Why biodiversity loss is a bigger risk to businesses than carbon emissions

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Half the world’s GDP depends on nature but only five per cent of companies have goals for addressing biodiversity loss.

Memory chip manufacturer Micron is pausing construction on a manufacturing facility in northern New York state by at least six months because the wetlands it plans to destroy on the site are home to two...

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