of Taskforce on Nature related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) recommendations will…
Dow on the need for a careful approach to bio-based plastics to drive circularity
…virgin plastic for recycled plastic in some cases, with that proportion rising to 41% for substitution with paper-based alternatives. Dow, like many other firms, does incorporate bio-based feedstocks into its…
Environment Bill: Government proposes new legally binding targets on nature, air and water
…It is designed to crowd in investment in nature-based solutions at scale. Air, water and waste The headline target on air quality is to halve the limit on fine particles…
EIB: Private sector failing to invest in nature projects across Europe
…woodland and peatland. The range of projects covered vary from small-scale to large, landscape-scale initiatives. The analysis reveals that most private finance bodies are not yet investing in nature-based solutions…
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