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From green jobs for youth to just transition funding: The 11 biggest announcements from Climate Week NYC and the UNGA
This week has marked some of the last major chances for leaders to meet and discuss climate action ahead of the next UN Climate COP in Dubai this winter. The…
Nature meets business: What does the TNFD mean for the private sector?
…is already informing business decisions. “By looking at the framework that TNFD creates, we can make sense of many complex issues while also making them actionable. Actionable is the key…
Industry giants commit to new global regenerative agriculture framework
…farmers to collaborate with supply chain partners to achieve outcomes in agriculture, enabling the industry to demystify “the often-ambiguous concepts of regenerative agriculture” into action at farm level. The Regenerating…
State of Nature report: Only one in seven British habitats in good condition
…our own way of life. It’s only through working together that we can help nature recover.” Ambition and action gap The UK Government’s 25-Year Plan for the Environment includes a…
Water companies plan £96bn investment to overhaul sewers and cut back on leakage and spills
…Last month, Lords urged the Government to back up its pledge to leverage billions of pounds of private investment in water infrastructure with an action plan, accusing Ministers of ‘lacking…
Activists urge environmental movement to put drug reform on its agenda to combat climate crisis
…regulation, with the aim of designing a new legal regulatory system that complements action on environmental and climate justice. We won’t stop deforestation and climate change without reforming drug policy….
#SustyTalk: Thai Union’s Blake Stok on strategising for sustainable seafood
#SustyTalk is all about keeping edie’s loyal readers connected to sustainability leaders across the world, whilst reminding us all that sustainability and climate action must go on through the current…
‘Formidable coalition’ of policymakers and NGOs rap Rishi Sunak for biodiversity rollbacks
…would miss these goals even with an extra 20 years to do so, without further intervention. The open letter points to “a decade of inaction from the Government” and urges…
Now available on-demand: edie’s online masterclass on onsite solar generation
This masterclass-style webinar provided actionable insights and best practice examples when it comes to businesses deploying onsite solar PV systems which can be supported by battery storage and energy management…
UK finally consults on plastic wet wipe ban
…with suppliers and customers to reduce the use of plastic. “We are pleased to see the Government now taking action in this area as collectively we all have a responsibility…
Embracing biodiversity and nature conservation through thoughtful packaging choices
…are transparent in our actions and have nature-related targets tied to management incentives and our cost of funding ensuring we drive action now and report our progress against these targets….
Countdown to COP28: #SustyTalk with CISL’s Eliot Whittington
#SustyTalk is all about keeping edie’s loyal readers connected to sustainability leaders across the world, whilst reminding us all that sustainability and climate action must go on through the current…
Elemis’s plastic-free packaging and Scotland’s offshore wind milestone: The sustainability success stories of the week
…sustainability leadership. Across the UK and across the world, leading businesses, cities, states and regions are turning environmental ambitions into action. Here, we round up five positive sustainability stories from…
Phase out fossil fuels by 2040, business giants urge world leaders
…Coalition chief executive Maria Mendiluce said: “More than 80 countries rallied behind a call to phase out all fossil fuels at COP27, but action is not happening fast enough. The…
Report: ‘Phantom’ power projects holding up grid connections in UK
…action but every day we wait for action is costing consumers money. Urgently introducing an industry rule change and applying it to the current queue, so that existing phantom projects…
UN University: World ‘dangerously close’ to multiple environmental risk tipping points
…and technologies. How these points are arrived at, the report states, is “typically not a simple and predictable process”. Yet policy leaders tend to continue permitting “indiscriminate” extraction of natural…
Apple and Nike spearhead new corporate clean energy procurement scheme
…to promote greater access to crucial data and fosters collaboration among industries facing shared challenges in supply chain climate action. Meta’s net-zero and sustainability global head Blair Swedeen said: “We…
Brands and retailers not on track for key 2025 sustainability goals on plastics
…Sander Defruyt said that, for more meaningful action to stem plastic pollution, “the international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution currently being negotiated, alongside accelerated business action, are now needed”….
#SustyTalk: JLR’s François Dossa on collaboration for the EV revolution
#SustyTalk is all about keeping edie’s loyal readers connected to sustainability leaders across the world, whilst reminding us all that sustainability and climate action must go on through the current…
Finance giants press high-carbon businesses to set science-based climate targets
The call to action, coordinated by CDP and made today (1 November), has the support of more than 367 financial giants and multinational corporates with a collective valuation of more…
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