Biodiversity offsets to the fore as blue chips call for focus on natural capital

James S Murray
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'The business reality is that change will happen,' warns major new report urging government to embrace the concept of ecosystem markets

Just a day after it emerged that the Treasury had blocked plans for a government-wide review of resource security risks, an influential group of business leaders will today call on ministers to urgently...

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