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We Mean Business and Amazon team up in support of The Climate Pledge
Global green business coalition to work with tech giant to encourage businesses to adopt more ambitious net zero goals
Mayors launch Green and Just Recovery Plan
C40 Cities group of Mayors issues fresh call for national governments to end fossil fuel subsidies, as top scientists call on EU to deliver bolder net zero strategy
Danone's Eric Soubeiran on regenerative farming and fixing the 'broken' food system
Vice-president of nature and water cycle Eric Soubeiran sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the French food giant's plans to move away from intensive farming practices in the pandemic era
Defund and divest: Banks, investors, and pension funds urged to stop bankrolling meat and dairy
‘Big Livestock’ is just as damaging to the planet as the fossil fuel industry, campaigners warn, yet UK banks continue to be among the sector's largest creditors, pouring tens of billions into carbon-intensive companies fuelling deforestation
Schadenfreude is a dish best served warm
The UK's most prominent source of climate change denial' is soliciting donations, but, argues Andrew Warren, its influence is waning
Agriculture Bill 'on track', but Green Brexit plans face fresh challenges
Agriculture Bill takes a step forward, as a reports emerge of row between Holyrood and Westminster over the government's post-Brexit plans for environmental and food standards
Government urged to 'unleash potential of the countryside' in recovery plans
CPRE urges government to put in place net zero targets for land-use, invest in nature restoration, and ensure planning system considers climate impacts
UNEP calls on finance sector to boost biodiversity ambition and engagement
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.
Inside Cargill's experiment to pay farmers for carbon sequestration
The agri-business giant is working with the Soil & Water Outcomes Fund in a bid to curb the impact of its supply chain
No use crying over burnt carbon
The CCC's roadmap is hugely ambitious, but also entirely feasible and genuinely attractive - the time for government excuses is over
Sadiq Khan: 'The climate emergency remains one of the biggest threats we face'
Ahead of London Climate Action Week, Mayor urges businesses and politicians to ensure momentum is maintained in run up to delayed COP26 Summit
Does the UK need a Royal Commission to assess environmental risk?
Major new report from IPPR warns the UK is 'acutely vulnerable' to escalating environmental breakdown
Reach for the skies
The Arctic is sweltering and emissions are climbing again, but the technologies we need to avert catastrophe exist, we just need to deploy them
CCC urges Defra to ensure that Environmental Land Management scheme aligns with UK climate goals
Government's climate advisory body gives it take on scheme designed to pay farmers for carrying out work that enhances the environment .
UN postpones face-to-face climate meetings until next year
UNFCCC confirms all outstanding talks scheduled for this year will be moved to next year, as world continues to tackle coronavirus pandemic
'Grow back better': Wildlife and Countryside Link argues nature restoration can generate 25,000 jobs in aftermath of Covid-19
330 'ready-to-go' nature recovery projects across England could generate some 10,000 jobs 'in the short term', according to Wildlife and Countryside Link
Branching out: Defra seeks input on how to boost England tree cover
Updated England Tree Strategy slated for later this year as government faces uphill struggle to meet its 2025 tree planting targets
Arsenal's afforestation: Hector Bellerin vows to plant 3,000 trees for each Premier League victory
Footballer urges fans to back One Tree Planted campaign to help expand global forests
Not by governments alone
Ahead of London Climate Action Week, E3G's Tom Burke warns that governments alone can not tackle the escalating risks from climate change - businesses and wider society have to step up
'Nature is the beating heart of a green recovery': Corporates step up calls for nature restoration policies
The International Chamber of Commerce, WWF, We Mean Business, United Nations Global Compact, the IUCN, and Business for Nature sign letter calling on CEOs to work with governments to reverse nature loss
Greenpeace: Supertrawlers spent 3,000 hours fishing in UK protected seas in 2019
The green group has called on the government to reject the 'flawed status quo' and ban the controversial vessels from Marine Protected Areas after its findings reveal that foreign-owned ships racked up more than 123 days fishing in ecologically-sensitive...
Asset managers accused of 'blind spot' over biodiversity risk and climate crisis
Report from ShareAction finds that none of the world's 75 largest asset managers have a dedicated biodiversity policy, while many are still underplaying climate risks
'Fertilise the Future': Ecover directs coronavirus windfall to catalyse climate action
Green cleaning brand announces new £500,000 fund to support nature based solutions
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