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From CEO surveys to a $100bn carbon markets moonshot: The 10 biggest sustainable business announcements from Davos 2024
…world’s largest mining firms, launched a new set of principles aimed at delivering no net biodiversity loss at all mine sites against a 2020 baseline, aiming for nature-positive impacts in…
After Davos, what’s next for TNFD adoption?
…Similar work is underway to assess similarities and differences with the GRI’s new biodiversity standard. Less can be done at this stage on interoperability with the International Sustainability Standards Board…
COP28 Covered Podcast episode 10 | Nature Day special – is this the biodiversity breakthrough we needed?
…with the FAIRR Initiative’s senior technical specialist for climate and biodiversity, Sajeev Mohankumar. FAIRR is a huge investor network working to drive awareness and egnagement on ESG risks and opportunities,…
Investing in UK nature to become nature positive
The UK is one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries in the world. The Biodiversity Intactness Index (2021) by the Natural History Museum found that the UK was in the…
Nature finance – the key to nature positive business?
…an award-winning non-profit organisation for the exchange of innovation in the stewardship of land, water and nature across the UK. Membership is free. Article by Bruce Howard, Director, EKN www.ecosystemsknowledge.net/event/nature-finance-uk-2023/…
Who Will Speak for the Trees? Series presents Reforestation — The Front Line in Our Climate Battle
…habitats for countless species. As forests grow, they become homes for wildlife, conserving biodiversity and restoring ecological balance. Beyond carbon sequestration and biodiversity, reforestation offers numerous advantages. It improves soil…
Legal & General records five-fold increase in companies it is analysing on climate grounds
…emissions. This is what LGIM is doing. “From tackling climate lobbying to incorporating biodiversity risk, our expectations of companies are increasing – insufficient progress represents a systemic challenge which we…
Why low-carbon cities need high-value skills
…the sector to grow faster but also positively impacting UK GDP. UK cities are in need of something similar. According to the Climate Change Committee’s Skills and Net Zero report,…
DS Smith introduces new targets to boost circular economy transition
…enhancing forest biodiversity and assessing nature’s reliance by 2025. DS Smith’s chief executive officer Miles Roberts said: “We have made good progress with our Now & Next Sustainability Strategy, but…
More than 50,000 companies to be impacted by new EU sustainability reporting rules
…the impact of risks. Any company which does not deem climate mitigation as material to their business will need to explain why. For other topics, including biodiversity and water, companies…
Green Finance Institute: UK’s finance taxonomy must not greenwash harmful investments
…are reducing emissions; climate adaptation; conserving water and marine resources; supporting the circular economy transition; preventing and controlling pollution and protecting and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems. Going forward, ‘do no…
Earth Overshoot Day: Everything you need to know about shifting to a circular economy
…Australia, Belgium, Denmark and Finland. edie’s home in the UK passed overshoot on 19 May. Big questions about transitioning to a circular economy in a socially just way are being…
New Zealand teams up with BlackRock in bid to unlock for almost £1bn climate action
…by 2030 and its commitments under the UN Biodiversity Treaty. At present, New Zealand’s electricity mix is around 83% renewable. The nation estimates that getting it to 100% will require…
Redrow partners with Pod Point to install EV charging at new builds
…to ensure that new builds are zero-carbon ready by 2025 as well as improving biodiversity and reducing waste. The plan, agreed through the Future Homes Task Force, commits UK housebuilders,…
UK’s largest community-owned solar farm supported by local councils
…of total land across the UK, or 0.1% of UK farmland, only half the size of the Isle of Wight, according to Solar Energy UK. The UK Government has dropped…
Feast or famine: Are we underestimating climate risks to food systems?
…next decade. WWF UK’s director of food strategy David Edwards tells edie that food production is technically sufficient to supply every person on earth with 3,000 calories a day –…
UK accused of bungling sustainable food production policy domestically and globally
…carbon sequestration in soils and improvements to biodiversity. This could undermine the delivery of UK targets on climate and nature as well as hampering future economic growth, the Lords are…
Natural capital: UK’s ecosystems valued at £1.5trn
…the UK economy in 2021 purely in terms of the benefits of recreational time outdoors, including public health benefits and tourism. According to the ONS, its figures should be taken…
$57bn in climate finance and carbon credit controversies: The 7 biggest stories from 4 December at COP28
…to boost net-zero investment UK Export Finance joined a host of national international peers today to launch a Net Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance. Backed by the UN’s Environment Programme…
The first week of COP28: The nine biggest talking points
…to. Click here to read about the 10 points in more detail. UK’s climate leadership status starts to erode The UK’s approach to climate policy before COP28 has been, in…
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