Dasgupta Review

'The time for action is now': Government faces fresh calls to make nature reporting mandatory in the UK

Biodiversity

'The time for action is now': Government faces fresh calls to make nature reporting mandatory in the UK

New Green Alliance report revisits recommendations of Dasgupta Review and urges government to boost investment in nature restoration and ensure corporates disclose nature-related risks

clock 18 March 2025 • 5 min read
How a global nature restoration push could reap a 20-fold investment return

Biodiversity

How a global nature restoration push could reap a 20-fold investment return

Every dollar spent on meeting global nature-related sustainability goals by 2030 could deliver $20-worth of economic benefits, according to a UN study

clock 06 June 2024 • 9 min read
Government appoints fund managers for planned Big Nature Impact fund

Biodiversity

Government appoints fund managers for planned Big Nature Impact fund

Federated Hermes and Finance Earth have been appointed to manage the public-private fund which aims to invest in nature protection and restoration efforts

clock 03 November 2022 • 1 min read
The Wildlife Trusts urge Tory leadership contenders to prioritise nature

Politics

The Wildlife Trusts urge Tory leadership contenders to prioritise nature

Prime Minister must prioritise nature to meet net zero and environmental goals set out in 2019 Conservative manifesto, campaign group warns

clock 14 July 2022 • 3 min read
Environment Agency chair urges Treasury to review economics of climate resilience

Policy

Environment Agency chair urges Treasury to review economics of climate resilience

Howard Boyd says 2022 must be 'the year of climate adaptation', warning that 'worryingly few' infrastructure investors consider impacts of climate change

clock 20 January 2022 • 2 min read
Businesses must be open about climate cost

Carbon Accounting

Businesses must be open about climate cost

Gerard Manley from Olam Food Ingredients makes the case for corporate natural capital accounting

clock 18 August 2021 • 4 min read

Investment

Carbon pricing, risk disclosure, and net zero: Can the UK build a truly green financial system?

Mandatory finance sector net zero goals, strengthened ETS, and nature-based risk disclosure requirements among Aldersgate Group's demands

clock 22 June 2021 • 7 min read

Politics

It's the economic model, stupid: The Treasury is failing to grasp the severity of the ecological crisis

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak's name is nowhere to be seen in the government's weak response to the Dasgupta Review, writes Green Party MP Caroline Lucas

clock 17 June 2021 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

Dasgupta Review: Government vows to pursue 'nature positive' future in wake of landmark report

But campaigners warn government response is nowhere near ambitious enough to deliver step changes needed to prevent destruction of nature that sustains human life and the economy

clock 14 June 2021 • 7 min read

Investment

The UK Infrastructure Bank offers a once-in-a-generation chance to value natural capital in practice

Valuing nature in practice is key to taking a whole-of-government approach to meeting net zero and nature targets, writes Pollination's James Cameron

clock 08 June 2021 • 5 min read