Businesses don't need to wait for governments to start reversing biodiversity loss

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Business has a key role to play in turning global nature promises into action before, during and after the COP16 Biodiversity Summit, writes RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight

This October, decision makers from nearly every country across the globe will flock to Cali, Colombia, to plan how to take action to halt and reverse the loss of nature this decade. Cali is the city of...

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