Environment Bank adds new Habitat Banks to Biodiversity Net Gain register

Stuart Stone
clock • 2 min read
Environment Bank adds new Habitat Banks to Biodiversity Net Gain register

Sixteen new sites on track to issue credits for sale to developers through the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme

The Environment Bank has confirmed 16 of its Habitat Banks have been added to Natural England's national biodiversity gain sites register - unlocking more than 2,000 off-site Units for developers to purchase...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Stuart Stone
Author spotlight

Stuart Stone

View profile
More from Stuart Stone

Global Briefing: El Niño could push global temperatures to all-time high in 2027

High Seas Treaty passes into UK law after receiving Royal Assent

More on Biodiversity

Businesses urged to align decision-making with 'environmental reality'
Biodiversity

Businesses urged to align decision-making with 'environmental reality'

Business leaders face calls to respond to escalating nature-related risks revealed by landmark report from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 10 February 2026 • 4 min read
'Scientific reality check': Businesses warned they 'risk extinction' as nature loss accelerates
Biodiversity

'Scientific reality check': Businesses warned they 'risk extinction' as nature loss accelerates

Landmark report from Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services warns continued failure to account for nature-related risks threatens catastrophic economic fallout

James Murray
James Murray
clock 09 February 2026 • 6 min read
Defra launches free nutrient management planning tool for farmers
Biodiversity

Defra launches free nutrient management planning tool for farmers

The tool is designed to help farmers increase profitability while protecting the environment, according to Defra

BusinessGreen staff
BusinessGreen staff
clock 09 February 2026 • 1 min read